Table 3.

Adverse prognostic factors in adult acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).*

* Adverse prognostic factors as they emerged from the more than 3000 adult ALL patients treated in the GMALL (German Multicenter Studies for Adult ALL) trials.24,25  
Clinical characteristics Higher age: > 50 yrs, > 60 yrs 
 High WBC: > 300,00/μl in B-lineage 
  
Immunophenotype Pro B (B-lin., CD10) 
 Early T (T-lin., CD1a, sCD3) 
 Mature T (T-lin., CD1a, sCD3+
  
Cytogenetics/molecular genetics t(9;22)/BCR-ABL or t(4;11)/ALL1-AF4 
  
Treatment response Late achievement of CR: > 3, 4 weeks 
 MRD positivity 
* Adverse prognostic factors as they emerged from the more than 3000 adult ALL patients treated in the GMALL (German Multicenter Studies for Adult ALL) trials.24,25  
Clinical characteristics Higher age: > 50 yrs, > 60 yrs 
 High WBC: > 300,00/μl in B-lineage 
  
Immunophenotype Pro B (B-lin., CD10) 
 Early T (T-lin., CD1a, sCD3) 
 Mature T (T-lin., CD1a, sCD3+
  
Cytogenetics/molecular genetics t(9;22)/BCR-ABL or t(4;11)/ALL1-AF4 
  
Treatment response Late achievement of CR: > 3, 4 weeks 
 MRD positivity 

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