Table 1.

Treatment Outcome According to Presenting Features in Infants With ALL (n = 106)

Feature n (%) pEFS ± SE (%) P Value
Sex  
 Female  55 (52)  46 ± 7  .35  
 Male 51 (48)  39 ± 7  
Age (mo) 
 <6  50 (47) 32 ± 6  .009  
 ≥6 ≤ 12  56 (53)  56 ± 7 
WBC (×103/μL)  
 <100  46 (43) 52 ± 8  .04  
 ≥100  60 (57)  37 ± 6  
BFM RF  
 <1.7  87 (82)  47 ± 6  .06  
 ≥1.7 19 (18)  26 ± 10  
CNS disease  
 Present  25 (24) 19 ± 8  .0008  
 Absent  81 (76)  51 ± 6 
Cytogenetics* 
 Evaluable  59   38 ± 7 
  Normal  18 (31)  56 ± 12  
  11q23 rearranged 29 (49)  28 ± 8  .03  
   t(4;11) 17  18 ± 9  .004  
  Other abnormalities  12 (20) 42 ± 14  
 Not evaluable  47   50 ± 7 
Immunophenotype* 
 Evaluable  104   
  B-lineage 
   Pro-B-ALL  52 (50)  30 ± 7  .005 
   c-/pre-B ALL  47 (45)  56 ± 7  
  pro-T 3 (3)  
  AUL  2 (2)  
  CD 10 
   CD10 62 (59)  35 ± 6  .02 
   CD10+ 42 (41)  55 ± 8  
  Myeloid marker (≥1)  
   Present  29 (28)  45 ± 6  .7 
   Absent  75 (72)  40 ± 9  
Prednisone response*, 
 Evaluable  105   
  Good (<1,000/μL) 78 (74)  53 ± 6  .0001  
  Poor (≥1,000/μL) 27 (26)  15 ± 7 
Feature n (%) pEFS ± SE (%) P Value
Sex  
 Female  55 (52)  46 ± 7  .35  
 Male 51 (48)  39 ± 7  
Age (mo) 
 <6  50 (47) 32 ± 6  .009  
 ≥6 ≤ 12  56 (53)  56 ± 7 
WBC (×103/μL)  
 <100  46 (43) 52 ± 8  .04  
 ≥100  60 (57)  37 ± 6  
BFM RF  
 <1.7  87 (82)  47 ± 6  .06  
 ≥1.7 19 (18)  26 ± 10  
CNS disease  
 Present  25 (24) 19 ± 8  .0008  
 Absent  81 (76)  51 ± 6 
Cytogenetics* 
 Evaluable  59   38 ± 7 
  Normal  18 (31)  56 ± 12  
  11q23 rearranged 29 (49)  28 ± 8  .03  
   t(4;11) 17  18 ± 9  .004  
  Other abnormalities  12 (20) 42 ± 14  
 Not evaluable  47   50 ± 7 
Immunophenotype* 
 Evaluable  104   
  B-lineage 
   Pro-B-ALL  52 (50)  30 ± 7  .005 
   c-/pre-B ALL  47 (45)  56 ± 7  
  pro-T 3 (3)  
  AUL  2 (2)  
  CD 10 
   CD10 62 (59)  35 ± 6  .02 
   CD10+ 42 (41)  55 ± 8  
  Myeloid marker (≥1)  
   Present  29 (28)  45 ± 6  .7 
   Absent  75 (72)  40 ± 9  
Prednisone response*, 
 Evaluable  105   
  Good (<1,000/μL) 78 (74)  53 ± 6  .0001  
  Poor (≥1,000/μL) 27 (26)  15 ± 7 
*

Percentage of evaluated infants.

Patients included in 11q23 rearranged.

One infant with WBC of 407,000/μL at diagnosis and a t(4;11) could not be evaluated for prednisone response due to exchange transfusion before day 8.

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