Table 1 Summary of patient characteristics in i.v. and oral vorinostat groups

From: Clinical experience with the novel histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid) in patients with relapsed lymphoma

 

i.v. vorinostat

Oral vorinostat

Total number of patients

14 Registered

25 Registered

 

12 Treated

23 Treated

 Male

7 (58%)

16 (69%)

 Female

5 (42%)

7 (30%)

 Median age

39 (19–77)

57 (20–99)

Diseases

  

 Hodgkin's disease

5 (42%)

7 (30%)

 DLBCL

5 (42%)

7 (30%)

 Small lymphocytic

1 (8%)

1 (4%)

 Mantle cell NHL

2 (9%)

 CTCL/PTCL

1 (8%)

2 (9%)

 Multiple myeloma

2 (9%)

 APL/MDS

1 (4%)/1 (4%)

Prior chemotherapy or biological therapies per patient (median)

7 (4–15)

5 (1–11)

Patients who received prior stem cell transplant

6 (50%)

8 (35%)

Received rituximab

7 (six non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and one Hodgkin's disease)

11 (10 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and one Hodgkin's disease)

  1. APL=acute promyelocytic leukaemia; CTCL=cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; DLBCL=diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; i.v.=intravenous; MDS=myelodysplastic syndrome; NHL=non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; PTCL=peripheral T-cell lymphoma; SAHA=suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid.