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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) aims to cure all patients with as little toxicity as possible and, if possible, to restrict further intensification of chemotherapy to patients with an increased risk of relapse. However in Medical Research Council (MRC) trial UKALL X two short myeloablative blocks of intensification therapy given at weeks 5 and 20 were of benefit to children in all risk groups. The successor trials, MRC UKALL XI and MRC ALL97, tested whether further intensification would continue to benefit all patients by randomising them to receive, or not, an extended third intensification block at week 35. After a median follow-up of 4 years (range 5 months to 8 years), 5 year projected event-free survival was superior at 68% for the 894 patients allocated a third intensification compared with 60% for the 887 patients who did not receive one (odds ratio 0.75, 95% CI 0.63-0.90, 2P = 0.002). This difference was almost entirely due to a reduced incidence of bone marrow relapses in the third intensification arm (140 of 891 in the third intensification arm vs. 171 of 883 in the no third intensification, 2P = 0.02). Subgroup analysis suggests benefit of the third intensification for all risk categories. Overall survival to date is no different in the two arms, indicating that a greater proportion of those not receiving a third intensification arm and subsequently relapsing can be salvaged. These results indicate that there is benefit of additional intensification for all risk subgroups of childhood ALL.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0887-6924
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
356-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Asparaginase, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Child, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Cranial Irradiation, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Cytarabine, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Daunorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Drug Administration Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Infection, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Methotrexate, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Neoplasms, Second Primary, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Prednisolone, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Thioguanine, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:10720126-Vincristine
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Benefit of intensified treatment for all children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: results from MRC UKALL XI and MRC ALL97 randomised trials. UK Medical Research Council's Working Party on Childhood Leukaemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial