Table 3.

Response criteria in AML.

Response	Criteria
Complete remission (CR)	Bone marrow blasts <5%; absence of circulating blasts and blasts with Auer rods; absence of extramedullary disease; ANC ≥1.0 × 109/L (1000/µL); platelet count ≥100 × 109/L (100.000/µL)
CR with incomplete hematological recovery (CRi)	All CR criteria except for residual neutropenia (<1.0 × 109/L [1000/µL]) or thrombocytopenia (<100 × 109/L [100.000/µL])
Partial remission (PR)	All hematologic criteria of CR; decrease of bone marrow blast percentage to 5 to 25%; and decrease of pre-treatment bone marrow blast percentage by ≥50%

ANC = absolute neutrophil count.