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Table 1 Patient characteristics and response to R-DHAP

From: Minimal renal toxicity after Rituximab DHAP with a modified cisplatin application scheme in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

 

Overall cohort

1 cycle

2 cycles

3 cycles

4 cycles

P-values

R-DHAP

R-DHAP

R-DHAP

R-DHAP

Patients, n (%)

122 (100)

31 (25)

61 (50)

14 (12)

16 (13)

/

Gender, n (%)

     

0.17

 Male

82 (67)

20 (65)

37 (61)

11 (79)

14 (88)

 Female

40 (33)

11 (35)

24 (39)

3 (21)

2 (12)

First diagnosis and previous Tx

      

 Mean age at first diagnosis (SD)

53 (12)

53 (13)

54 (11)

51 (13)

54 (12)

0.73

 Stage at first diagnosis, n (%)

     

0.01

  I

7 (6)

1 (3)

2 (3)

4 (29)

0 (0)

  II

26 (21)

4 (13)

14 (23)

3 (21)

5 (31)

  III

39 (32)

12 (39)

19 (31)

3 (21)

5 (31)

  IV

48 (39)

13 (42)

26 (43)

3 (21)

6 (38)

 Not known

2 (2)

1 (3)

0 (0)

1 (7)

0 (0)

 CHOP-like therapy, n (%)

113 (93)

29 (94)

58 (95)

12 (86)

14 (88)

0.35

 Other, n (%)

8 (6)

2 (6)

2 (3)

2 (14)

2 (12)

 Not known, n (%)

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Rituximab-containing, n (%)

96 (79)

30 (97)

47 (77)

10 (71)

9 (56)

0.01

Relapse

      

 TTR after last treatment, n (%)

     

0.01

 Refractory or <12 months

79 (65)

26 (84)

40 (66)

6 (43)

7 (44)

 ≥12 months

43 (35)

5 (16)

21 (34)

8 (57)

9 (56)

 Mean age at 1. R-DHAP (SD)

57 (12)

56 (15)

57 (11)

56 (13)

57 (13)

0.98

 Months between last treatment and 1. R-DHAP, mean (SD)

19 (29)

8 (15)

17 (28)

43 (47)

27 (23)

<0.01

Response to R-DHAP, n (%)

     

<0.01

 CR

19 (16)

0 (0)

11 (18)

5 (36)

3 (19)

 

 CRu

6 (5)

0 (0)

5 (8)

0 (0)

1 (6)

 

 PR

39 (32)

3 (10)

18 (30)

6 (43)

12 (75)

 

 StD

18 (15)

5 (16)

11 (18)

2 (14)

0 (0)

 

 PD

35 (29)

18 (58)

16 (26)

1 (7)

0 (0)

 

 Not known

5 (4)

5 (16)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 
  1. CHOP cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, CR(u) complete response (unconfirmed), PBSC peripheral blood stem cell collection, PD progressive disease, PR partial remission, R-DHAP rituximab, dexamethasone, cytarabine, cisplatin, StD stable disease, SD standard deviation, TTR time to relapse. Statistically significant P-values are indicated in bold.