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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2013 Feb 28;14(4):354–362. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70037-8

Table 5.

Changes in percentage blasts in bone marrow

Bone Marrow Blasts Tosedostat 120 mg Tosedostat 240 mg→120 mg Overall

Baseline, median (IQR), % 32 (16.5, 55) 35 (20. 70) 33 (18, 60)
Month 1 Bone Marrow n=20 n=20 n=40
 Median change (IQR), % 11 (−30, 170) 14 (−12, 132) 11 (−18, 165)
 Patients with 50% reduction, n, % 3 (15%) 3 (15%) 6 (15%)
 Patients reaching 25% blasts, n 4 4 8
 Patients reaching 5% blasts, n 2 1 3
Month 2 Bone Marrow n=22 n=16 n=38
 Median change (IQR), % 20 (−41, 44) −15 (−68, 94) −3 (−65, 71)
 Patients with 50% reduction, n, % 4 (18%) 7 (44%) 11 (29%)
 Patients reaching 25% blasts, n 7 8 15
 Patients reaching 5% blasts, n 1 2 3
Month 3 Bone Marrow n=13 n=10 n=23
 Median change (IQR), % 17 (−70, 46) −40 (−85, −5) (−17 (−85, 44)
 Patients with 50% reduction, n, % 4 (31%) 5 (50%) 9 (39%)
 Patients reaching 25% blasts, n 5 5 10
 Patients reaching 5% blasts, n 3 2 5
Month 6 Bone Marrow n=5 n=5 n=10
 Median change (IQR), % 87.5 (−9, 149) −89 (−97, −23) −16 (−93, 88)
 Patients with 50% reduction, n, % 1 (20%) 3 (60%) 4 (40%)
 Patients reaching 25% blasts, n 1 4 5
 Patients reaching 5% blasts, n 1 3 4

Changes in percentage blasts from baseline include reductions (−) and increases (+)

Patients reaching 25% or 5% includes any patient who achieved a post baseline bone marrow blast percentage of 25 or 5% following a baseline blast percentage of any value higher than these thresholds