title: [Chemotherapy of resistant and recurrent lymphoma based on a combination of ifosfamide and etoposide. Antitumor effects, toxicity and stimulation of peripheral stem cells].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Treatment of Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) is still unsatisfactory in patients resistant to primary therapy or those with early relapses. The objective of the trial was to test whether salvage regimens based on a combination of iphosphamide and etopozide have a sufficient anti-lymphoma effect, while the toxicity is still acceptable, and in conjunction with growth factors as satisfactory mobilizing potential for the collection of peripheral stem cells (PBSC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A group of 40 patients with relapsing and/or primary therapy resisting lymphomas (14 NHL, 26 HD) were treated by life saving or stimulating chemotherapy VIM (etopozide, iphosphamide, methotrexate) and MINE (iphosphamide mitoxanthrone, etopozide; mostly NHL). If the response to these regimes was inadequate, to some patients in addition mini (dexa) regimes were administered, BEAM and DHAP resp., with the objective to achieve maximum reduction of the tumourous mass before high-dosage treatment with the support of autologous PBSC. The authors administered 119 cycles of salvage chemotherapy (51 VIM, 46 MINE, 22 mini-dexa-BEAM and DHAP). The toxicity of chemotherapy and the therapeutic response were evaluated according to WHO criteria. The toxicity of VIM and MINE, with the exception for mobilization of desirable transient leukopenia, was not serious. During stimulation of PBSC on average three leukophereses were made and on average 9.9. 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg body weight of the patient were obtained and 53.2. 10(4) CFU-GM/kg (VIM), and 13.5. 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg 53.4. 10(4) CFU-GM/kg (MINE) resp. A total of 64% (MINE) and 61% (VIM) therapeutic responses were obtained, 14% (MINE) and 26% (VIM) complete remissions and 50% (MINE) and 35% (VIM) partial remissions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Life saving regimes, VIM and MINE, have a good antilymphoma activity, low toxicity and in combination with growth factors (filgrastim) they ensure a good collection of PBSC. As compared with other regimens, in particular for stimulation, VIM and MINE appear to be better.
authors.affiliation: II. interní klinika LF MU a FN, Brno, Bohunice.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Korístek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vásová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Müllerová
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Král
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navrátil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klabusay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vorlícek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vodvárka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hejlová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Penka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krahulcová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomíska
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hájek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D007937:Leukapheresis; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D015080:Mesna / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D012008:Recurrence; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D008942:Mitoxantrone; D015080:Mesna; D007069:Ifosfamide; D008727:Methotrexate
vernacular_title: Chemoterapie rezistentních a relabujících lymfomů zalozená na kombinaci ifosfamidu a etopozidu. Protinádorový efekt, toxicita a stimulace periferních kmenových bunĕk.