Table 2.

Clinical and biologic characteristics of the tMDS-AML phase and treatment outcome

Patient no.Latency, moPML/RARα status*tMDS phase (mo)KaryotypetMDS-AML treatmentOutcome
48 Negative No t(10;11)(p14;q21) MTZ/AraC/VP16 allogeneic SCT Died of GVHD (day + 50) 
43 Negative Yes (+ 18) Monosomy 7 Supportive care Alive in tMDS (at 18 mo)  
46 Negative Yes (2) Failure Supportive care Died of disease progression (1 mo) 
48 Negative Yes (2) Del(5q−) Supportive care Died of disease  
 (33 from second CR)      progression (5 mo) 
24 Negative Yes (5) 46xx Allogeneic SCT Alive in CR  
 (2 from second CR)      (+ 12 mo from SCT) 
Patient no.Latency, moPML/RARα status*tMDS phase (mo)KaryotypetMDS-AML treatmentOutcome
48 Negative No t(10;11)(p14;q21) MTZ/AraC/VP16 allogeneic SCT Died of GVHD (day + 50) 
43 Negative Yes (+ 18) Monosomy 7 Supportive care Alive in tMDS (at 18 mo)  
46 Negative Yes (2) Failure Supportive care Died of disease progression (1 mo) 
48 Negative Yes (2) Del(5q−) Supportive care Died of disease  
 (33 from second CR)      progression (5 mo) 
24 Negative Yes (5) 46xx Allogeneic SCT Alive in CR  
 (2 from second CR)      (+ 12 mo from SCT) 
*

By RT-PCR with 10−4 sensitivity.