title: [Androgens and prolonged complete remissions in acute non lymphoblastic leukemias. Results of a systematic treatment with stanozolol associated with chemotherapy (author's transl)].
abstract: An androgen (stanozolol: 0,15 mg/kg/d) was systematically associated to the treatment of acute non lymphoblastic leukemias, since the beginning of induction therapy (vincristin, daunorubicin, prednisone) and throughout the maintenance period (6-mercaptopurine and methotrexate). Thirty-six patients less than 60 years old (median age: 44 years) presenting with acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia were entered to the study. Sixteen achieved complete remission (C.R.), i.e. 44% of the whole and 53% of treated patients. Out of 16 patients with complete remission, 4 relapsed during the observation period which lasted 4-1/2 years. The stability of the hematologic equilibrium in patients in C.R. is the main finding of the present study. The actuarial curve of the duration of the first complete remission reaches a "plateau"; after the 8th month only one relapse was observed in 9 patients. The rate of C.R. at 2 years is 76 +/- 23%. As compared to the results from other schedules of treatment, this rate appears significantly better, specially in the case of immunotherapy (p less than 0,001). A prospective randomized study is now suggested as to confirm this result; its therapeutic and theoretical basis and perspectives are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000493:Allopurinol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013197:Stanozolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013197:Stanozolol; D014750:Vincristine; D000493:Allopurinol; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D008775:Methylprednisolone; D008727:Methotrexate; D003630:Daunorubicin
vernacular_title: Androgènes et rémissions prolongées dans les leucémies aiguës non lymphoblastiques. Résultats d'un traitement systématique par le stanozolol associé à la chimiothérapie