Intensive chemotherapy for adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia given with or without granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 259-263

  Papamichael, D ^a   Andrews, T ^a   Owen, D ^a   Carter, M ^a   Amess, J ^a   Lister, T A ^a   Rohatiner, A ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALL; GM CSF; Intensive chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL COUNT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPHIL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL IRRADIATION; STOMATITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0030469229     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050238     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Barnett MJ, Greaves MF, Amess JA, Gregory WM, Rohatiner AZ, Dhaliwal HS, Slevin ML, Biruls R, Malpas JS, Lister TA (1986) Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in adults. Br J Haematol 64:455-468
2. Clavell LA, Gelber RD, Cohen HJ, Hitchcock-Bryan S, Cassady JR, Tarbell NJ, Blatter SR, Tantravahi R, Leavitt P, Sallan SE (1986) Four-agent induction and intensive asparaginase therapy for treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. N Engl J Med 315:657-663
3. Crescenzi M, Seto M, Herzig GP, Weiss PD, Griffith RC, Korsmeyer SJ (1988) Thermostable DNA polymerase chain amplification of t(14;18) chromosome breakpoints and detection of minimal residual disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 85:4869-4873
4. Gaynon PS, Steinherz PG, Bleyer WA, Ablin AR, Albo VC, Finklestein JZ, Grossman NH, Littman PS, Novak LT, Pyesmany AF. et al (1988) Intensive therapy for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and unfavourable presenting features. Early conclusions of study CCG-106 by the Children's Cancer Study Group. Lancet II:921-924
5. Hoelzer D, Thiel E, Loffler H, Bodenstein H, Plaumann L, Buchner T, Urbanitz D. Koch P, Heimpel H, Engelhardt R, et al (1984) Intensified therapy in acute lymphoblastic and acute undifferentiated leukaemia in adults. Blood 64:38-47
6. Kantarjian HM, Estey E, O'Brien S, Anaissie E, Beran M, Pierce S, Robertson L, Keating MJ (1993) Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor supportive treatment following invensive chemotherapy consolidation in acute lymphocytic leukaemia in first remission. Cancer 72:2950-2955
7. Laver J, Moore MA (1989) Clincial use of recombinant human hematopoietic growth factors J Natl Cancer Inst 81:1370-1382
8. Lister TA, Whitehouse JM , Beard ME, Brearley RL, Wrigley PF, Oliver RT, Freeman JE, Woodruff RK, Malpas JS, Paxton AM, Crowther D (1978) Combination chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in adults. Br Med J 1:199-203
9. Neame PB, Soamboonsrup P, Browman GP, Meyer RM, Benger A, Wilson WE, Walker IR, Saeed N, McBride JA (1986) Classifying acute leukemia by immunophenotyping: a combined FAB-immunologic classification of AML. Blood 68:1355-1362
10. Ottmann OG, Hoelzer D, Gracien E, Kelly P, Ganser A, Reutzel R, Lipp T, Busch FW, Schwonzen M, Wandt H, Heil G, Koch P, Heyll A, Meyer P, Bentz M, Peter S, Diedrich H, Kolbe K, Graf M (1994) Simultaneous R-metHuG-CSF and chemo-radiotherapy during induction treatment in adult ALL: a randomised trial. Br J Haematol 87 [Suppl 1]:17
11. Ottmann OG, Hoelzer D, Gracien E, Ganser A, Kelly K, Reutzel R, Lipp T, Busch FW, Schwonzen M, Heil G, et al (1995) Concomitant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and induction chemoradiotherapy in adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a randomised phase III trial. Blood 86:444-450
12. Park LS, Gillis S, Urdal DL (1990) Hematopoietic growthfactor receptors, Immunol Ser 49:39-75
13. Pigaditou A, Marini G, Johnson PW, Mahmoud M, Okukenu, E, Adams K, Salam A, Amess JA, Norton AJ, Murphy MF, Carter M, Dale CR, Malpas JS, Lister TA, Rohatiner AZS (1995) Myelo-ablative therapy with peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) support in patients with haematological malignancy. Ann Oncol 6:53-58
14. Reiter A, Schrappe M, Henze G, Ludwig WD, Lampert F, Odenwald E, Gadner H, Riehm H (1991) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia of childhood: treatment strategy and results in three BFM trials (meeting abstract). Haematologica (Pavia) 76 [Suppl 4]:105
15. Rivera G, Aur RJ, Dahl GV, Pratt CB, Wood A, Avery TL (1980) Combined VM-26 and cytosine arabinoside in treatment of refractory childhood lymphocytic leukaemia. Cancer 45:1284-1288
16. Rivera GK, Buchanan G, Boyett JM, Camitta B, Ochs J, Kalwinsky D, Amylon M, Vietti TJ, Crist WM (1986) Intensive retreatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in first bone marrow relapse. N Engl J Med 315:273-278
17. Rohatiner AZ, Bassan R, Battista R, Barnett MJ, Gregory W, Lim J, Amess J, Oza A, Barbui T, Horton M, et al (1990) High-dose cytosine arabinoside in the initial treatment of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Br J Cancer 62:454-458
18. Schauer P, Arlin ZA , Mertelsmann R, Cirrincione C, Friedman A, Gee TS, Dowling M, Kempin S, Straus DJ, Koziner B, et al (1983) Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in adults: results of the 1-10 and 1-10m protocols. J. Clin Oncol 1:462-470
19. Scherrer R, Bettelheim P, Geissler K, Gisslinger H, Jager LJ, Knobl P, Kyrie PA, Lazcika K, Mitterbauer G, Schwarzinger I, Sillaber C, Watske H, Lechner K. (1992) R-metHug-CSF combined with chemotherapy for treatment of adult ALL a pilot study. Ann Haematol 65 [Suppl 2]:A114
20. Steinherz PG, Gaynon P, Miller DR, Reaman G, Bleyer A, Finklestein J, Evans RG, Meyers P, Steinherz LJ, Sather H et al (1986) Improved diseasefree survival of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at high risk for early relapse with the New York regimen: a new intensive therapy protocol. A report from the Children's Cancer Study Group. J Clin Oncol 4:744-752
21. Storring RA, Jameson B, McElwain TJ, Wiltshaw E (1977) Oral non-absorbed antibiotics prevent infection in acute nonlymphoblastic leukaemia. Lancet 11:837-840
22. Whelan JS, Davis CL, Rohatiner AZ Leahy M, MacCallum PK, Gupta RK, Matthews J, Norton AJ, Amess JA, Lister TA (1992) Etoposide in combination with intermediate dose cytosine arabinoside (ID ara C) given with the intention of further myelo-ablative therapy for the treatment of refractory or recurrent haematological malignancy. Haematol Oncol 10:87-94