Table 5.

The Relationship Between DPAV Sensitivity and Three Prognostic Factors

Three Prognostic Factors3-yr EFS (95% confidence intervals)No. of Patients for DPAV SensitivityContingency Table Analysis
SSISRR
Immunologic classification 
cALL (n = 143) 0.722 (0.632-0.811) 34 62 47 
T-ALL (n = 21) 0.501 (0.237-0.766) 12 
mix ALL (n = 27) 0.575 (0.285-0.865) 10 13 
uALL (n = 5) 0.600 (0.171-1.000) P = .391 
Age 
Infant (<1 yr old, n = 10) 0.111 (0-0.316)5-150 
1-9 yr old (n = 127) 0.772 (0.678-0.866) 28 60 39 
>9 yr old (n = 59) 0.607 (0.461-0.753) 12 18 29 P = .062 
Initial WBC count (/μL) 
<10,000 (n = 88) 0.747 (0.636-0.857) 14 34 40 
10,000-50,000 (n = 66) 0.738 (0.594-0.882) 18 29 19 
>50,000 (n = 42) 0.421 (0.244-0.598) 10 17 15 P = .239 
Three Prognostic Factors3-yr EFS (95% confidence intervals)No. of Patients for DPAV SensitivityContingency Table Analysis
SSISRR
Immunologic classification 
cALL (n = 143) 0.722 (0.632-0.811) 34 62 47 
T-ALL (n = 21) 0.501 (0.237-0.766) 12 
mix ALL (n = 27) 0.575 (0.285-0.865) 10 13 
uALL (n = 5) 0.600 (0.171-1.000) P = .391 
Age 
Infant (<1 yr old, n = 10) 0.111 (0-0.316)5-150 
1-9 yr old (n = 127) 0.772 (0.678-0.866) 28 60 39 
>9 yr old (n = 59) 0.607 (0.461-0.753) 12 18 29 P = .062 
Initial WBC count (/μL) 
<10,000 (n = 88) 0.747 (0.636-0.857) 14 34 40 
10,000-50,000 (n = 66) 0.738 (0.594-0.882) 18 29 19 
>50,000 (n = 42) 0.421 (0.244-0.598) 10 17 15 P = .239 

Abbreviations: SS (super sensitivity), sensitive to all four drugs (Dex, Pred, ASP, VCR); IS (intermediate sensitivity), sensitive to two or three of the four drugs; RR (relative resistance), sensitive to one or none of the four drugs.

F5-150

Two-year EFS.