Table 4

Variables associated with response to cell therapy

VariableResponse
P
Patients, nCR/SD/PRPDNE
Overall association of number of sites involved and response (n = 49) 
    1 site 14 14 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) .01, .01* 
    2 sites 21 13 (60%) 4 (20%) 4 (20%) 
    3+ sites 14 7 (50%) 6 (50%) 1 (0%) 
Overall association of rituximab use and response to cell therapy (n = 49) 
    Patients failing Rituxan 19 11 (58%) 7 (37%) 1 (5%) .07, .06* 
    Patient w/o prior Rituxan or in PR after Rituxan 30 23 (77%) 3 (11%) 4 (11%) 
Overall association of rituximab use and response (n = 49) 
    Patients failing Rituxan by treatment 19 11  
        DLI 4 (44%) 4 (44%) 1 (11%) .47, .63* 
        EBV-CTL 10 7 (70%) 3 (30%) 0 (0%) 
    Patients without prior Rituxan or in PR after Rituxan by treatment 30 23  
        DLI 21 17 (82%) 1 (6%) 3 (12%) .32, .22* 
        EBV CTL 6 (67%) 2 (22%) 1 (11%) 
Overall association of steroid use and response (n = 45) 
    No steroid use 40 29 (72%) 8 (20%) 3 (7%) .85, .99* 
    Steroid use 6 (66%) 2 (22%) 1 (11%) 
Overall association of use of steroids and/or cyclosporine or sirolimus (n = 49) 
    No steroid use 35 26 .76, .44* 
    Steroid use 14 
VariableResponse
P
Patients, nCR/SD/PRPDNE
Overall association of number of sites involved and response (n = 49) 
    1 site 14 14 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) .01, .01* 
    2 sites 21 13 (60%) 4 (20%) 4 (20%) 
    3+ sites 14 7 (50%) 6 (50%) 1 (0%) 
Overall association of rituximab use and response to cell therapy (n = 49) 
    Patients failing Rituxan 19 11 (58%) 7 (37%) 1 (5%) .07, .06* 
    Patient w/o prior Rituxan or in PR after Rituxan 30 23 (77%) 3 (11%) 4 (11%) 
Overall association of rituximab use and response (n = 49) 
    Patients failing Rituxan by treatment 19 11  
        DLI 4 (44%) 4 (44%) 1 (11%) .47, .63* 
        EBV-CTL 10 7 (70%) 3 (30%) 0 (0%) 
    Patients without prior Rituxan or in PR after Rituxan by treatment 30 23  
        DLI 21 17 (82%) 1 (6%) 3 (12%) .32, .22* 
        EBV CTL 6 (67%) 2 (22%) 1 (11%) 
Overall association of steroid use and response (n = 45) 
    No steroid use 40 29 (72%) 8 (20%) 3 (7%) .85, .99* 
    Steroid use 6 (66%) 2 (22%) 1 (11%) 
Overall association of use of steroids and/or cyclosporine or sirolimus (n = 49) 
    No steroid use 35 26 .76, .44* 
    Steroid use 14 

NE indicates not evaluated (patients dying within 8 days of initiated T-cell infusion who were not evaluated for response to T-cell therapy).

*

P excluding patients who were not evaluable; numbers in parentheses are raw percentages.

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