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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2015 Nov 13;122(4):559–564. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29781

Table 2.

Treatment received and outcomes

BCL2-DHL BCL6-DHL THL P BCL2-DHL
vs. BCL6-DHL
P BCL2-DHL
vs. THL
P BCL6-DHL
vs. THL
Receipt of IIT 55% 44% 65% 0.42 0.35 0.19
Receipt of CNS prophylaxis 61% 44% 60% 0.27 1.00 0.35
Complete response (CR1) 54% 75% 46% 0.17 0.49 0.10
  If receiving IIT 55% 86% 63% 0.22 0.77 0.37
Stem cell transplant (SCT) in CR1 36% 17% 55% 0.30 0.31 0.09
Primary refractory disease 32% 13% 33% 0.14 1.00 0.25
  If receiving IIT 25% 14% 14% 1.00 0.71 1.00
Relapse (if responding) 42% 50% 23% 0.75 0.33 0.23
  If receiving IIT 36% 33% 25% 0.67 0.29 1.00
Median overall survival (months) 34.8 14.5 17.2 0.89 0.69 0.90
  If receiving IIT 37.5 12.1 NYR 0.67 0.91 0.84
  If achieving CR1 NYR 14.5 NYR 0.02 0.61 0.10
  If relapsing 22.2 11.5 9.7 0.15 0.43 0.82

Abbreviations: IIT, intensive induction therapy (rituximab-EPOCH, rituximab-hyperCVAD, rituximab-CODOX-M/IVAC); NYR, not yet reached; CNS, central nervous system