title: [Multicenter study of the treatment of highly malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphomas with polychemotherapy (CHOPV) and irradiation].
abstract: In a multicenter study 46 untreated patients with highly-malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphomas stage II-IV received 6 courses of the following drug combination: cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 i.v. day 1, adriamycin 50 mg/m2 i.v. day 1, vincristine 2 mg i.v. day 1, prednisolone 100 mg p.o. days 1-5, and etoposide 100 mg/m2 i.v. days 3-5. Between courses 4 and 5 an involved field irradiation with a total dose of 25 Gy was employed. The overall response rate was 91%, with 38 patients achieving a complete remission (82%), 4 patients achieving a partial remission (9%), and 4 patients showing no response (9%). During a median follow-up period of 34 months 16 out of 38 patients relapsed, 4 of them achieving a second complete remission with the same drug regimen. A maintained complete remission up to 52 months was seen in 51% of all patients initially achieving CR. The overall survival curve shows a plateau at 60% at 30 months, while disease-free survival shows a plateau at 51% at 36 months. Mean side effects of this drug regimen were alopecia (89%), nausea/vomiting (76%), and leukopenia (61%). No therapy-related deaths were reported. The results of this study demonstrate that this treatment produces high complete remission rates and that the majority of these patients achieves long-term disease-free survival.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Köppler
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Pflüger
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eschenbach
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loetzke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfab
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lennert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Gassel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hässler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Multizentrische Studie zur Behandlung hochmaligner Non-Hodgkin-Lymphome mit Polychemotherapie (CHOPV) und Bestrahlung.