Abstract
Fourteen patients with high-risk leukemia (six with relapsed AML, three with relapsed ALL, one with AML-M0, four with CML in myeloid blastic crisis) were treated with a combination chemotherapy of carboplatin (200-300 mg/m2/day) and cytosine arabinoside (100 mg/m2/day) by 24 h continuous infusion for 5-7 days. Five patients (35.7%) achieved complete remission including two patients complicated with myelofibrosis (one with AML-M0 and one with CML in myelo-megakaryocytic crisis). Thirteen patients had nausea and vomiting, five patients had severe, prolonged neutropenia for which it was necessary to administer granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and six patients had severe thrombocytopenia. We concluded that this regimen is effective for the treatment of high-risk leukemia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 899-903 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Leukemia Research |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1995 Dec |
Keywords
- Carboplatin
- continuous infusion
- cytosine arabinoside
- high-risk leukemia
- prolonged neutropenia