Table 1.

Patient characteristics


Characteristic

Data
Sex, no. (%)  
Female   38 (57.6)  
Male   28 (42.4)  
Age, y, median (range)   57 (31-80)  
Disease duration, mo, median (range)   30 (0-190)  
Disease phase, no. (%)  
Chronic   20 (30.3)  
Accelerated   27 (40.1)  
Clonal cytogenetic evolution only   10 (15.2)  
Blastic   19 (28.8)  
Clonal cytogenetic evolution, no. (%)  26 (39.3)  
Prior therapy, no. (%)  
Hydroxyurea   51 (77.3)  
Interferon-α   37 (56.1)  
Cytarabine   18 (27.3)  
Topoisomerase II inhibitors   11 (16.7)  
6-Mercaptopurine   6 (9.1)  
6-Thioguanine   6 (9.1)  
Busulfan   5 (7.8)  
Melphalan   3 (4.5)  
Other*  4 (6.1)  
None
 
4 (6.1)
 

Characteristic

Data
Sex, no. (%)  
Female   38 (57.6)  
Male   28 (42.4)  
Age, y, median (range)   57 (31-80)  
Disease duration, mo, median (range)   30 (0-190)  
Disease phase, no. (%)  
Chronic   20 (30.3)  
Accelerated   27 (40.1)  
Clonal cytogenetic evolution only   10 (15.2)  
Blastic   19 (28.8)  
Clonal cytogenetic evolution, no. (%)  26 (39.3)  
Prior therapy, no. (%)  
Hydroxyurea   51 (77.3)  
Interferon-α   37 (56.1)  
Cytarabine   18 (27.3)  
Topoisomerase II inhibitors   11 (16.7)  
6-Mercaptopurine   6 (9.1)  
6-Thioguanine   6 (9.1)  
Busulfan   5 (7.8)  
Melphalan   3 (4.5)  
Other*  4 (6.1)  
None
 
4 (6.1)
 
*

Includes vincristine (1 patient), fludarabine (1), splenic radiotherapy (1), and total-body irradiation before allografting (1).

Data available for 62 of 66 patients.

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