title: Plerixafor: in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or multiple myeloma.
abstract: *The bicyclam plerixafor mobilizes haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from the bone marrow into the peripheral blood circulation and augments the effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). *More patients requiring autologous HSC transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or multiple myeloma in first or second remission achieved goal increases in mobilized CD34+ cells after subcutaneous plerixafor 240 microg/kg/day for up to four apheresis days in conjunction with a G-CSF treatment regimen than after placebo plus G-CSF. *Sufficient CD34+ cells for transplantation were collected earlier for recipients of plerixafor plus G-CSF (often after one apheresis) than for patients receiving placebo plus G-CSF. *Time to engraftment and durability of grafts after 12 months were similar for both plerixafor plus G-CSF and placebo plus G-CSF. *In a compassionate-use trial in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma or Hodgkin's disease in whom prior mobilization attempts were unable to stimulate sufficient cells, therapy with the plerixafor/G-CSF combination regimen was successful in > or = 60% of patients. *Plerixafor appears to be generally well tolerated; most adverse effects in clinical trials were mild and transient.
authors.affiliation: Wolters Kluwer Health | Adis, Auckland, New Zealand. demail@adis.co.nz
authors.forename: Antona J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wagstaff
mesh_terms: D001596:Benzylamines; D000080027:Cyclams; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization / Q000379:methods; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D055104:Infusions, Subcutaneous; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000628:therapy*; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000628:therapy*; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D001596:Benzylamines; D000080027:Cyclams; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4; C088327:plerixafor