Table 2.

Peripheral Blood Counts After Filgrastim Priming and Cladribine Therapy

Filgrastim + Cladribine Cladribine Alone PValue
Peak counts after filgrastim priming (day 0)  
 WBC (×109/L)  
  Median (range)  3.9 (1.6-64.5) 
 ANC (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 2.26 (0.18-29.03)  
 Hemoglobin (g/dL)  
  Median (range)  12.4 (6.8-15.7)  
 Platelets (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 82 (23-162)  
 Absolute hairy cell count (×106/L)  
  Median (range) 80 (0-32,250)  
Nadir counts after cladribine 
 WBC (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 0.8 (0-1.8)  0.6 (0-7.1)  .15  
 ANC (×109/L)  
  Median (range)  0.53 (0-1.8) 0.29 (0-1.96)  .04* 
 Hemoglobin (g/dL)  
  Median (range)  10.2 (3.7-15.2)  9.2 (4.8-14.3)  .12 
 Platelets (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 64 (16-130)  68 (3-359)  .33 
Filgrastim + Cladribine Cladribine Alone PValue
Peak counts after filgrastim priming (day 0)  
 WBC (×109/L)  
  Median (range)  3.9 (1.6-64.5) 
 ANC (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 2.26 (0.18-29.03)  
 Hemoglobin (g/dL)  
  Median (range)  12.4 (6.8-15.7)  
 Platelets (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 82 (23-162)  
 Absolute hairy cell count (×106/L)  
  Median (range) 80 (0-32,250)  
Nadir counts after cladribine 
 WBC (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 0.8 (0-1.8)  0.6 (0-7.1)  .15  
 ANC (×109/L)  
  Median (range)  0.53 (0-1.8) 0.29 (0-1.96)  .04* 
 Hemoglobin (g/dL)  
  Median (range)  10.2 (3.7-15.2)  9.2 (4.8-14.3)  .12 
 Platelets (×109/L)  
  Median (range) 64 (16-130)  68 (3-359)  .33 
*

Nominally significant at α level .05 (P < .05).

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