Table 1.

Patient characteristics and outcomes

Patient characteristicsn%
 62  
Primary ML-DS 
Age (mo) 23.4 (7.3-63.8)   
Male/female 1.29 (35/27)  
Constitutional trisomy 21 57 92 
Trisomy 21 mosaicism 
History of transient abnormal myelopoiesis   
Yes 19 31 
No 30 48 
Not available 13 21 
WBC (×109/L) 6 (2-88)   
Extramedullary involvement   
CNS 
Bone 
Liver/spleen 
Blast cytogenetics    
Structurally complex, not monosomal 18 29 
Structurally complex and monosomal 
Monosomal, not structurally complex 
Other structural abnormalities 11 
Acquired trisomy (other than chromosome 21) 10 
No acquired aberration 13 
Not available 17 27 
GATA1 mutation   
Present 36 58 
Absent/not available 26 42 
Treatment included at least 1 course of high-dose cytarabine 51 82 
Cumulative anthracycline dose (doxorubicin equivalents, mg/m2195   
Doses of intrathecal chemotherapy 2   
Relapsed/refractory ML-DS 
Refractory 15 
Relapse 53 85 
Time from diagnosis of primary ML-DS to first relapse (mo) 6.8 (1-45)   
Time from first remission to relapse (mo) 5.5 (0-43)   
Blast percentage in the bone marrow 23.5   
Site of relapse   
Bone marrow 61 98 
Extramedullary§  
Number of relapse events   
One 42 68 
More than 1 11 18 
Second remission after treatment for first relapse  
No 34 55 
Yes 28 45 
Treatment   
Chemotherapy alone 33 53 
Chemotherapy and HSCT 29 47 
Outcomes 
Alive 14 23 
in remission 14 23 
time interval since first relapse (mo) 56.1 (2.6-145)  
Died 48 77 
Likely reason for death   
progressive disease 42 68 
treatment-related mortality 10 
time interval since first relapse to death (mo) 5.1 (0.4-41)  
3-year overall survival (%) 22.1 ± 5.4
(95% CI, 13.7-35.8) 
3-year event-free survival (%) 20.9 ± 5.3
(95% CI, 12.7-34.3) 
3-year cumulative incidence of relapse (%) 79.1 ± 5.3
(95% CI, 65.7-87.3) 
Patient characteristicsn%
 62  
Primary ML-DS 
Age (mo) 23.4 (7.3-63.8)   
Male/female 1.29 (35/27)  
Constitutional trisomy 21 57 92 
Trisomy 21 mosaicism 
History of transient abnormal myelopoiesis   
Yes 19 31 
No 30 48 
Not available 13 21 
WBC (×109/L) 6 (2-88)   
Extramedullary involvement   
CNS 
Bone 
Liver/spleen 
Blast cytogenetics    
Structurally complex, not monosomal 18 29 
Structurally complex and monosomal 
Monosomal, not structurally complex 
Other structural abnormalities 11 
Acquired trisomy (other than chromosome 21) 10 
No acquired aberration 13 
Not available 17 27 
GATA1 mutation   
Present 36 58 
Absent/not available 26 42 
Treatment included at least 1 course of high-dose cytarabine 51 82 
Cumulative anthracycline dose (doxorubicin equivalents, mg/m2195   
Doses of intrathecal chemotherapy 2   
Relapsed/refractory ML-DS 
Refractory 15 
Relapse 53 85 
Time from diagnosis of primary ML-DS to first relapse (mo) 6.8 (1-45)   
Time from first remission to relapse (mo) 5.5 (0-43)   
Blast percentage in the bone marrow 23.5   
Site of relapse   
Bone marrow 61 98 
Extramedullary§  
Number of relapse events   
One 42 68 
More than 1 11 18 
Second remission after treatment for first relapse  
No 34 55 
Yes 28 45 
Treatment   
Chemotherapy alone 33 53 
Chemotherapy and HSCT 29 47 
Outcomes 
Alive 14 23 
in remission 14 23 
time interval since first relapse (mo) 56.1 (2.6-145)  
Died 48 77 
Likely reason for death   
progressive disease 42 68 
treatment-related mortality 10 
time interval since first relapse to death (mo) 5.1 (0.4-41)  
3-year overall survival (%) 22.1 ± 5.4
(95% CI, 13.7-35.8) 
3-year event-free survival (%) 20.9 ± 5.3
(95% CI, 12.7-34.3) 
3-year cumulative incidence of relapse (%) 79.1 ± 5.3
(95% CI, 65.7-87.3) 

median and range

median

structurally complex karyotype defined as ≥3 chromosomal aberrations, including at least 1 structural aberration

§

chloroma

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