OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical efficacy of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, vindesine, Ara-C and dexamethasone(BACOD) for treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

METHODSA total of 56 patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma were divided into control group and treatment group. The control group were received the conventional BACOD treatment, and the treatment group received continuous venoclysis with BACOD. Clinical efficacy was observed and compared.

RESULTSIn control group, 6 patients achieved CR, 9 patients achieved PR, and their overall remission rate was 53.6%. In treatment group, 10 patients achieved CR, 12 patients achieved PR, and their overall remission rate was 78.6%. The overall remission rate of treatment group was significantly higher than that of control group (χ2=3.903, P<0.05). The incidence rates of nausea and vomiting, thrombocytopenia, abnormal liver function, fever and granulocytopenia were not significant difference (P>0.05) between the two groups.

CONCLUSIONThe clinical efficacy of cyclophosphamide, vindesine and dexamethasone for treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory/diffuse large B cell lymphoma has been confirmed to be satisfactory, suggesting that the continuous venoclysis with BACOD can be apptied to the in clinical treatment.

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; Bleomycin ; Cyclophosphamide ; Cytarabine ; Dexamethasone ; Doxorubicin ; Humans ; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse ; Recurrence ; Treatment Outcome ; Vincristine ; Vindesine

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; drug therapy ; Rhabdomyolysis ; chemically induced ; diagnosis ; Vindesine ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the efficacy and safety of recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) in treatment of pediatric primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).

METHODSThe clinical characteristics of 41 pediatric ITP patients who received rhTPO therapy from December 2006 to September 2014 were retrospectively analyzed (as rhTPO group). During the same time another 26 pediatric ITP patients who received vindesine combined with human immunoglobulin therapy were selected as control group. The treatment outcomes were evaluated.

RESULTSA total of 67 cases of pediatric ITP, 31 males and 36 females with a median age 10.0(1.6-17.0) years were enrolled, including 19 cases of newly disgnosed ITP, 18 cases of persistent ITP and 30 cases of chronic ITP. Of them, 43 cases of whom were severe ITP (PLT<10×10⁹/L). The total response rate had no statistically significant difference between the rhTPO group and the control group (68.29% vs 65.38%, P=0.806), neither in newly ITP, persistent and chronic ITP (P=0.320, P=0.763). In severe ITP patients, 17 of 30 cases (56.67%) achieved response with rhTPO therapy, while the control group was 61.54% (8/13) (P=0.766). The median maximum peak of platelet counts and the time of the platelet counts >30×10⁹/L and > 50×10⁹/L had no statistically significant differences in rhTPO group compared with the control group [52(7-608)×10⁹/L vs 40(3-152)×10⁹/L, P=0.05; 7(3-13) d vs 4(2-24) d, P=0.202; 7.5(4-15) d vs 5.5(4-23) d, P=0.557]. The mean platelet counts were 43(3-605)×10⁹/L in the rhTPO group, which were higher than the control group [32(-14-149)×10⁹/L, P=0.042]. No severe adverse effects were observed in both groups.

CONCLUSIONFor pediatric ITP, rhTPO has a similar outcomes with vindesine combined with human immunoglobulin, and it is an effective and safe treatment option.

Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Platelet Count ; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic ; Recombinant Proteins ; Retrospective Studies ; Thrombopoietin ; Treatment Outcome ; Vindesine

OBJECTIVETo investigate the efficacy, adverse events and long-term survival of cyclophosphamide, vindesine, cytarabine, dexamethasone and bleomycin (COAD-B) regimen for relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

METHODSEighty six patients diagnosed with relapsed or refractory NHL were included in our study from January 2007 to January 2013. The chemotherapy regimen was COAD-B, the therapeutic efficacy was evaluated every 2 courses. Once the stable disease (SD) or progress of the disease (PD) achieved, the patients would switch to other second-line regimens.

RESULTSThe overall response rate (ORR) was 67.4%, median remission duration was 13 months (3-51 months); 1-,2- and 4-year overall survival (OS) rates were 75.4%, 56.8% and 40.0%, respectively; 1-, 2- and 4-year progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 50.3%, 39.4% and 27.5%, respectively. The main adverse reaction of patients was myelosuppression. The response to chemotherapy and long- term survival of the relapsed patients were significantly better than that of the refractory ones, and the difference had statistical significance.

CONCLUSIONCOAD-B could be the salvage regimen for relapsed and refractory NHL.

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Bleomycin ; administration & dosage ; Cyclophosphamide ; administration & dosage ; Cytarabine ; administration & dosage ; Dexamethasone ; administration & dosage ; Disease-Free Survival ; Humans ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ; drug therapy ; Remission Induction ; Salvage Therapy ; Survival Rate ; Treatment Outcome ; Vindesine ; administration & dosage

OBJECTIVETo investigate the inductive therapeutic effects of imatinib combined with VP low dose regiment on adult patients with Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph(+) ALL).

METHODSFourteen newly diagnosed adult patients with Ph(+) ALL were treated with VP regimen, and imatinib (400 mg/d) was added at the 8(th) day. VP regimen would be stopped when neutropenia lasted for 1 week or complicated with infection, fever, etc. Therapeutic effects were assessed by bone marrow morphology and quantitative analysis of BCR/ABL:ABL at the 28(th) - 33(rd) day. Patients could be treated with imatinib combined with chemotherapy for consolidation and maintenance therapy or were treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation after complete remission.

RESULTSFourteen cases obtained CR1 after first course of treatment, the median decline of BCR/ABA:ABL was 55.89 (10.25 -180.97) %; during the induction chemotherapy, pulmonary infection occurred in 3 patients, diarrhea in 1 patients, facial edema in 3 patients, however, all these patients were cured after symptomatic treatment, only 1 patient died of relapse after transplantation.

CONCLUSIONIn the period of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), inductive chemotherapy combined with imatinib and low dose VP can obtaine satisfactory CR rate and decrease the toxicity of the traditional drugs. It is suggested that TKI combined with VP regimen chemotherapy can achieve CR1 and make possible for allo-HSCT, from which patients can achieve the long-term survival.

Adult ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; Bone Marrow ; Cisplatin ; Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Humans ; Imatinib Mesylate ; Induction Chemotherapy ; Neutropenia ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; Recurrence ; Remission Induction ; Transplantation, Homologous ; Vindesine

OBJECTIVETo determine the chemosensitivity in fresh biopsy specimen of human oral and maxillofacial cancer, and the differential chemosensitivity among those drugs used popularly in clinic.

METHODSHuman biopsy cancer cells were obtained from 150 oral and maxillofacial malignant tumors. The antitumor drugs tested using modified MTT assay were cisplatin (CDDP), 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu), Pinyangmycin (PYM), Paclitaxel (Taxol), Teniposide (Vm-26), Epi-adriamycin (E-ADM), Vindesin (VDS) and Methortrexatum (MTX).

RESULTSThe success rate of the MTT assay was 93.33% (140 of the 150 cases). At a drug concentration of Cmax x 5, the inhibition rates of oral tumor cells were 63.76% for Vm-26, 25.93% for CDDP, 25.86% for E-ADM, 23.52% for Taxol, 22.97% for PYM, 22.08% for 5-Fu, 18.42% for VDS and 18.93% for MTX. The inhibition rate of VM26 was significantly higher than any of other seven chemotherapeutic drugs (P < 0.05). Over forty percent patients with squamous cell carcinoma showed moderate chemosensitivity to VM-26, CDDP and E-ADM, and over forty percent cases with adenoid carcinoma showed moderate chemosensitivity to Vm-26, Taxol and E-ADM.

CONCLUSIONSMost oral and maxillofacial cancers showed chemosensitivity to Vm-26, CDDP, E-ADM and Taxol. Vm-26, E-ADM and Taxol were more potent drugs than VDS, 5-Fu and MTX against oral and maxillofacial cancer cells. Chemosensitivity testing using modified MTT assay was useful in selecting antitumor drugs for patients with oral and maxillofacial cancers.

Antineoplastic Agents ; pharmacology ; Biopsy ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Cell Division ; drug effects ; Cisplatin ; pharmacology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor ; Fluorouracil ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Maxilla ; pathology ; Maxillary Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Mouth ; pathology ; Mouth Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Paclitaxel ; pharmacology ; Teniposide ; pharmacology ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; drug effects ; Vindesine ; pharmacology