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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Oct 1;116(19):4580–4589. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25319

Table 3. Response, Remission Duration, and Survival After Modified Hyper-CVAD by Pretreatment Characteristics.

Characteristic No. CR/Total % CR P % 5-Year CRD P % 5-Year Survival P
Age, y .42 .82 .01
 <40 31/34 91 55 59
 40-59 16/18 89 41 44
 ≥60 16/16 100 34 13
Zubrod performance score .92 .16 .06
 0-1 46/50 92 53 50
 2 16/17 94 25 24
 3 1/1 100 100 100
Hepatomegaly .52 .53 .37
 No 58/63 92 46 42
 Yes 5/5 100 60 60
WBC, ×109/L .13 .12 .62
 ≤5 30/31 97 53 47
 5.1-49.9 22/26 85 42 42
 ≥50 11/11 100 42 36
Platelet count, ×109/L .59 .06 .08
 <20 8/8 100 15 25
 20-80 29/31 94 36 37
 >80 26/29 90 69 55
Albumin level, gm/dL .42 .23 .44
 <3 15/17 88 27 41
 ≥3 48/51 94 55 45
Bilirubin level, mg/dL .52 .37 .52
 <1.3 58/63 92 45 42
 >1.3 5/5 100 75 60
FAB classification .17 .60 .72
 L1 16/17 94 29 29
 L2 32/32 100 48 46
 ND 15/19 79 62 53
Immunophenotype .65 .35 .21
 T lineage 12/13 92 43 31
 B lineage 47/49 96 48 48
  Precursor 12/12 100 35 33
  CALLA 35/37 95 53 51
Karyotype .69 .54 .34
 Diploid 32/35 91 50 49
 Other 31/33 94 47 38
Myeloid markers .10 .71 .89
 Positive 23/25 92 41 44
 Negative 32/32 100 50 43
CD20 expression20% .23 .10 .04
 Positive 25/25 100 51 51
 Negative 32/34 94 39 35
Systemic risk classification .82 .62 .26
 Low 10/11 91 47 63
 High 53/57 93 47 40

Hyper-CVAD indicates fractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone; CR, complete response; CRD, CR duration; WBC, white blood cell count; FAB, French-American-British; ND, not done; CALLA, common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen.