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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Jun 15;25(10):1984–1992. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.06.007

Table 4.

Azacitidine Dosing

Result
Started Azacitidine 41
 Reasons for ending protocol treatment prior to starting Azacitidine
  Death 8 (36%)
  Progression 4 (18%)
  AE 5 (23%)
  Refusal 2 (9%)
  Other1 3 (14%)
Time from transplant to start of Azacitidine (days), median (range) 61 (43–91)
Number of Azacitidine received
 1 4 (9.8%)
 2 4 (9.8%)
 3 5 (12.2%)
 4 5 (12.2%)
 5 5 (12.2%)
 6 18 (43.9%)2
Completed Azacitidine 17 (41%)
 Reasons for ending protocol treatment prior to completing Azacitidine
  Death 4 (17%)
  Progression 6 (25%)
  AE 5 (21%)
  Refusal 8 (33%)
  Other3 1 (4%)
1:

Patient scheduled to receive bone marrow stem cells not allowed per protocol; could not start AZA due to low ANC on day 90; Pt started on Valcyte for CMV which caused low counts, never met criteria to start AZA

2:

1 patient stated cycle 6, but only received doses 1 and 2; doses 3–5 were missed due to sepsis. Therefore they did not complete treatment per protocol

3:

Treatment delayed greater than 4 weeks due to AE not related to protocol