Table 1

Patient and disease characteristics according to POD24 status

GLSGBCCA
POD24No POD24PPOD24no POD24P
No. of evaluable patients 23 109  23 79  
First-line treatment R-CHOP (151/151, 100%) R-CVP (107/107, 100%) 
Maintenance treatment by ITT IFN (151/151, 100%) Rituximab (93/107, 87%) 
Median follow-up in years 8.4 8.2  7.1 6.7  
Age (y), median (range) 61 (27-74) 56 (29-77) .195 62 (43-83) 61 (37-83) .398 
Male gender 11/23 (48%) 55/109 (50%) >.99 15/23 (65%) 42/79 (53%) .618 
High-risk FLIPI 18/23 (78%) 48/109 (44%) .0059 16/23 (70%) 33/79 (42%) .035 
 Age >60 y 12/23 (52%) 39/109 (36%) .218 12/23 (52%) 42/79 (53%) >.99 
 No. of nodal sites >4 19/23 (83%) 71/109 (65%) .165 20/23 (87%) 55/79 (70%) .164 
 LDH elevated 11/23 (48%) 31/109 (28%) .117 6/21 (29%) 15/77 (19%) .548 
 Hb <120 g/L 10/23 (43%) 17/109 (16%) .0064 4/21 (19%) 7/79 (9%) .350 
ECOG-PS ≥2 0/23 (0%) 5/109 (5%) .655 6/23 (26%) 9/79 (11%) .157 
GLSGBCCA
POD24No POD24PPOD24no POD24P
No. of evaluable patients 23 109  23 79  
First-line treatment R-CHOP (151/151, 100%) R-CVP (107/107, 100%) 
Maintenance treatment by ITT IFN (151/151, 100%) Rituximab (93/107, 87%) 
Median follow-up in years 8.4 8.2  7.1 6.7  
Age (y), median (range) 61 (27-74) 56 (29-77) .195 62 (43-83) 61 (37-83) .398 
Male gender 11/23 (48%) 55/109 (50%) >.99 15/23 (65%) 42/79 (53%) .618 
High-risk FLIPI 18/23 (78%) 48/109 (44%) .0059 16/23 (70%) 33/79 (42%) .035 
 Age >60 y 12/23 (52%) 39/109 (36%) .218 12/23 (52%) 42/79 (53%) >.99 
 No. of nodal sites >4 19/23 (83%) 71/109 (65%) .165 20/23 (87%) 55/79 (70%) .164 
 LDH elevated 11/23 (48%) 31/109 (28%) .117 6/21 (29%) 15/77 (19%) .548 
 Hb <120 g/L 10/23 (43%) 17/109 (16%) .0064 4/21 (19%) 7/79 (9%) .350 
ECOG-PS ≥2 0/23 (0%) 5/109 (5%) .655 6/23 (26%) 9/79 (11%) .157 

ECOG-PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status; Hb, hemoglobin; IFN, interferon-α; ITT, intention-to-treat; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; POD24, progression of disease within 24 months; R-CHOP, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone; R-CVP, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone.

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