Clinical Study

Outcomes of Six-Dose High-Dose Cytarabine as a Salvage Regimen for Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics

Median age, years (range)46 (20–58)
Male gender, n (%)16 (62%)
Median BMI (range)28.2 (18.4–39.6)
AML diagnosis, n (%)
 (i) De novo23 (88%)
 (ii) Treatment-related3 (12%)
Prior MDS, n (%)3 (12%)
ECOG performance status, median (range)1 (0–2)
Disease status, n (%)
 (i) Refractory18 (69%)
 (ii) Relapsed8 (31%)
Prior therapies, median (range)1 (1–4)
Prior treatments
 7 + 323 (88%)
 HiDAC8 (31%)
 Etoposide/mitoxantrone2 (8%)
Prior allo-HCT, n (%)2 (8%)
Genetic risk group [3], n (%)
 Favorable5 (19%)
 Intermediate I10 (39%)
 Intermediate II6 (23%)
 Poor risk5 (19%)

BMI: body mass index, AML: acute myeloid leukemia, MDS: myelodysplastic syndromes, ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, 7 + 3: cytarabine + anthracycline chemotherapy, HiDAC: high-dose cytarabine, and HCT: hematopoietic cell transplant.