Fludarabine: A phase II trial in patients with previously treated low-grade lymphoma

被引:25
作者
Falkson, CI
机构
[1] Department of Medical Oncology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
[2] University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001
来源
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS | 1996年 / 19卷 / 03期
关键词
fludarabine; low-grade lymphoma;
D O I
10.1097/00000421-199606000-00012
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
The aim of the study was to investigate the therapeutic activity of Fludarabine in patients with low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (LG-NHL) no longer responding to standard treatment. In this Phase II study patients were treated with Fludarabine 25 mg/m(2) intravenously daily for 5 days repeated at 28-day intervals. Twenty-two patients with LC-NHL, no longer responding to standard treatment, were entered in the study. Among twenty-one evaluable patients, seven had a complete and six a partial response. The median time to treatment failure and survival time are 4.6 months and >28.0 months, respectively. The most important toxicity was hemogram suppression, which was usually manageable but occasionally severe. Fludarabine is not only an active agent with definite therapeutic value in patients with treatment-resistant LG-NHL, but effective and well tolerated in patients no longer responding to standard treatment.
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