title: Temozolomide and cisplatin in relapsed/refractory acute leukemia.
abstract: Cisplatin depletes MGMT and increases the sensitivity of leukemia cells to temozolomide. We performed a phase I study of cisplatin and temozolomide in patients with relapsed and refractory acute leukemia. Fifteen patients had AML, 3 had ALL, and 2 had biphenotypic leukemia. The median number of prior chemotherapy regimens was 3 (1-5). Treatment was well tolerated up to the maximal doses of temozolomide 200 mg/m2/d times 7 days and cisplatin 100 mg/m2 on day 1. There was one complete remission in this heavily pretreated patient population. Five of 20 (25%) patients demonstrated a significant reduction in bone marrow blasts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. karen_seiter@nymc.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seiter
authors.forename: Sreedhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katragadda
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rasul
authors.forename: Nasir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D000077204:Temozolomide; D017211:Treatment Failure; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003606:Dacarbazine; D002945:Cisplatin; D000077204:Temozolomide