Therapy prolongation improves outcome in multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Therapy prolongation improves outcome in multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2012-09-455774
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发表时间:
2013-06-20
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Ladisch, Stephan
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作者:
Gadner, Helmut;Minkov, Milen;Ladisch, Stephan
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)-III tested risk-adjusted, intensified, longer treatment of multisystem LCH (MS-LCH), for which optimal therapy has been elusive. Stratified by risk organ involvement (high [RO+] or low [RO-] risk groups), >400 patients were randomized. RO+ patients received 1 to 2 six-week courses of vinblastine+prednisone (Arm A) or vinblastine+prednisone+methotrexate (Arm B). Response triggered milder continuation therapy with the same combinations, plus 6-mercaptopurine, for 12 months total treatment. 6/12-week response rates (mean, 71%) and 5-year survival (84%) and reactivation rates (27%) were similar in both arms. Notably, historical comparisons revealed survival superior to that of identically stratified RO+ patients treated for 6 months in predecessor trials LCH-I (62%) or LCH-II (69%, P