Single factor proportional-hazards regression analysis of the risk of relapse in relation to known prognostic factors (i.e., white blood cell count (WBC), age at diagnosis) and cross-resistance and VCR-ASP discordant resistance gene expression scores are shown in Table (A) for COALL/DCOG patients and in Table (B) for St. Jude patients. Multiple proportional-hazards regression analysis of known prognostic factors (i.e., WBC, age) and gene expression scores are shown in Table (C) for COALL/DCOG patients and in Table (D) for St. Jude patients.
| A | B | ||||||||
| Variable | n | HR | 95% C.I. | P-value | n | HR | 95% C.I. | P-value | |
| Age | |||||||||
| <10 years | 96 | 1.0* | 57 | 1.0* | |||||
| >10 years | 33 | 2.36 | 1.10-5.05 | 0.03 | 26 | 3.46 | 1.12-10.64 | 0.03 | |
| WBC | |||||||||
| <49/nL | 91 | 1.0* | 50 | 1.0* | |||||
| 50-100/nL | 20 | 0.88 | 0.26-3.03 | 0.84 | 16 | 3.05 | 0.76-12.2 | 0.12 | |
| >100/nL | 18 | 3.82 | 1.69-8.67 | 0.0013 | 17 | 3.7 | 0.92-14.9 | 0.065 | |
| ALL subtype | |||||||||
| B-other | 42 | 1.0* | 27 | 1.0* | |||||
| BCR-ABL | 5 | 2.49 | 0.72-8.64 | 0.15 | 8 | 11.65 | 2.50-54.0 | 0.0017 | |
| E2A-PBX1 | 6 | 0.93 | 0.21-4.07 | 0.92 | 12 | 0.76 | 0.08-6.83 | 0.81 | |
| Hyperdiploid | 33 | 0.22 | 0.06-0.77 | 0.017 | 15 | 0.58 | 0.06-5.32 | 0.63 | |
| MLL-AF4 | 3 | 28.49 | 6.30-128.9 | <0.0001 | 5 | 5.13 | 0.77-34.1 | 0.09 | |
| TEL-AML1 | 40 | 0.11 | 0.03-0.50 | 0.0038 | 16 | 0.57 | 0.06-5.33 | 0.63 | |
| GE score (CR) | |||||||||
| Low+ | 33 | 1.0* | (8) | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Intermediate | 63 | 2.31 | 0.65-8.18 | 0.2 | 73 | 1.0* | |||
| High‡ | 33 | 5.99 | 1.7-21.09 | 0.0053 | 10 | 7.76 | 2.44-24.7 | 0.0005 | |
| GE score (VA) | |||||||||
| Low+ | 33 | 1.0* | 16 | 1.0* | |||||
| Intermediate | 64 | 3.59 | 0.81-15.9 | 0.09 | 52 | 1.16 | 0.24-5.57 | 0.86 | |
| High‡ | 32 | 9.04 | 2.04-40.1 | 0.0038 | 15 | 1.67 | 0.28-10.03 | 0.57 | |
| C | D | ||||||||
| Variable | n | HR | 95% C.I. | P-value | n | HR | 95% C.I. | P-value | |
| Age | |||||||||
| <10 years | 96 | 1.0* | 57 | 1.0* | |||||
| >10 years | 33 | 2.23 | 0.93-5.38 | 0.074 | 26 | 2.99 | 0.71-12.6 | 0.14 | |
| WBC | |||||||||
| <49/nL | 91 | 1.0* | 50 | 1.0* | |||||
| 50-100/nL | 20 | 0.98 | 0.27-3.5 | 0.98 | 16 | 4.70 | 1.0-22.1 | 0.05 | |
| >100/nL | 18 | 5.06 | 2.05-12.5 | 0.0005 | 17 | 4.87 | 1.08-21.93 | 0.039 | |
| GE score CR | |||||||||
| Low+ | 33 | 1.0* | (8) | ** | ** | ** | |||
| Intermediate | 63 | 2.09 | 0.58-7.6 | 0.26 | 73 | 1.0* | |||
| High‡ | 33 | 3.82 | 0.95-15.4 | 0.06 | 10 | 5.06 | 1.28-20.03 | 0.021 | |
| GE score VA | |||||||||
| Low+ | 33 | 1.0* | 16 | 1.0* | |||||
| Intermediate | 64 | 2.76 | 0.61-12.47 | 0.19 | 52 | 0.36 | 0.06-2.24 | 0.27 | |
| High‡ | 32 | 4.31 | 0.89-20.8 | 0.069 | 15 | 0.61 | 0.09-4.12 | 0.61 | |
*reference group, **no relapses
in this group, hazard ratio cannot be computed
‡top
quartile; CR, cross-resistant ALL; VA, VCR-sensitive +ASP-resistant ALL
+bottom
quartile; CR, cross-sensitive ALL; VA, VCR-resistant+ASP-sensitive ALL