Table 2.

Post-ASCT response and time to initiation of second-line therapy

Post-ASCT responseTime in months from ASCT to initiation of second-line therapy (number of patients)P
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5
≥VGPR       
 Yes 18.2 (10) 36.6 (34) 25.5 (47) 47.2 (37)  <.05 
 No 8.4 (10) 17.7 (17) 9.4 (24) 15.3 (32) 3.7 (9) .01 
 P .11 .004 <.001 <.001   
≥PR       
 Yes 17.0 (21) 32.3 (47) 23.6 (60) 33.8 (62) 12.2 (4) .02 
 No 3.9 (3) 24.5 (5) 8.2 (16) 10.9 (10) 3.6 (6) .01 
 P <.001 .04 <.001 .01 .08  
Organ response       
 Yes 24.3 (7) 36.7 (29) 35.4 (29) 48.6 (35) 19.3 (3) .38 
 No 9.4 (17) 26.8 (23) 12.3 (47) 22.3 (37) 3.7 (7) <.001 
 P .008 .02 <.001 <.001 .03  
Post-ASCT responseTime in months from ASCT to initiation of second-line therapy (number of patients)P
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5
≥VGPR       
 Yes 18.2 (10) 36.6 (34) 25.5 (47) 47.2 (37)  <.05 
 No 8.4 (10) 17.7 (17) 9.4 (24) 15.3 (32) 3.7 (9) .01 
 P .11 .004 <.001 <.001   
≥PR       
 Yes 17.0 (21) 32.3 (47) 23.6 (60) 33.8 (62) 12.2 (4) .02 
 No 3.9 (3) 24.5 (5) 8.2 (16) 10.9 (10) 3.6 (6) .01 
 P <.001 .04 <.001 .01 .08  
Organ response       
 Yes 24.3 (7) 36.7 (29) 35.4 (29) 48.6 (35) 19.3 (3) .38 
 No 9.4 (17) 26.8 (23) 12.3 (47) 22.3 (37) 3.7 (7) <.001 
 P .008 .02 <.001 <.001 .03  

At time of second-line therapy: group 1, early signs of recurrent disease that did not yet met either hematologic or organ R/P criteria; group 2 evidence of hematologic R/P without signs of organ R/P; group 3, evidence of organ R/P without hematologic R/P; group 4, both hematologic and organ R/P; and group 5, suboptimal response to ASCT and given second line as consolidation.

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