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Methyl‐GAG, ifosfamide, methotrexate and etoposide (MIME) as salvage therapy for Hodgkin's disease: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Enblad Gunilla,
Hagberg Hans,
Gustavsson Anita,
Glimelius Bengt
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0902-4441
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1998.tb01018.x
Subject(s) - ifosfamide , etoposide , medicine , chemotherapy , abvd , surgery , methotrexate , regimen , salvage therapy , refractory (planetary science) , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , vincristine , cyclophosphamide , physics , astrobiology
This study presents the results of a prospective study of methylgag, ifosfamide, methotrexate and etoposide (MIME) as salvage regimen for Hodgkin's disease (HD) in Sweden. Sixty‐four patients with recurrent or refractory HD were treated with MIME between July 1988 and December 1993. All patients except one had, earlier, been treated with and failed consecutive or alternating MOPP and ABVD. Median age was 37 yr (range 14–73). Twenty patients (31%) achieved a complete remission (CR) and 17 (27%) a partial remission (PR), giving an overall response rate of 58%. The 5‐yr survival for all patients was 43%. In a multivariate analysis, the most important factors predicting a poor survival were the presence of extranodal disease at relapse, male gender and high age. Twenty‐nine patients were treated with high‐dose chemotherapy with stem‐cell rescue after MIME. Those patients had a similar survival compared to the patients responding to MIME but not treated with high‐dose chemotherapy. We conclude that MIME induces remissions in a high proportion of patients with recurrent and refractory HD with acceptable toxicity. The remissions probably need consolidation, but the nature of this consolidation is still controversial.