Mesna/Ifosfamide, Mitoxantrone, Etoposide, Bleomycin, Vincristine, Prednisone (Mine-Bop) Combination Chemotherapy In The Treatment Of Refractory And Relapsed Non-Hodgkin'S Lymphoma
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Acta Oncologica
- Vol. 34 (7), 937-940
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02841869509127208
Abstract
Twenty-one consecutive patients with refractory or relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were treated with a novel combination chemotherapy (MINE-BOP), comprising myelosuppressive (ifosfamide, mitoxantrone, etoposide) and non-myelosupressive (bleomycin, vincristine and prednisone) drugs. Median age of the patients was 42 years and all had intermediate or high-grade lymphoma. Fifteen patients had refractory disease. All patients had previously been treated with one or two regimens, containing anthracyclines. In all cases the duration between the last chemotherapy and the MINE-BOP regimen was shorter than 12 months. Response rate was 57% with 33% complete remission (CR). Median disease-free and overall survivals were 7 and 10 months respectively. The serum LDH level was the only significant prognostic factor in this study. The toxicity of this regimen was moderate with 24% of febrile neutropenia and 9% of microscopic hematuria. Toxic death due to febrile neutropenia was observed in one patient who had bone marrow involvement. To conclude, the addition of non-myelosuppressive drugs to the chemotherapy regimen and shortening the interval between the application of cytotoxic drugs as used in the present study did not show any improvement of response and survival in this group of patients.Keywords
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