title: Acute monocytic leukemia in children and its response to vinblastine (NSC-49842).
abstract: Seventeen children with acute monocytic leukemia were treated with (a) vinblatine (with or without prednisone), 0.2 mg/kg of body weight twice a week (13 patients); (b) 6-mercaptopurine plus prednisone patient). Four patients died within the 1st week, before having an adequate chemotherapeutic trial, and a fifth patient died of spesis at 12 days. Five patients achieved complete remissions and two achieved in this study was 41%. For the 13 patients who survived more than 1 week, the remission rate was 53.8%. Remission occurred with vinblastine inall but one patient. Of the ten patients who recieved more than one dose of vinblastine, 60% achieved a remission, indicating that vinblastine is an active agent in this rare form of leukemia.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014747:Vinblastine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D011241:Prednisone