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. 2012 Apr 3;2012:417941. doi: 10.1155/2012/417941

Table 2.

Treatment outcome by groups of early response to treatment measured at day 8.

Good responder (N = 133) Poor responder (n = 32) Total (N = 165) OR 95% CI P value
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Induction treatment
 Complete remission 102 76.7 15 46.9 117 70.9
 Induction failures 31 23.3 17 53.1 48 29.1 3.73a 1.67–8.32 0.0011
  Abandonment 14 10.5 6 18.8 20 12.1 2.91a 0.97–8.75 0.092
  Death 11 8.3 6 18.8 17 10.3 3.71a 1.19–11.51 0.032
  Resistant disease 6 4.5 5 15.6 11 6.7 5.67a 1.54–20.89 0.012

Adverse event after CR
 Continuous CR 33 32.4 3 20.0 36 30.8
 Relapse 38 37.3 7 46.7 45 38.5 2.02b 0.48–8.47 0.502
 Death 16 15.7 3 20.0 19 16.2 2.06b 0.37–11.38 0.402
 Abandonment 15 14.7 2 13.3 17 14.5 1.47b 0.22–9.71 0.652

Site of relapse 38 7
 Isolated hematological 28 73.7 5 71.4 33 73.4
 Isolated CNS 7 18.5 1 14.3 8 17.8
 Other 3 7.8 1 14.3 4 9.8

OR: odds ratio for poor responders relative to good responders; CI: confidence interval; CR: complete remission. aORs for any induction failure and specific induction failures (CR during induction is taken as the reference outcome category). bORs for first event after CR (continuous CR is taken as the reference outcome category). 1Chi-square test. 2Fisher exact test.