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Trial reportInternational journal of hematology2004

A randomized controlled trial investigating the survival benefit of dose-intensified multidrug combination chemotherapy (LSG9) for intermediate- or high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study 9002.

Tomohiro Kinoshita, Tomomitsu Hotta, Kensei Tobinai, Tohru Kobayashi, Naoki Ishizuka, Masao Tomonaga, Toshiaki Sai, Youichiro Ohno, Masaharu Kasai, Michinori Ogura and 10 more

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Trial report in International journal of hematology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20 authors.

Tomohiro KinoshitaDepartment of Hematology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. kinosita@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Tomomitsu Hotta
Kensei Tobinai
Tohru Kobayashi
Naoki Ishizuka
Masao Tomonaga
Toshiaki Sai
Youichiro Ohno
Masaharu Kasai
Michinori Ogura
Chikara Mikuni
Hironobu Toki
Masayuki Sano
Yasufumi Masaki
Tomoko Ohtsu
Yoshihiro Matsuno
Takeaki Takenaka
Shigeru Shirakawa
Masanori Shimoyama
Japan Clinical Oncology Group

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of enhancing the dose intensity (DI) of the key drugs in multidrug combination chemotherapy for malignant lymphoma is uncertain. We investigated the survival benefit of dose-intensified multidrug combination chemotherapy for intermediate- or high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Patients without any prior chemotherapy were randomly assigned either to dose-intensified multidrug combination chemotherapy, LSG9 (VEPA-B/FEPP-AB/M-FEPA, treated 3 times every 10 weeks for 28 weeks total), or to control-arm combination chemotherapy, mLSG4 (VEPA-B/FEPP-B/M-FEPA, treated 4 times every 14 weeks for 54 weeks total). The planned DI of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide were 1.96 and 1.47 times higher, respectively, in LSG9 than in mLSG4. Overall survival, complete response (CR) rate, and toxicities were evaluated. The 447 patients (230 for LSG9 and 217 for mLSG4) were enrolled between February 1991 and March 1995. The 5-year overall survival rates were 56.8% for LSG9 patients and 55.1% for mLSG4 patients (log-rank P = .42). The rates for CR plus uncertain CR were 70.0% for LSG9 and 64.5% for mLSG4. The toxicities of both regimens were similar and tolerable. The median actual DI of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide were 1.56 and 1.17 times higher, respectively, in LSG9 than in mLSG4. Compared with the control regimen mLSG4, the dose-intensified regimen LSG9 did not show significant survival benefit. An increase in the DI of doxorubicin in multidrug combination chemotherapy did not improve the survival of patients with intermediate- or high-grade NHL.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBleomycinCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinFemaleHumansLymphoma, Non-HodgkinMaleMiddle AgedPrednisoloneTreatment OutcomeVincristineBleomycinCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinPrednisoloneVincristine

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PMID15615259

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