Table 2.

Results of recent multicenter studies on childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Stages (St. Jude staging system) No. of patients/pEFS
StudyPeriodNo. patients (Age in y)pEFS at 3-5 y*IIIIIIIVComments
* Total group. 
Abbreviations: pEFS Kaplan-Meier estimate of event-free survival; NG, not given; ADCOMP, L-asparaginase, daunorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, methotrexate, prednisone; L-asp, L-asparaginase; pCCR, probability of continuous complete remission; NE, not eligible; T-LBL, T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma; B-ALL, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; HD-MTX, high-dose methotrexate 
Lymphoblastic Lymphoma 
    CCG-5026  10/83-03/90 281 (0.5-19) NG — I+II 28/84% 219/70% 34/46% Randomized trial vs ADCOMP EFS 74% vs 64%
 Modified LSA2-L2 
    POG 870421  05/87-;01/92 180 (1-21 ) NG NE NE NG NG Randomized trial: 20 weekly L-Asp vs no 4-y pCCR 78 vs 64% 
    NHL-BFM90-LBL5  04/90-03/95 105 (0.5-18) 90% 2/100% 2/100 % 82/90% 19/95% T-LBL only 
    NHL-BFM95-LBL23  04/95-03/01 198 (0-18) 80%  I+II 22/95% 123/79% 53/77% Omission of pre-emptive cranial irradiation 
    SFOP-LMT 9622  02/97-12/03 83 (ng) 87% NG NG NG NG T-LBL only, BFM-backbone, early intensification day 8 
B-NHL 
    POG Total9  10/86-11/91 133 (0-21) NG NE NE NE 59/79% B-ALL 74/65%  
    CCG-Hybrid10  12/91-12/93 42 (0-21) 77% NE NE 82% 60% incl B-ALL  
    SFOP/LMB 897  07/89-;06/96 561 (0-17) 91% 31/93% 88/99% 278/91% 62/87%, B-ALL 102/87%  
    NHL-BFM 908  04/90-03/95 413 (1-19) 89% 49/97% 115/98% 169/88% 24/73%, B-ALL 56/74%  
    NHL-BFM 9526  04/96-03/01 505 (0-18) 89 % 53/98% 119/98% 221/87% 33/81% B-ALL 79/77% Randomized trial HD-MTX intravenously over 24 h vs 4 h 
    FAB/LMB-96        See Table 3  
Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma 
    SFOP-HM89/9114  08/88-02/997 82 (1-17) 66% — I/II 23/94% — III/IV 59/55%  
    NHL-BFM-9012  04/90-03/95 89 (0.8-17) 76% 8/100% 20/79% 55/74% 6/50%  
    UKCCSG11  06/90-05/96 72 (0-17) 59%  I/II 15/62%  III/IV 57/58%  
    AIEOP13  01/93-10/97 34 (4-15) 65% 0/− 10/60% 17/65% 7/71%  
    POG-8704-APO33  12/94-04/00 86 (0-21) 72% ne ne ng ng  
Stages (St. Jude staging system) No. of patients/pEFS
StudyPeriodNo. patients (Age in y)pEFS at 3-5 y*IIIIIIIVComments
* Total group. 
Abbreviations: pEFS Kaplan-Meier estimate of event-free survival; NG, not given; ADCOMP, L-asparaginase, daunorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, methotrexate, prednisone; L-asp, L-asparaginase; pCCR, probability of continuous complete remission; NE, not eligible; T-LBL, T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma; B-ALL, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; HD-MTX, high-dose methotrexate 
Lymphoblastic Lymphoma 
    CCG-5026  10/83-03/90 281 (0.5-19) NG — I+II 28/84% 219/70% 34/46% Randomized trial vs ADCOMP EFS 74% vs 64%
 Modified LSA2-L2 
    POG 870421  05/87-;01/92 180 (1-21 ) NG NE NE NG NG Randomized trial: 20 weekly L-Asp vs no 4-y pCCR 78 vs 64% 
    NHL-BFM90-LBL5  04/90-03/95 105 (0.5-18) 90% 2/100% 2/100 % 82/90% 19/95% T-LBL only 
    NHL-BFM95-LBL23  04/95-03/01 198 (0-18) 80%  I+II 22/95% 123/79% 53/77% Omission of pre-emptive cranial irradiation 
    SFOP-LMT 9622  02/97-12/03 83 (ng) 87% NG NG NG NG T-LBL only, BFM-backbone, early intensification day 8 
B-NHL 
    POG Total9  10/86-11/91 133 (0-21) NG NE NE NE 59/79% B-ALL 74/65%  
    CCG-Hybrid10  12/91-12/93 42 (0-21) 77% NE NE 82% 60% incl B-ALL  
    SFOP/LMB 897  07/89-;06/96 561 (0-17) 91% 31/93% 88/99% 278/91% 62/87%, B-ALL 102/87%  
    NHL-BFM 908  04/90-03/95 413 (1-19) 89% 49/97% 115/98% 169/88% 24/73%, B-ALL 56/74%  
    NHL-BFM 9526  04/96-03/01 505 (0-18) 89 % 53/98% 119/98% 221/87% 33/81% B-ALL 79/77% Randomized trial HD-MTX intravenously over 24 h vs 4 h 
    FAB/LMB-96        See Table 3  
Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma 
    SFOP-HM89/9114  08/88-02/997 82 (1-17) 66% — I/II 23/94% — III/IV 59/55%  
    NHL-BFM-9012  04/90-03/95 89 (0.8-17) 76% 8/100% 20/79% 55/74% 6/50%  
    UKCCSG11  06/90-05/96 72 (0-17) 59%  I/II 15/62%  III/IV 57/58%  
    AIEOP13  01/93-10/97 34 (4-15) 65% 0/− 10/60% 17/65% 7/71%  
    POG-8704-APO33  12/94-04/00 86 (0-21) 72% ne ne ng ng  
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