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. 2021 Oct 9;36(3):772–780. doi: 10.1038/s41375-021-01442-8

Table 3.

PFS and OS up to 10 years after first rrHL.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Groups 3-5 Total
low risk high age/comorbidty salvage/stem cell failure ASCT with watch & wait ASCT with RT consolidation ASCT intended
N = 36 N = 33 N = 38 N = 211 N = 66 N = 315 N = 409
Progression-free survival
12 months

94.3%

(79.0–98.5%)

78.6%

(60.2–89.2%)

50.8%

(32.4–66.6%)

86.7%

(81.2–90.7%)

84.4%

(72.9–91.3%)

82.3%

(77.5–86.2%)

82.7%

(78.6–86.1%)

24 months

88.4%

(72.0–95.5%)

59.0%

(40.0–73.8%)

43.6%

(25.8–60.1%)

70.0%

(63.0–76.0%)

67.1%

(54.1–77.2%)

66.5%

(60.7–71.6%)

67.7%

(62.6–72.2%)

60 months

72.6%

(53.7–84.8%)

36.2%

(17.7–55.0%)

36.3%

(19.7–53.2%)

61.1%

(53.4–68.0%)

53.0%

(39.7–64.6%)

56.6%

(50.3–62.3%)

56.5%

(51.0–61.6%)

120 months

72.6%

(53.7–84.8%)

n.a.

31.3%

(15.0–48.7%)

49.0%

(39.6–57.7%)

48.5%

(35.0–66.6%)

47.2%

(40.1–53.9%)

48.2%

(41.9–54.2%)

Overall survival
12 months

100.0%

(100.0–100.0%)

81.7%

(63.7–91.3%)

57.9%

(39.3–72.7%)

93.6%

(89.3–96.3%)

96.9%

(88.1–99.2%)

90.5%

(86.6–93.3%)

90.6%

(87.3–93.1%)

24 months

94.1%

(78.5–98.5%)

72.0%

(53.0–84.4%)

47.8%

(29.8–63.8%)

85.9%

(80.2–90.0%)

85.9%

(74.6–92.4%)

81.7%

(76.8–85.7%)

82.4%

(78.2–85.9%)

60 months

88.0%

(71.2–95.3%)

43.8%

(22.8–63.0%)

40.5%

(23.2–57.1%)

73.3%

(65.8–79.3%)

65.7%

(52.3–76.2%)

68.0%

(62.0–73.3%)

68.9%

(63.6–73.6%)

120 months

81.8%

(59.4–92.5%)

n.a. 40.5% (23.2–57.1%)

62.3%

(53.0–70.3%)

55.6%

(41.0–68.0%)

58.4%

(51.2–64.9%)

59.4%

(53.0–65.2%)

Kaplan–Meier estimates (95% confidence intervals).

ASCT high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation, PFS progression-free survival, OS overall survival, 95% CI confidence interval, n.a. not applicable.