Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation for monitoring of bleeding tendency in CLL treated with ibrutinib

Characteristic

Ibrutinib patients (n=64)

Median age, years (range)

71 (40–92)

70 Years

56.3%

75 Years

29.7%

Male, %

64.1%

Median weight, kg (range)

76 (44–114)

Male

80 (62–114)

Female

58 (44–84)

Median number of prior therapies (range)

2 (0–6)

 0

18%

 1

27.9%

 2

32.8%

3

21.3%

Del17p or TP53 mutation, %

47.6%

Median platelet count, G/l (range)

114.5 (28–307)

Median observation period, months (range)

10.9 (0.5–35.3)

Patients with at least one bleeding event

39/64 (60.9%)

 CTC grade 1 or 2

37

 CTC grade 3

2

CTC grade 4 or more severe

None

Total number of bleeding events during follow-up

87

 CTC grade 1 or 2

85/87 (97.7%)

 CTC grade 3

2/87 (2.3%)

 CTC grade 4 or more severe

None

Total number of patients in whom ibrutinib was paused or discontinued because of;

11/64 (17.2%)

 Progression of disease/death

2/64 (3.1%)

 Adverse event

6/64 (9.4%)

 Planned surgery

3/64 (4.7%)

Total number of patients still responding and on ibrutinib after a median of 10.9 months (0.5–35.3)

60/64 (93.8%)

  1. Abbreviation: CTC, Common Toxicity Criteria.