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. 2022 Jan 20;139(3):413–423. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021012888

Table 1.

Demographics and baseline clinical features of single-route prophylaxis recipients

Characteristic Overall (n = 1130) IT (n = 894) IV (n = 236) P
Male sex, n (%) 666 (58.9) 540 (60.4) 126 (53.4) .051
Median age, y (range) 62 (18-86) 62 (18-86) 60 (20-82) .02
 <70, n (%) 852 (75.4) 658 (73.6) 194 (82.2) Ref
 ≥70, n (%) 278 (24.6) 236 (26.4) 42 (17.8) .007
ECOG PS 0-1, n (%) 844 (80.8) 669 (80.1) 175 (83.7) .24
Baseline renal impairment, n (%) 172 (16.8) 144 (17.8) 28 (13.1) 0.1
B symptoms, n (%) 415 (38.3) 314 (36.6) 101 (44.7) .03
Serum LDH, n (%)
 Not elevated 339 (31.3) 262 (30.5) 77 (34.4) Ref
 Elevated, <3× ULN 598 (55.2) 480 (55.8) 118 (52.7) .58
 Elevated, ≥3× ULN 147 (13.6) 118 (13.7) 29 (13.0) .69
 Missing/unknown 46 (4.1) 34 (3.8) 12 (5.1) .61
Stage, n (%)
 Limited (I-II) 227 (20.1) 176 (19.7) 51 (21.6) Ref
 Advanced (III-IV) 903 (79.9) 718 (80.3) 185 (78.4) 0.51
No. EN sites, n (%)
 0 190 (16.8) 174 (19.5) 16 (6.8) Ref
 1 523 (46.3) 415 (46.4) 108 (45.8) .051
 ≥2 417 (36.9) 305 (34.1) 112 (47.5) <.0001
EN site(s) involved, n (%)
 Renal/adrenal 133 (11.8) 107 (12.0) 26 (11.0) .69
 Testis 69 (6.1) 44 (4.9) 25 (10.6) .001
 Breast 34 (3.0) 21 (2.4) 13 (5.5) .01
 Sinus 82 (7.3) 58 (6.5) 24 (10.2) .053
 Bone marrow 124 (11.0) 95 (10.6) 29 (12.3) .47
CNS-IPI score, n (%)
 0-1 (low) 196 (18.4) 151 (19.2) 45 (19.2) Ref
 2-3 (moderate) 546 (51.4) 432 (51.4) 114 (48.5) .33
 ≥4 (high) 321 (30.2) 245 (29.6) 76 (32.3) .67
Histology, n (%)
 DLBCL 750 (67.0) 575 (65.0) 175 (74.5) Ref
 HGBL 305 (27.2) 270 (30.5) 35 (14.9) <.0001
 Transformed FL 43 (3.8) 28 (3.2) 15 (6.4) .15
 Other 22 (1.9) 10 (1.1) 12 (5.1) .01
Cell of origin (DLBCL only), n (%)
 Germinal center (GCB) 340 (45.3) 258 (44.9) 82 (46.9) Ref
 Non-GCB 316 (42.1) 248 (43.1) 68 (38.9) .43
Double-hit status, n (%)
 DH evaluable 875 (77.4) 687 (78.5) 188 (21.5) Ref
 Confirmed DH /TH* 243 (27.7) 223 (32.5) 20 (10.6) <.0001
 Not DH evaluable 255 (22.6) 207 (23.2) 48 (20.3) .36
Frontline chemotherapy regimen, n (%)
 R-CHOP 536 (47.5) 377 (42.2) 159 (67.4) Ref
 R-EPOCH (+/− dose adjustment) 509 (45.1) 441 (49.4) 68 (28.8) .04
 Other 85 (7.4) 75 (8.4) 9 (3.8) .09

All listed P values are 2-sided.

CNS, central nervous system; DH, double-hit; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; EN, extranodal; FL, follicular lymphoma; HGBL, high grade B-cell lymphoma; iNHL, indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma; IPI, international prognostic index; IT, intrathecal; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; TH, triple hit; ULN, upper limit of normal.

*

Percentage of DH evaluable patients. Percentages are otherwise referenced within each column.