title: Phase II study of gemcitabine-dexamethasone with or without cisplatin in relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
abstract: Single-agent gemcitabine has shown encouraging results in patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). This phase II study further explored the potential of a gemcitabine-based regimen in patients with relapsed or refractory MCL. Patients <70 years old received the PDG regimen: gemcitabine (1000 mg/m(2), days 1 and 8), dexamethasone (40 mg/m(2), days 1-4), and cisplatin (100 mg/m(2), day 1). Patients >/=70 years of age received dexamethasone and gemcitabine only (DG regimen). Thirty patients (12 in the DG group, 18 in the PDG group) with a median age 66.5 years (range, 47-81) received a median of six cycles in both groups. The overall response rate was 36.4% [95% confidence interval (CI), 15.2% to 64.6%] with the DG regimen and 44.4% (95% CI 24.6% to 66.3%) with the PDG regimen. The median progression-free survival was 3 months (95% CI 0.0-7.9) in the DG group and 8.5 months (95% CI 4.8-12.2) in the PDG group. With a median follow-up of 38.8 months, 13 patients (including 11 given PDG) are still alive. DG was well tolerated, and thrombocytopenia was the most prevalent toxicity in patients receiving PDG. Both regimens deserve to be further investigated as a backbone for combination chemotherapy in patients with MCL.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies du Sang, Lille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morschhauser
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Depil
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jourdan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wetterwald
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouabdallah
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Solal-Céligny
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sebban
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coiffier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chouaki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bauters
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumontet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020522:Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000093542:Gemcitabine
chemical_list: D003841:Deoxycytidine; D003907:Dexamethasone; D002945:Cisplatin; D000093542:Gemcitabine