PMID 6546971: Effective treatment of advanced multiple myeloma refractory to alkylating agents
Updated: Apr 26, 2022
N Engl J Med May 24, 1984
Effective treatment of advanced multiple myeloma refractory to alkylating agents.
Barlogie B, Smith L, Alexanian R.
Twenty-nine patients with advanced refractory multiple myeloma were treated with intermittent high-dose dexamethasone in combination with four-day infusions of vincristine and doxorubicin. Rapid and marked tumor-mass reduction (greater than 75 per cent) was noted in 14 of 20 patients whose disease was resistant to alkylating agents and in 3 of 9 patients with additional resistance to doxorubicin--a result far superior to those in previous trials with similar patients. In responsive patients, remissions were of excellent quality, and survival was significantly longer than in unresponsive patients.
PMID: 6546971
N Engl J Med; May 1984