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Table 2 Responses details, stratification by BM response

From: Histomorphological responses after therapy with pegylated interferon α-2a in patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) and polycythemia vera (PV)

Characteristics

All patients, n = 58

BM-NR, n = 29

BM-PR, n = 16

BM-CR, n = 13

Initial HR, no. (%)

54 (93)

26 (90)

15 (94)

13 (100)

Last HR, no (% of initial HR)

22 (41)

7 (27)

5 (33)

9 (69)

Duration of HR, months (range)

90 (10–101)

50 (10–98)

69 (17–96)

87 (59–101)*

Initial MR, no. (% of JAK2+), type

33/44 (75)

9 CMR, 20 PMR, 4 mMR

15 (68)

2 CMR, 11 PMR, 2 mMR

8 (89)

6 PMR, 2 mMR

10 (91)

7 CMR*, 3 PMR

Last MR, no (% of initial overall MR), type

22 (67)

9 CMR; 4 PMR, 9 mMR

7 (47)a

2 CMR, 5 mMR

6 (75)

3 PMR, 3 mMR

9 (90)

7 CMR, 1 PMR, 1 mMR

Time to BM response, months (range)

52 (12–72)

NA

54 (12–72)

52 (30–72)b

BM response duration, months (range)

36 (12–66)

NA

36 (12–66)

30 (24–52)

Last BM response, no (% of initial), type

9 BM-CR; 14 BM-PR

NA

14 BM-PR (88)

2 BM-NR (12)

9 BM-CR (69)

4 BM-NR (31)

Vascular adverse event on therapy, No (%)

6 (10)

3 (10)

2 (13)

1 (8)

MF transformation on therapy, no (%)

4 (7)

4 (14)

0

0

Duration of therapy, months (range)

80 (15–107)

75 (25–205)

85 (77–107)

83 (15–101)

Total median follow-up, months (range)

84 (36–107)

81 (36–105)

94 (67–107)

93 (83–106)

On study at last follow-up, no (%)

32 (55)

10 (35)

13 (81)

9 (69)*

  1. DX diagnosis, HR hematologic response, MR molecular response
  2. * p < 0.05
  3. aOne patient was not evaluable for subsequent MR
  4. b8/13 patients with BM-CR (61%) achieved complete resolution of reticulin fibrosis (MF-0) after a median of 63 months on therapy (range 30–72); the remaining 5 patients has decreased their BM fibrosis to MF 0/1 after a median of 48 months (range 30–69) on therapy