title: Prospective randomized study comparing the efficacy of bioequivalent doses of glycosylated and nonglycosylated rG-CSF for mobilizing peripheral blood progenitor cells.
abstract: Thirty patients diagnosed with breast cancer were included in a prospective randomized study comparing the in vivo priming effect of bioequivalent doses of glycosylated (lenograstim) and nonglycosylated (filgrastim) rG-CSF administration. Analysis of the efficacy of equivalent biological doses of both rG-CSFs showed no significant differences either in the mobilization of the subpopulations of PBPC considered (CD34+, CD34+/38-, CD34+/DR-), the content of such CD34+ cell subsets in the leukapheresis product, or the cost of the mobilization and collection procedures between both recombinant molecules. These results suggest that priming with bioequivalent doses of the two commercially available forms of glycosylated or nonglycosylated rG-CSF has a similar in vivo effect on PBPC mobilization.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Haematology and Haemotherapy, School of Medicine, Hospital General Universitario, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Arriba
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ortuño
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heras
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moraleda
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vicente
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001781:Blood Component Removal; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D000069585:Filgrastim; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007937:Leukapheresis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D000069585:Filgrastim