Table 3

Distribution of treatment failures (randomized patients only)

T-ALL
T-NHL
Total
No HDM (n = 151)HDM (n = 148)No HDM (n = 66)HDM (n = 71)No HDM (n = 217)HDM (n = 219)
Total failures 50 35 14 59 49 
Induction failures 14 15 
Induction deaths 
Relapse 28 20 10 33 30 
    Marrow only 
    Marrow + CNS 
    Marrow + testicular 
    Marrow + Mediastinal 
    Marrow + other 1* 1 1* 
    Isolated CNS 11 7 12 
    Isolated testicular 
    Mediastinal ± other 2§ 3 
    Lymph 
    Unspecified 
Second malignancy 
Remission deaths 
T-ALL
T-NHL
Total
No HDM (n = 151)HDM (n = 148)No HDM (n = 66)HDM (n = 71)No HDM (n = 217)HDM (n = 219)
Total failures 50 35 14 59 49 
Induction failures 14 15 
Induction deaths 
Relapse 28 20 10 33 30 
    Marrow only 
    Marrow + CNS 
    Marrow + testicular 
    Marrow + Mediastinal 
    Marrow + other 1* 1 1* 
    Isolated CNS 11 7 12 
    Isolated testicular 
    Mediastinal ± other 2§ 3 
    Lymph 
    Unspecified 
Second malignancy 
Remission deaths 

T-ALL indicates T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; T-NHL, T-cell lymphoblastic non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and HDM, high-dose methotrexate.

*

One lymph.

One spleen.

One eye.

§

One pleura.

One lung.

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