Table 4 Late sequelae by treatment group

From: Correction: Long-term outcomes of the GPOH NB97 trial for children with high-risk neuroblastoma comparing high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation and oral chemotherapy as consolidation

Late sequelae

Late sequelae independent of recurrence timepoint

Late sequelae before recurrencea

ASCT

MT

P-valuea

ASCT

MT

P-valuea

Intention to treat

% of 149

% of 146

 

% of 149

% of 146

 

Auditory impairment

25

20

0.330

20

13

0.118

Renal impairment

8

10

0.550

6

7

0.816

Thyroid dysfunction

9

8

0.440

8

8

1.000

Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver

6

1

0.019

6

1

0.019

Hepatopathy

4

1

0.121

3

1

0.214

Peripheral neuropathy

<1

<1

1.000

0

<1

0.244

Growth retardation

2

3

0.721

1

3

0.444

Cardiomyopathy

0

2

0.120

0

2

0.120

Residual transverse myelopathy

0

<1

0.495

0

<1

0.495

Persisting thrombocytopenia

<1

<1

1.000

<1

<1

1.000

Visual impairment

2

3

0.498

1

2

0.682

As treated

% of 110

% of 102

 

% of 110

% of 102

 

Auditory impairment

31

21

0.116

21

19

0.732

Renal impairment

8

11

0.640

6

9

0.606

Thyroid dysfunction

12

7

0.247

11

7

0.344

Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver

6

1

0.067

6

1

0.067

Hepatopathy

3

1

0.623

3

1

0.623

Peripheral neuropathy

<1

0

1.000

<1

0

1.000

Growth retardation

2

1

1.000

2

1

1.000

Cardiomyopathy

0

2

0.230

0

2

0.230

Residual transverse myelopathy

0

1

0.481

0

1

0.481

Persisting thrombocytopenia

<1

0

1.000

<1

0

1.000

Visual impairment

4

2

0.684

3

2

1.000

Treated as randomised

% of 75

% of 70

 

% of 75

% of 70

 

Auditory impairment

33

17

0.035

25

14

0.145

Renal impairment

9

11

0.787

7

9

0.759

Thyroid dysfunction

13

7

0.280

12

7

0.404

Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver

9

1

0.064

9

1

0.064

Hepatopathy

4

1

0.621

4

1

0.621

Peripheral neuropathy

1

0

1.000

0

0

n.a

Growth retardation

0

1

0.483

0

1

0.483

Cardiomyopathy

0

3

0.231

0

3

0.231

Residual transverse myelopathy

0

1

0.483

0

1

0.483

Persisting thrombocytopenia

0

0

N.A.

0

0

N.a.

Visual impairment

3

3

1.000

3

3

1.000

  1. a Late sequelae after the recurrence of neuroblastoma omitted