Patient characteristics
Patient characteristic . | No. (%)* . |
|---|---|
| Total no. of patients | 42 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 19 (45) |
| Male | 23 (55) |
| Age, y | |
| Mean | 59 |
| Range | 35-82 |
| Race | |
| African American | 7 (17) |
| Asian American | 1 (2) |
| Caucasian American | 33 (79) |
| Other | 1 (2) |
| Diagnoses | |
| Acute myeloid leukemia | 5 (12) |
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | 2 (5) |
| Hairy cell leukemia | 1 (2) |
| Hodgkin disease | 2 (5) |
| Multiple myeloma | 24 (57) |
| Myelodysplasia with excess blasts | 1 (2) |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 7 (17) |
| Karnofsky performance status | |
| 100 | 3 (7) |
| 90-80 | 32 (76) |
| 70-60 | 7 (17) |
| Prior therapy | |
| Chemotherapy | 40 (95) |
| Median number of regimens | 5 |
| Range | 0-14 |
| Radiation therapy | 16 (38) |
| Marrow or stem cell transplantation | 11 (26) |
Patient characteristic . | No. (%)* . |
|---|---|
| Total no. of patients | 42 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 19 (45) |
| Male | 23 (55) |
| Age, y | |
| Mean | 59 |
| Range | 35-82 |
| Race | |
| African American | 7 (17) |
| Asian American | 1 (2) |
| Caucasian American | 33 (79) |
| Other | 1 (2) |
| Diagnoses | |
| Acute myeloid leukemia | 5 (12) |
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | 2 (5) |
| Hairy cell leukemia | 1 (2) |
| Hodgkin disease | 2 (5) |
| Multiple myeloma | 24 (57) |
| Myelodysplasia with excess blasts | 1 (2) |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 7 (17) |
| Karnofsky performance status | |
| 100 | 3 (7) |
| 90-80 | 32 (76) |
| 70-60 | 7 (17) |
| Prior therapy | |
| Chemotherapy | 40 (95) |
| Median number of regimens | 5 |
| Range | 0-14 |
| Radiation therapy | 16 (38) |
| Marrow or stem cell transplantation | 11 (26) |
Values in this column are number of patients, and parenthetical values are percentages, except when indicated otherwise in the row headings.