Abstract
With the eventual goal of reducing relapse and thus improving overall survival in selected lymphoma patients, a Phase I study was performed using the cytoprotectant amifostine to permit safe dose-augmentation of melphalan in the carmustine (BCNU), etoposide, cytarabine (arabinosylcytosine), and melphalan (BEAM) regimen before autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Between 30 July 2003 and 25 November 2008, a total of 32 lymphoma patients were entered, of which 28 were evaluable. We found the melphalan dose in BEAM could be safely escalated to at least 260 mg/m2, a substantial increase from the usual dose of 140 mg/m2 in BEAM while the trial was terminated early due to poor accrual, no maximal tolerated dose or dose-limiting toxicity was found. A Phase II trial is planned.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1033-1042 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2011 |
Keywords
- Amifostine
- Autologous stem cell
- Melphalan
- Phase I
- Regimen-related toxicity
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