title: The combination of thalidomide, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone is potentially useful in highly resistant Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: Few diseases have a prognosis worse than Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), patients relapsing after autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Here, we report two highly refractory patients with HL who successfully responded to a combination of thalidomide, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone (ThaCyDex). Despite the use of a very large number of different drugs (>5 different schemes) including high-dose therapy and autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation, both patients proved to be suffering from a highly resistant disease. Fortunately, they finally responded to the ThaCyDex combination, achieving sustained complete remission that would support the running of a trial within this setting.
authors.affiliation: Haematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain. rgarcias@usal.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García-Sanz
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: González-López
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hermida
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Graciani
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: San Miguel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002330:Carmustine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008558:Melphalan / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012074:Remission Induction; D000069283:Rituximab; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D013792:Thalidomide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019772:Topotecan / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014740:Vidarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D003561:Cytarabine; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D001761:Bleomycin; D011344:Procarbazine; D000069283:Rituximab; C422802:ibritumomab tiuxetan; D013792:Thalidomide; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014750:Vincristine; D014747:Vinblastine; D005047:Etoposide; D003606:Dacarbazine; D019772:Topotecan; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone; D014740:Vidarabine; C024352:fludarabine; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin; D008558:Melphalan; D002330:Carmustine; D011241:Prednisone