Table 2. Results of the bcl-2–J H PCR... | American Society of Hematology

Table 2.

Results of the bcl-2–J_H PCR analysis on day 50 and clinical outcome (n = 30)

	Patient number	CR/CRu	PR	SD/Prog	Progression at 12 months^*
Peripheral blood PCR negative	17	10^‡	4	3	1
With BM PCR negative	9	5	3	1	0
With BM PCR positive	7	4	1	2	1
With BM untested	1	1	0	0	0
Peripheral blood PCR positive^†	13	0	9	4	8

	Patient number	CR/CRu	PR	SD/Prog	Progression at 12 months^*
Peripheral blood PCR negative	17	10^‡	4	3	1
With BM PCR negative	9	5	3	1	0
With BM PCR positive	7	4	1	2	1
With BM untested	1	1	0	0	0
Peripheral blood PCR positive^†	13	0	9	4	8

Only 30 of 32 patients with bcl-2–J_H rearrangement at diagnosis were evaluated on day 50.

2-tailed Fisher exact test for comparison of PCR analysis on day 50 and clinical outcome at 12 months (P < .0001).

All patients who were PCR positive in peripheral blood were also PCR positive in bone marrow, except 2 untested in bone marrow.

2-tailed Fisher exact test for comparison of PCR analysis on day 50 and clinical outcome on day 78 (P < .0001).