Table 3 Best-achieved response rates

From: Gemcitabine, cisplatin and methylprednisolone (GEM-P) is an effective salvage regimen in patients with relapsed and refractory lymphoma

 

No of patients

CR

PR

SD

PD

RR % (95% CI)

Evaluable patients

39a

8

23

4

4

79 (64–91)

Primary progressive

8

0

4

2

2

50 (16–84)

1st relapse

8

2

5

1

0

88 (47–100)

2nd and subsequent relapse

23

6

14

1

2

87 (66–97)

Chemosensitive

20

5

14

1

0

95 (75–100)

Chemoresistant

19

3

9

3

4

63 (38–84)

Hodgkin's lymphoma

17

2

12

1

2

82 (57–96)

DLBCL

1

2

5

2

2

64 (31–89)

Follicular lymphoma

3

1

1

1

0

67 (9–99)

Mantle cell lymphoma

2

0

2

0

0

100 (16–100)

T-cell lymphoma

6

3

3

0

0

100 (29–100)

  1. aTwo patients were not included in response evaluation due to absence of measurable disease.