TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase I study of fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide in patients with previously untreated low-grade lymphoma
T2 - Results and and long-term follow- up - A report from the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
AU - Hochster, Howard S.
AU - Oken, Martin M.
AU - Winter, Jane N.
AU - Gordon, Leo I.
AU - Raphael, Bruce G.
AU - Bennett, John M.
AU - Cassileth, Peter A.
PY - 2000/3
Y1 - 2000/3
N2 - Purpose: To determine the toxicity and recommended phase II doses of the combination of fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide in chemotherapy-naive patients with low-grade lymphoma. Patients and Methods: Previously untreated patients with low-grade lymphoma were entered onto dosing cohorts of four patients each. The cyclophosphamide dose, given on day 1, was increased from 600 to 1,000 mg/m2. Fludarabine 20 mg/m2 was administered on days 1 through 5. The first eight patients were treated every 21 days; later patients were treated every 28 days. Prophylactic antibiotics were required. Results: Prolonged cytopenia and pulmonary toxicity each occurred in three of eight patients treated every 3 weeks. The 19 patients treated every 28 days, who were given granulocyte colony-stimulating factor as indicated, did not have undue nonhematologic toxicity. Dose-limiting toxicity was hematologic. At the recommended phase II/III dose (cyclophosphamide 1,000 mg/m2), grade 4 neutropenia was observed in 17% of all cycles and 31% of first cycles. Grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia was seen in only 1% of all cycles. The median number of cycles per patient was six (range, two to 11) for all patients enrolled. The response rate was 100% of 27 patients entered; 89% achieved a complete and 11% a partial response. Nineteen of 22 patients with bone marrow involvement had clearing of the marrow. Median duration of follow-up was more than 5 years; median overall and disease-free survival times have not been reached. Kaplan-Meier estimated 5-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 66% and 53%, respectively. Conclusion: The recommended dosing for this combination in patients with previously untreated low-grade lymphoma is cyclophosphamide 1,000 mg/m2 day 1 and fludarabine 20 mg/m2 days 1 through 5. The regimen has a high level of activity, with prolonged complete remissions providing 5-year overall and disease-free survival rates as high as those reported for other therapeutic approaches in untreated patients. (C) 2000 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.
AB - Purpose: To determine the toxicity and recommended phase II doses of the combination of fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide in chemotherapy-naive patients with low-grade lymphoma. Patients and Methods: Previously untreated patients with low-grade lymphoma were entered onto dosing cohorts of four patients each. The cyclophosphamide dose, given on day 1, was increased from 600 to 1,000 mg/m2. Fludarabine 20 mg/m2 was administered on days 1 through 5. The first eight patients were treated every 21 days; later patients were treated every 28 days. Prophylactic antibiotics were required. Results: Prolonged cytopenia and pulmonary toxicity each occurred in three of eight patients treated every 3 weeks. The 19 patients treated every 28 days, who were given granulocyte colony-stimulating factor as indicated, did not have undue nonhematologic toxicity. Dose-limiting toxicity was hematologic. At the recommended phase II/III dose (cyclophosphamide 1,000 mg/m2), grade 4 neutropenia was observed in 17% of all cycles and 31% of first cycles. Grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia was seen in only 1% of all cycles. The median number of cycles per patient was six (range, two to 11) for all patients enrolled. The response rate was 100% of 27 patients entered; 89% achieved a complete and 11% a partial response. Nineteen of 22 patients with bone marrow involvement had clearing of the marrow. Median duration of follow-up was more than 5 years; median overall and disease-free survival times have not been reached. Kaplan-Meier estimated 5-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 66% and 53%, respectively. Conclusion: The recommended dosing for this combination in patients with previously untreated low-grade lymphoma is cyclophosphamide 1,000 mg/m2 day 1 and fludarabine 20 mg/m2 days 1 through 5. The regimen has a high level of activity, with prolonged complete remissions providing 5-year overall and disease-free survival rates as high as those reported for other therapeutic approaches in untreated patients. (C) 2000 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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U2 - 10.1200/jco.2000.18.5.987
DO - 10.1200/jco.2000.18.5.987
M3 - Article
C2 - 10694548
AN - SCOPUS:0033993573
VL - 18
SP - 987
EP - 994
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
SN - 0732-183X
IS - 5
ER -