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. 2021 Mar 19;100(5):1181–1194. doi: 10.1007/s00277-021-04465-4

Table 3.

CR in patients with AML

Overall population de novo AML Secondary AML
Glasdegib + LDAC LDAC alone Glasdegib + LDAC LDAC alone Glasdegib + LDAC LDAC alone
n = 78 n = 38 n = 38 n = 18 n = 40 n = 20
Patients with CR, n (%) 15 (19.2) 1 (2.6) 7 (18.4) 1 (5.6) 8 (20.0)b 0
95% CIa 10.5–28.0 0.0–7.7 6.1–30.7 0.0–16.1 7.6–32.4 N/A
Duration of remission, days
Median (range) 302 (1–1262) 91 (91–91) 175 (1–533) 91 (91–91) 532 (64–1262) 0
Cytogenetic risk
Good/intermediate risk n = 49 n = 21 n = 24 n = 14 n = 25 n = 7
Patients with CR, n (%) 11 (22.4) 0 5 (20.8) 0 6 (24.0) 0
95% exact CIc 11.8–36.6 0.0–16.1 7.1–42.2 0.0–23.2 9.4–45.1 0.0–41.0
Poor cytogenetic risk n = 29 n = 17 n = 14 n = 4 n = 15 n = 13
Patients with CR, n (%) 4 (13.8) 1 (5.9) 2 (14.3) 1 (25.0) 2 (13.3) 0
95% exact CIc 3.9–31.7 0.1–28.7 1.8–42.8 0.6–80.6 1.7–40.5 0.0–24.7
Combination vs LDAC
Pearson Chi-square test (unstratified), p value 0.0150 0.1988 0.0317
CMH test stratified by CRF prognosis factor
Odds ratio (95% CI) 4.3762 (1.3296–14.4037) 1.8306 (0.4931–6.7962) 4.5370 (1.0712–19.2173)
p value 0.0184 0.2207 0.0662

AML, acute myeloid leukemia; CI, confidence interval; CMH, Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel; CR, complete remission; CRF, case report form; LDAC, low-dose cytarabine; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; N/A, not applicable

aUsing normal approximation

bSecondary AML developed from prior MDS (n = 7) or from prior chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatment (n = 1)

cUsing exact method based on binomial distribution