Patient response to treatment

Poor response to treatment

  • Patients with a poor response to treatment include:
  • Patients with a failure to achieve remission within 4 weeks
  • Patients with the presence of MRD after induction/consolidation treatment. These patients have an increased chance of relapse and death.

Good response to treatment

Patients with a good response to treatment include:

  • Patients with a negative MRD after consolidation and who undergo maintenance treatment. They have a significantly higher 5-year overall survival compared with patients with a positive MRD after consolidation.