Table 1.

Patient characteristics and incidence of late-onset neutropenia


Characteristics

DA-EPOCH nos. (%)

DA-EPOCH-R nos. (%)

P2
Total patients   54   76   
Sex, male   33 (61)   50 (66)   NS  
Age, median   44   49   NS  
Stage III or IV   36 (67)   54 (71)   NS  
PS higher than 1   7 (13)   12 (16)   NS  
LDH higher than normal   34 (63)   35 (46)   .06* 
LON by histology    
    DLBCL   0/35 (0)   2/44 (5)   NA  
    ARL   0/19 (0)   2/8 (25)   NA  
    MCL   0/0   2/24 (8)   NA  
Total LON incidence
 
0/54 (0)
 
6/76 (7.9)
 
.04
 

Characteristics

DA-EPOCH nos. (%)

DA-EPOCH-R nos. (%)

P2
Total patients   54   76   
Sex, male   33 (61)   50 (66)   NS  
Age, median   44   49   NS  
Stage III or IV   36 (67)   54 (71)   NS  
PS higher than 1   7 (13)   12 (16)   NS  
LDH higher than normal   34 (63)   35 (46)   .06* 
LON by histology    
    DLBCL   0/35 (0)   2/44 (5)   NA  
    ARL   0/19 (0)   2/8 (25)   NA  
    MCL   0/0   2/24 (8)   NA  
Total LON incidence
 
0/54 (0)
 
6/76 (7.9)
 
.04
 

NS indicates not significant; PS, performance score; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; ARL, AIDS-related lymphoma; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; and NA, not applicable.

*

Chi-squared.

Two-sided Fisher exact t-test.

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