Salvage lenalidomide in four rare oncological diseases.
Salvage lenalidomide in four rare oncological diseases.
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10.1700/1377.15326
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2013-09
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P. Szturz;Z. Adam;Z. Řehák;R. Koukalová;L. Křen;M. Moulis;M. Krejci;J. Mayer
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P. Szturz;Z. Adam;Z. Řehák;R. Koukalová;L. Křen;M. Moulis;M. Krejci;J. Mayer
In rare disorders, there are often no standard therapy recommendations. Patients with refractory disease may require novel experimental approaches. Applied as second- up to fourth-line treatment, lenalidomide (10-25 mg perorally on days 1-21 in a 28-day cycle) was used in our cohort of four adult patients with aggressive, multisystem and relapsing diseases. Complete and long-lasting remissions (more than 1 year, no maintenance therapy) were achieved in patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (11 cycles, combination with dexamethasone and etoposide, consolidated by allogeneic blood stem cell transplant) and plasma-cell Castleman disease (15 cycles, monotherapy). Mixed response with complete disappearance of brain infiltrates was reached in Erdheim-Chester disease (6 cycles, monotherapy) and gastrointestinal bleeding was well controlled in multiple angiomatosis (9 cycles, combination with thalidomide). For disease activity evaluation each patient underwent fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan imaging, which was complemented by clinical and laboratory investigations.