Research Article

PARP1-Driven Apoptosis in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Table 1

Patient characteristics: epidemiology, disease characteristics, treatment, and response.

CharacteristicAll patientsSubset of patients that received treatment

Number of patients, (%)26 (100)15 (100)
Median age, years (range)74 (51–87)73 (51–82)
Male to female ratio1.51.4
Peripheral blood lymphocytes, ×109/L (range)29.4 (3.9–81.0)26.7 (3.9–81.0)
LDH/ULN at presentation, mean (range)1.2 (0.9–3.1)1.1 (0.9–2.7)
Previous treatment, (%)2 (7.7)2 (13.3)
Disease stage (Binet) (15.24), (%)
 A10 (38.5)0 (0)
 B9 (34.6)8 (53.3)
 C7 (26.9)7 (46.7)
Immunochemotherapeutic regimen, (%)NA
 R8 (53.3)
 R, Ch3 (20.0)
 FCR4 (26.7)
Response to treatment, (%)NA
 Complete response3 (20.0)
 Partial response10 (66.7)
 Stable disease2 (13.3)
 Disease progression0 (0)

ULN: upper limit of normal; R: rituximab; Ch: chlorambucil; F: fludarabine; C: cyclophosphamide.