A Phase-II Study with Idarubicin, Ifosfamide and VP-16 (IIVP-16) in Patients with Refractory or Relapsed Aggressive and High Grade non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Abstract

We report a phase-II study of idarubicin, ifosphamide and etoposide (IIVP-16) in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The IIVP-16 regimen consisted of idarubicin (10mg/m² i.v. days 1 + 2 or days 1 + 8), ifosfamide (1000mg/m² i.v. days 1-5) and VP-16 (150mg/m^{2< 0.025}), Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia were the major toxicities occurring in 73/107 (68.2%) and 57/107 (53.3%) of cycles (WHO grade IV). IIVP-16 is an effective regimen particularly in patients with unfavorable relapsed NHL.