title: [High-dose etoposide with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for mobilization of autologous peripheral blood stem/progenitor cells in patients with hematologic malignancies].
abstract: To explore the efficacy and safety of high-dose of etoposide with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for mobilization of peripheral blood stem cells, 10 patients with hematologic malignancies including 6 patients with multiple myeloma and 4 with non Hodgkin' s lymphoma received an etoposide dose of 1.6 g/m2. The total dose of undiluted etoposide was given on day 1 as a continuous intravenous infusion via a central vein for 10 hours. G-CSF 5 microg/kg was used on day 3 and given daily subcutaneously until leukopheresis was completed. The results showed that leukopheresis was started at days 11 (range 9-13 days) following etoposide therapy, the mean number of CD34+ cells collected in all 10 patients was 9.4 x 10(6)/kg (range 4.2 - 17.3 x 10(6)/kg), by an average of 2.6 leukophereses (range 1-4) times. Mobilization procedure that produced yields of greater than 4.0 x 10(6)/kg were achieved in every patient. Toxicity showed oropharyngeal mucositis, faucitis and urethritis respectively in 3 patients. It is concluded that high-dose etoposide with G-CSF is an effective and safe mobilizing regimen for autologous peripheral blood stem progenitor cells in patients with hematologic malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Jian-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Han-Xin
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Si-Xuan
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Run
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D005047:Etoposide