1. Clinical experience with biweekly CHOP plus rituximab chemoimmunotherapy for the treatment of aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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José Aguiar Morales, Salvador Saura Grau, David Aguiar Bujanda, Uriel Bohn Sarmiento, and Carlos Rodríguez Franco
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Adult ,Male ,Cancer Research ,Vincristine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lymphoma, B-Cell ,Neutropenia ,CHOP ,Gastroenterology ,Drug Administration Schedule ,Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived ,International Prognostic Index ,Chemoimmunotherapy ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Internal medicine ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,medicine ,Humans ,Neoplasm Invasiveness ,Cyclophosphamide ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,business.industry ,Antibodies, Monoclonal ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Survival Analysis ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Oncology ,Doxorubicin ,B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma ,Prednisone ,Female ,Radiotherapy, Adjuvant ,Rituximab ,Immunotherapy ,business ,Febrile neutropenia ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background The results of CHOP-21 (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone given every 21 days) for the treatment of aggressive B-cell lymphoma have recently been improved by the addition of rituximab and by increasing the dose density. R-CHOP-14 combines these two approaches. Patients and methods We present our experience with R-CHOP-14 in a retrospective single-centre review of 50 patients consecutively treated for aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Results The median age was 59 years and 48% of patients were >60 years. Stage III–IV was present in 62% of the patients and international prognostic index was high-tointermediate risk or high risk in 32% of the patients. Toxicity was mainly haematological, with grade 3–4 neutropenia observed in 32% and febrile neutropenia in 18%. Other relevant toxicities were peripheral neuropathy in 45% (grade 3 in 4%) and cardiac dysfunction grade 3 in 7.5%. After therapy, 82% of the patients achieved complete response or unproved complete response. With a median follow-up of 30 months, 3-year event-free survival and overall survival were 67% and 82% respectively. Conclusions In our experience the combination of RCHOP-14 is highly effective in patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma. However special attention must be paid to the control of early and late toxicities.
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- 2009