Table 1

Characteristics of patients identified with SMN after treatment on ALL-BFM trials 79 to 2000 and included in thiopurine methyltransferase genotype analyses in comparison with SMN patients not included

SMN patients included in genotyping (n = 105), n (%)SMN patients not included in genotyping (n = 24), n (%)P
Sex    
    Male 65 (61.9) 13 (54.2)  
    Female 40 (38.1) 11 (45.8) .489 
Age at diagnosis, y    
    < 1-6 72 (68.6) 15 (62.5)  
    > 6 33 (31.4) 9 (37.5) .328 
Initial WBC, /μL    
    < 10 000 45 (42.9) 11 (45.8)  
    ≥ 10 000-<50 000 34 (32.4) 10 (41.7)  
    ≥ 50 000 12 (11.4) 1 (4.2)  
    ≥ 100 000 14 (13.3) 2 (8.3) .583 
Immunophenotype    
    B 70 (66.7) 19 (79.2)  
    T 26 (24.8) 3 (12.5) .273 
    Other/not characterized 9 (8.6) 2 (8.3)  
BFM study    
    ALL-BFM 79 4 (3.8)   
    ALL-BFM 81 14 (13.3) 1 (4.2)  
    ALL-BFM 83 8 (7.6)   
    ALL-BFM 86 15 (14.3) 2 (8.3)  
    ALL-BFM 90 26 (24.8) 12 (50.0)  
    ALL-BFM 95 27 (25.7) 4 (16.7)  
    ALL-BFM 2000 11 (10.5) 5 (20.8) .080 
Cranial irradiation    
    No 39 (37.1) 9 (37.5)  
    Yes 66 (62.9) 15 (62.5) .999 
Risk group*    
    Standard 38 (37.6) 4 (16.7)  
    Intermediate 52 (51.5) 17 (70.8)  
    High 11 (10.9) 3 (12.5) .143 
SMN    
    Hematologic 60 (57.1) 8 (37.0)  
    Brain tumor 21 (20.0) 11 (40.7)  
    Other solid tumors 24 (22.9) 5 (22.2) .025 
Median time to SMN, y    
    < 3 33 (31.4) 3 (12.5)  
    ≥ 3-<10 56 (53.3) 14 (58.3)  
    ≥ 10 16 (15.2) 7 (29.2) .094 
SMN patients included in genotyping (n = 105), n (%)SMN patients not included in genotyping (n = 24), n (%)P
Sex    
    Male 65 (61.9) 13 (54.2)  
    Female 40 (38.1) 11 (45.8) .489 
Age at diagnosis, y    
    < 1-6 72 (68.6) 15 (62.5)  
    > 6 33 (31.4) 9 (37.5) .328 
Initial WBC, /μL    
    < 10 000 45 (42.9) 11 (45.8)  
    ≥ 10 000-<50 000 34 (32.4) 10 (41.7)  
    ≥ 50 000 12 (11.4) 1 (4.2)  
    ≥ 100 000 14 (13.3) 2 (8.3) .583 
Immunophenotype    
    B 70 (66.7) 19 (79.2)  
    T 26 (24.8) 3 (12.5) .273 
    Other/not characterized 9 (8.6) 2 (8.3)  
BFM study    
    ALL-BFM 79 4 (3.8)   
    ALL-BFM 81 14 (13.3) 1 (4.2)  
    ALL-BFM 83 8 (7.6)   
    ALL-BFM 86 15 (14.3) 2 (8.3)  
    ALL-BFM 90 26 (24.8) 12 (50.0)  
    ALL-BFM 95 27 (25.7) 4 (16.7)  
    ALL-BFM 2000 11 (10.5) 5 (20.8) .080 
Cranial irradiation    
    No 39 (37.1) 9 (37.5)  
    Yes 66 (62.9) 15 (62.5) .999 
Risk group*    
    Standard 38 (37.6) 4 (16.7)  
    Intermediate 52 (51.5) 17 (70.8)  
    High 11 (10.9) 3 (12.5) .143 
SMN    
    Hematologic 60 (57.1) 8 (37.0)  
    Brain tumor 21 (20.0) 11 (40.7)  
    Other solid tumors 24 (22.9) 5 (22.2) .025 
Median time to SMN, y    
    < 3 33 (31.4) 3 (12.5)  
    ≥ 3-<10 56 (53.3) 14 (58.3)  
    ≥ 10 16 (15.2) 7 (29.2) .094 

WBC indicates white blood cell count.

*

Because there were only 2 risk groups, patients from ALL-BFM 79 were not included.

Specific diagnoses of included SMN were as follows: hematologic SMN: Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 5), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 5), malignant histiocytosis (n = 5), ALL (n = 2), AML/MDS (n = 41), and CML (n = 2); brain tumors: primitive neuroectodermal tumor of CNS (n = 4), meningeoma (n = 2), astrocytoma (n = 5), glioblastoma (n = 8), gliosarcoma (n = 1), and oligodendroglioma (n = 1); other solid tumors: thyroid cancer (n = 2), Ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (n = 9), basal cell carcinoma (n = 2), epithelial carcinoma (n = 2), mucoepidermoid carcinoma (n = 1), malignant teratoma (n = 2), melanoma (n = 2), nephroblastoma (n = 1), osteosarcoma (n = 1), synovial sarcoma (n = 1), and unknown secondary tumor with lung metastasis (n = 1).

P value by χ2 or Fisher exact test.

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