Flow diagram of 419 elderly patients with AML by treatment arm. Per treatment arm, the number and percentage of patients who received a specific induction or consolidation cycle are shown. R indicates randomization; MXT, mitoxantrone; and ETO, etoposide.

*Six patients in arm B did not receive any protocol treatment.

†Two patients, one in each treatment arm, received only induction cycle 1 and one consolidation cycle.