Efficacy of mitoxantrone as frontline anthracycline during induction therapy in adults with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a single-center experience.
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Remission induction regimens for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in adults induce complete remission (CR) in 60-90% and cure in 20-40%. A cohort study of newly diagnosed patients with ALL treated with mitoxantrone versus doxorubicin was conducted from 2005 to 2013. The primary endpoint was the proportion of CR. Eighty-five patients were included. Fifty-three received induction with doxorubicin and 32 with mitoxantrone. Median follow-up in the cohort was 40.2 months (range 2-95). Twenty-nine patients (90.6%) achieved CR in the mitoxantrone arm compared with 37 (69.8%) in the doxorubicin group (p = 0.032). There was no difference in death or relapse rate (p = 0.095 and 0.075), hematological recovery (p = 0.654), incidence of adverse events (p = 0.6), in-hospital days during induction (p = 0.456) or overall survival (p = 0.105). Induction toxicities were comparable. Mitoxantrone can be safely and effectively used as a frontline anthracycline in adults newly diagnosed with ALL.
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| Authors | José Carlos Jaime-Perez, Perla R Colunga-Pedraza, César Homero Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Mónica Andrea Pinzón-Uresti, Olga G Cantú-Rodríguez, José Luis Herrera-Garza, David Gómez-Almaguer |
| Journal | Leukemia & lymphoma (Leuk Lymphoma) Vol. 56 Issue 9 Pg. 2524-8 ( 2015) ISSN: 1029-2403 [Electronic] United States |
| PMID | 25629985 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
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