title: Response rate and survival in myeloma patients receiving prednisone alone.
abstract: Thirty-two evaluable good risk patients with multiple myeloma received a 70-day tapering course of prednisone beginning at a dose of 1.2 mg/kg/day. Forty-four percent of the patients demonstrated objective evidence of response to this treatment. Although the median time to disease progression for the prednisone-treated group was shorter than for patients randomized to receive prednisone with alkylating agents or who were treated with alkylating agent alone, the results from this trial indicate that prednisone, by itself, may produce objective responses. Caution must be used interpreting trials of new agents in myeloma when such treatments are combined with corticosteroid administration.
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002330:Carmustine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008558:Melphalan / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011379:Prognosis; D011897:Random Allocation; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D008558:Melphalan; D002330:Carmustine; D011241:Prednisone