title: Failure of combination therapy with recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and erythropoietin in myelodysplastic syndromes.
abstract: Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) and erythropoietin (rhE-PO) were used to treat ten patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). None of the patients showed a favorable response in erythrocyte and platelet counts following 10 weeks' treatment, although favorable responses in neutrophil counts were observed in eight of ten patients (80.0%) and in seven of eight patients (87.5%) following 2 weeks' and 10 weeks' treatment, respectively. However, one patient with refractory anemia had a delayed favorable response in erythrocyte and neutrophil counts at week 14 in spite of the cessation of combination therapy at week 10. These results indicate that combination therapy with rhG-CSF and rhEPO is not beneficial to patients with MDS, based on the presently used protocol.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mikuni
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niitsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hinoda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor