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. 2021 Jan 26;5(2):593–601. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002757

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and disease burden by maximum CRS grade

No CRS (n = 29) Maximum CRS grade
Grade 1/2 (n = 51) Grade 3 (n = 27) Grade 4 (n = 30) Grade 3/4 (n = 57)
Age at initial diagnosis, y
 Median (min-max) 7 (0-17) 6 (1-19) 8 (0-17) 9 (1-21) 8 (0-21)
Number of previous lines of therapy
 Median (min-max) 3 (1-8) 3 (1-9) 4 (2-7) 3 (1-6) 3 (1-7)
Number of prior allogeneic stem cell transplantations, n (%)
 0 11 (38) 24 (47) 11 (41) 17 (57) 28 (49)
 1 15 (52) 26 (51) 13 (48) 12 (40) 25 (44)
 2 3 (10) 1 (2) 3 (11) 1 (3) 4 (7)
Karnofsky/Lansky performance status
 Median (min-max) 90 (50-100) 90 (50-100) 90 (70-100) 90 (50-100) 90 (50-100)
Leukemic blasts in bone marrow by flow cytometry, %
 n 27 48 25 28 53
 Median (min-max) 50 (0-97) 40 (0-96) 56 (1-99) 64 (2-97) 60 (1-99)
Bone marrow tumor burden at enrollment, n (%)*
 <50% 10 (34.5) 22 (43.1) 6 (22.2) 5 (16.7) 11 (19.3)
 ≥50% 19 (65.5) 29 (56.9) 21 (77.8) 25 (83.3) 46 (80.7)
CNS status, n (%)
 CNS-1 22 (75.9) 44 (86.3) 26 (96.3) 26 (86.7) 52 (91.2)
 CNS-2 6 (20.7) 7 (13.7) 1 (3.7) 3 (10.0) 4 (7.0)
 CNS-3 1 (3.4) 0 0 0 0
 Unknown 0 0 0 1 (3.3) 1 (1.8)
Extramedullary disease, n (%)
 Yes 6 (20.7) 7 (13.7) 1 (3.7) 2 (6.7) 3 (5.3)
 No 23 (79.3) 44 (86.3) 26 (96.3) 28 (93.3) 54 (94.7)

CNS, central nervous system; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; MRD, minimal residual disease.

*

Includes MRD determined by flow cytometry and morphologic blast counts in bone marrow. If there are both MRD and morphologic results, the maximum is shown.

The classification of CNS status includes the following: CNS-1, no lymphoblasts in the CSF regardless of WBC count; CNS-2, WBC <5 cells/µL in the CSF, with the presence of lymphoblasts; CNS-3, WBC of ≥5 cells/µL, with the presence of lymphoblasts.

Excludes CNS disease.