Remission induction in acute nonlymphocytic leukemia: Comparison of a seven-day and ten-day infusion of cytosine arabinoside in combination with adriamycin

✍ Scribed by Preisler, H. ;Bjornsson, S. ;Henderson, E. S. ;Hryniuk, W. ;Higby, D. ;Freeman, A. ;Naeher, Carl

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 370 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-1532
• DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950070313

✦ Synopsis

Forty-six previously untreated patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia were treated with a remission induction regimen consisting of three daily doses of Adriamycin (30 mg/m2/day) and a ten-day continuous infusion of cytosine arabinoside (ara C) (100 mg/m2/day). The overall remission rate was 72%, with 88% of the patients less than 50 and 62% of patients greater than 50 years old achieving complete remission status. Thirty-one of the 33 complete remissions occurred after a single course of chemotherapy. Retrospective comparison of this regimen with its predecessor (identical, except that a seven-day infusion of ara C was administered) demonstrated that the increase in duration of ara C administration resulted in greater antileukemic effectiveness without an increase in hematologic toxicity to the patient.