Table 3 Treatment of patients and response to treatment.

From: Long-term follow-up of cladribine treatment in hairy cell leukemia: 30-year experience in a multicentric Italian study

 

n

Range, %

Route of administration

  iv

330

64.3

  sc

183

35.7

 Time to treatment (months, median)

1.2

0.1–261.8

Blood count recovery

  White blood cell count (day, median)

30

4–302

  Platelet count (day, median)

22

6–300

  Hemoglobin (day, median)

50

7–182

 Time to evaluation of response (months, median)

3.3

0.3–9.8

Response

  CR

335

65.3

  PR

96

18.7

  HR

40

7.8

  NR

42

8.2

Second course

25

 

  CR

13

52

  PR

5

20

  HR

2

8

  NR

5

20

Status

  Alive

464

90.5

  Dead

49

9.5

  OS at 25 years, %

66

50.7–85.6

  1. CR complete response, PR partial response, HR hematological response, NR no response.