Phase 2 study of mitozantrone in combination with chlorambucil and prednisolone for relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkins lymphoma

✍ Scribed by L. Jones; F. E. Cotter; D. Lord; A. C. Newland

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 277 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0278-0232
• DOI: 10.1002/hon.2900080106

✦ Synopsis

Thirty-six patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) (comprising patients with refractory or relapsed disease and eight elderly, unfit patients with de novu disease) were treated with mitozantrone, chlorambucil and prednisolone on an out-patient basis. Fifteen patients had low grade (LG) disease, five patients intermediate grade (IG) disease and 16 patients high grade (HG) disease and 3 1/36 had stage IV disease. All elderly patients had IG or HG disease. The regimen was well-tolerated. After six courses of chemotherapy, there was a 69 per cent response rate with 33 per cent in complete remission. The median duration of remission was 15 months. The overall 3-year projected survival was 38 per cent; 27 per cent for LG disease and 47 per cent for HG and IG disease. Responses did not appear durable for either HG or LG disease unless CR was achieved early on. Three of the eight patients treated de nuvo (mean age 71 years) have survived, disease-free, between 28 and 38 months from entry. This study indicates that mitozantrone-based regimens have promising activity in NHL and require further evaluation. The low toxicity combined with worthwhile remissions make this an attractive first-line option for elderly patients.