title: High-dose cytosine arabinoside and mitoxantrone in previously-treated acute leukemia patients.
abstract: 35 patients with refractory or relapsed acute leukemia received salvage chemotherapy using high-dose cytosine arabinoside 2 g/m2 intravenously for 3 hours every 12 h, in 8 doses, followed by continuous infusion of mitoxantrone 12 mg/m2/day for 2 d. 9 patients had acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), (4 relapsed, 5 refractory), 20 had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (11 relapsed, 9 refractory) and 6 had chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in the blastic phase (BP). 4 out of 9 AML and 16 out of 20 ALL achieved complete remission. Median survival was 6 months for all patients and 10 months for responders. A short (1.5 months) chronic phase was achieved in 3 patients with CML. The main toxic effect was hematologic. A pharmacokinetic study was performed on mitoxantrone. No correlation was found with clinical response. The combination of mitoxantrone and ara-C is an effective antileukemic regimen, especially in ALL.
authors.affiliation: Institut J. Paoli-I. Calmettes, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lejeune
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tubiana
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gastaut
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maraninchi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Launay
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sainty
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sebahoun
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Carcassonne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D008942:Mitoxantrone