Table 4.
Response after 3 treatment cycles by stage of disease, IPI score, and Ki‐67 expression
| Response | Disease Stage | IPI Score | Ki‐67‐Positive Cells | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I (n = 11) | II (n = 15) | III or IV (n = 20) | 0 (n = 11) | 1 (n = 21) | ≥2 (n = 14) | ≤60% (n = 22) | >60% (n = 20) | |||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| CR | 6 | 54.5 | 6 | 40.0 | 8 | 40.0 | 8 | 72.7 | 8 | 38.1 | 4 | 28.6 | 11 | 50.0 | 8 | 40.0 |
| PR | 3 | 27.3 | 7 | 46.7 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 9 | 42.9 | 9 | 64.3 | 7 | 31.8 | 10 | 50.0 |
| ORR | 9 | 81.8 | 13 | 86.7 | 18 | 90.0 | 10 | 90.9 | 17 | 81.0 | 13 | 92.9 | 18 | 81.8 | 18 | 90.0 |
| NR | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 4 | 18.2 | 2 | 10.0 |
Abbreviations: CR, complete response; PR, partial response; IPI, international prognostic index; No., number; NR, no response; ORR, overall response rate.