Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24489398›Full record

Trial reportThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne2014

The efficacy and adverse event profile of dexamethasone, melphalan, actinomycin D, and cytosine arabinoside (DMAC) chemotherapy in relapsed canine lymphoma.

Melissa Parsons-Doherty, Valerie J Poirier, Gabrielle Monteith

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Trial report in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melissa Parsons-DohertyAnimal Cancer Centre, Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre (Parsons-Doherty, Poirier), and Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, (Monteith), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
Valerie J PoirierAnimal Cancer Centre, Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre (Parsons-Doherty, Poirier), and Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, (Monteith), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
Gabrielle MonteithAnimal Cancer Centre, Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre (Parsons-Doherty, Poirier), and Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, (Monteith), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
University of Guelph · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this retrospective study, a chemotherapy protocol using dexamethasone, melphalan, actinomycin D, and cytosine arabinoside (DMAC) was evaluated for efficacy and adverse event profile as a first line rescue protocol in 86 client-owned dogs previously treated with a CHOP-based protocol. Forty-three dogs (43%) achieved remission (16% complete remission, 27% partial remission), and 57% were non-responders. The median overall progression-free survival (PFS) was 24 days. Adverse events included thrombocytopenia in 41% of dogs, neutropenia in 17% of dogs, and gastrointestinal toxicity in 13% of dogs. Overall, 16% (13/79) dogs experienced grade III to IV thrombocytopenia, 8% (6/74) dogs grade III to IV neutropenia and 1% (1/79) dogs grade III to IV gastrointestinal toxicity. The efficacy of the DMAC protocol is similar to that of other rescue protocols in dogs with relapsed lymphoma but is associated with shorter PFS. The main toxicity is thrombocytopenia, which may limit treatment.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCytarabineDactinomycinDexamethasoneDog DiseasesDogsFemaleLymphomaMaleMelphalanRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesCytarabineDactinomycinDexamethasoneMelphalan

Identifiers

PMID24489398
PMCPMC3894879
OpenAlexW2230729521

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