Journal of Hematology, ISSN 1927-1212 print, 1927-1220 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 5, Number 1, March 2016, pages 1-7


Evaluation of an Outpatient Model for Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Number of evaluable patients with acute myeloid leukemia included in the (a) 2012 cohort and the (b) 2010 cohort. CR: complete morphological remission; HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Tables

Table 1. Baseline Patient Characteristics, Induction and Consolidation Regimens
 
2012 cohort (n = 18)2010 cohort (n = 11)
aBaseline median platelet count at diagnosis was significantly different between groups (P = 0.028). bOne patient in 2012 cohort with t(8;21) had mutated c-KIT.
Median age (range)55 (24 - 67)59 (49 - 71)
Male, n65
De Novo AML, n1610
Median blood counts at diagnosis (range)
  Hemoglobin (g/L)89 (64 - 118)99 (65 - 127)
  WBC (109/L)5.2 (0.8 - 89.9)7.7 (1.1 - 67.7)
  ANC (109/L)0.8 (0.08 - 14.6)0.4 (0 - 10.2)
  PLT (109/L)42 (10 - 183)a101 (15 - 307)a
Recurrent cytogenetics, n
  t(15;17)32
  t(8;21)2b0
  inv(16)01
Cytogenetics unavailable, n34
Normal cytogenetics, n52
  WT NPM1/FLT3-ITD30
  Mutated NPM1, WT FLT3-ITD20
  WT NPM1, Mutated FLT3-ITD00
  Mutated NPM1/FLT3-ITD00
  Molecular studies unavailable02
Risk category, n
  Favorable63
  Intermediate64
  Adverse41
  Not assessable23
Induction regimen, n
  Standard “3+7”1811
Re-induction, n
  MEC10
  NOVE01
Consolidation regimen, n
  HiDAC32
  ID-ARAC117
  DN-ARAC31
  MEC10
  NOVE01

 

Table 2. Days Observed for First Cycle of Consolidation Chemotherapy, Days Spent Neutropenic, Days Spent Febrile, and Blood Counts Discharge
 
2012 cohort, median (range)2010 cohort, median (range)P
Total number of days observed in program26.5 (20 - 108)25 (17 - 29)0.331
Number of days as outpatient15.5 (0 - 27)0 (0 - 10)0.002
Number of days as inpatient12.5 (0 - 101)24 (7 - 29)0.04
Total number of days neutropenic16 (11 - 55)14 (12 - 28)0.735
Days neutropenic as outpatient7 (0 - 21)0 (0 - 10)0.024
Total number of days febrile1 (0 - 24)1 (0 - 7)0.542
Number of units of PRBC transfused2 (1 - 12)2 (1 - 7)0.838
Number of platelet pools transfused0 (0 - 5)0 (0 - 2)0.594
Blood counts at discharge
  Hemoglobin (g/L)103 (84 - 118)93 (82 - 123)0.137
  WBC (109/L)2.5 (1.0 - 9.3)2.2 (1.1 - 4.9)0.669
  ANC (109/L)0.8 (0.5 - 5.77)0.8 (0.5 - 1.37)0.472
  PLT (109/L)67 (10 - 398)77 (32 - 653)0.368