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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective multicenter program was performed to evaluate the combination of rituximab and high-dose (hd) sequential chemotherapy delivered with multiple autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) support (R-HDS-maps regimen) in previously untreated patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLB-CL) and age-adjusted International Prognostic Score (aaIPI) score 2-3. R-HDS-maps includes: (i) three APO courses; (ii) sequential administration of hd-cyclophosphamide (CY), hd-Ara-C, both supplemented with rituximab, hd-etoposide/cisplatin, PBPC harvests, following hd-CY and hd-Ara-C; (iii) hd-mitoxantrone (hd-Mito)/L-Pam + 2 further rituximab doses; (iv) involved-field radiotherapy. PBPC rescue was scheduled following Ara-C, etoposide/cisplatin and Mito/L-Pam. Between 1999 and 2004, 112 consecutive patients aged <65 years (74 score 2, 38 score 3) entered the study protocol. There were five early and two late toxic deaths. Overall 90 patients (80%) reached clinical remission (CR); at a median 48 months follow-up, 87 (78%) patients are alive, 82 (73%) in continuous CR, with 4 year overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) projections of 76% (CI 68-85%) and 73% (CI 64-81%), respectively. There were no significant differences in OS and EFS between subgroups with Germinal-Center and Activated B-cell phenotype. Thus, life expectancy of younger patients with aaIPI 2-3 DLB-CL is improved with the early administration of rituximab-supplemented intensive chemotherapy compared with the poor outcome following conventional chemotherapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0887-6924
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1802-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Cytarabine, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Feasibility Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Lymphoma, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Melphalan, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Mitoxantrone, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Transplantation, Autologous, pubmed-meshheading:17554382-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Prolonged survival in poor-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma following front-line treatment with rituximab-supplemented, early-intensified chemotherapy with multiple autologous hematopoietic stem cell support: a multicenter study by GITIL (Gruppo Italiano Terapie Innovative nei Linfomi).
pubmed:affiliation
Dip Medicina-Oncologia Sperimentale, Divisione Universitaria di Ematologia, Torino, Italy. corrado.tarella@unito.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study