Open AccessEfficacy and safety of homoharringtonine plus cytarabine and aclarubicin for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome-RAEB
Author(s) -
Feng Xiao,
Ying Li,
Weilai Xu,
Liangshun You,
Chunmei Yang,
Hui Liu,
W. Qian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
oncology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1792-1082
pISSN - 1792-1074
DOI - 10.3892/ol.2015.3876
Subject(s) - homoharringtonine , aclarubicin , medicine , cytarabine , regimen , gastroenterology , myelodysplastic syndromes , leukemia , bone marrow
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the treatment outcome of homoharringtonine, cytarabine (AraC) and aclarubicin combination therapy as induction treatment for myelodysplastic syndromes-refractory anemia with excess blasts (MDS-RAEB). A total of 24 patients with MDS-RAEB who were aged between 18 and 66 years were treated with homoharringtonine, AraC and aclarubicin (HAA regimen). The HAA regimen consisted of homoharringtonine (2 mg/m 2 intramuscularly twice daily, days 1-3), AraC (75 mg/m 2 injected subcutaneously twice daily, days 1-7) and aclarubicin (12 mg/m 2 , days 1-7). The overall response rate was 79% with a complete remission rate of 58.3% and partial remission rate of 20.7%. There was no evidence of early mortality in this group of patients. The median overall survival (OS) was 36.2 months (95% confidence interval, 24.6-47.4 months), and the estimated three year overall survival rate was 45.8%. In conclusion, HAA combination therapy is a suitable induction regimen for patients with MDS-RAEB, which may improve the outcome for de novo higher-risk MDS patients, particularly of those with favorable and intermediate cytogenetics.