Table 5.

Overall Results in Adult Pro-B ALL Patients

Treatment Results ALL-Study 03/87 ALL-Study 04/89
Study period  1987-1989  1989-1993  
Patients enrolled 18  47  
Patients evaluable  16  41  
Median age in years (range)  42.5 (17-61)  28 (16-62)  
CR 12 (75%)  30 (73%)  
Failure 1 (8%)  6 (15%)  
Early death 3 (19%)  5 (12%)  
CCR  2 (17%) 16 (53%)  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  7  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone and autologous BMT  1  1  
 Allogeneic BMT 0  4  
 HD MTX/L-asp; VM26/AraC  0  4  
Relapse 8 (66%)  12 (40%)  
 Before HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  4  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone  4  
 Allogeneic BMT  0  1  
 HD MTX/L-asp; VM26/AraC  7  
Death in CR  2 (17%)  2 (7%) 
 Before HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  0  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  0  
 Allogeneic BMT  0  
Treatment Results ALL-Study 03/87 ALL-Study 04/89
Study period  1987-1989  1989-1993  
Patients enrolled 18  47  
Patients evaluable  16  41  
Median age in years (range)  42.5 (17-61)  28 (16-62)  
CR 12 (75%)  30 (73%)  
Failure 1 (8%)  6 (15%)  
Early death 3 (19%)  5 (12%)  
CCR  2 (17%) 16 (53%)  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  7  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone and autologous BMT  1  1  
 Allogeneic BMT 0  4  
 HD MTX/L-asp; VM26/AraC  0  4  
Relapse 8 (66%)  12 (40%)  
 Before HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  4  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone  4  
 Allogeneic BMT  0  1  
 HD MTX/L-asp; VM26/AraC  7  
Death in CR  2 (17%)  2 (7%) 
 Before HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  0  
 HD AraC/mitoxantrone  1  0  
 Allogeneic BMT  0  

Abbreviations: CR, complete remission; CCR, continuous complete remission; HD, high dose; AraC, cytarabine; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; MTX, methotrexate; L-asp, L-asparaginase; VM26, teniposide.

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