title: Phase II clinical trial with vindesine for remission induction in acute leukemia, blastic crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia, lymphosarcoma, and hodgkin's disease: absence of cross-resistance with vincristine.
abstract: Vindesine, an analog of vinblastine and vincristine, has been submitted to a phase II trial, the results of which are judged in terms of remission induction. A high proportion of remissions were obtained in acute lymphoid leukemia and blastic crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia, and a few responses have been registered in lymphosarcoma and Hodgkin's disease. A continuous 48-hour iv infusion may induce a remission where an iv push of the same dose has failed. The most remarkable characteristic of vindesine is the absence of cross-resistance with vincristine as documented in acute lymphoid leukemia.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014748:Vinca Alkaloids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014748:Vinca Alkaloids; D014750:Vincristine