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ArticleBMC cancer2015

Polish experience of lenalidomide in the treatment of lower risk myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(5q).

Aleksandra Butrym, Ewa Lech-Maranda, Elżbieta Patkowska, Beata Kumiega, Maria Bieniaszewska, Andrzej Mital, Krzysztof Madry, Tigran Torosian, Ryszard Wichary, Justyna Rybka and 2 more

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12 authors.

Aleksandra ButrymDepartment of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. aleksandra.butrym@gmail.com.
Ewa Lech-MarandaDepartment of Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. ewamaranda@wp.pl.
Elżbieta PatkowskaDepartment of Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. epatkowska@ihit.waw.pl.
Beata KumiegaDepartment of Oncological Hematology, Carpathian Oncology Centre, Brzozow, Poland. kumiegab@gmail.com.
Maria BieniaszewskaDepartment of Hematology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. mbienia@gumed.edu.pl.
Andrzej MitalDepartment of Hematology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. amital@wp.pl.
Krzysztof MadryDepartment of Hematology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland. kmadry@wum.edu.pl.
Tigran TorosianDepartment of Hematology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland. torosian07@gmail.com.
Ryszard WicharyDepartment of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland. dickv@poczta.onet.pl.
Justyna RybkaDepartment of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. rybka.justyna@o2.pl.
Krzysztof WarzochaDepartment of Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. sekihit@ihit.waw.pl.
Grzegorz MazurDepartment of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases and Hypertension, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. grzegorzmaz@yahoo.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLenalidomide has been approved for the treatment of lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with 5q deletion (del(5q)). We present for the first time a retrospective analysis of low-risk MDS with isolated del5q treated with lenalidomide, outside the clinical trials.

methods36 red blood cell (RBC) transfusion-dependent patients have been included in the study. Patients received lenalidomide 10 mg/day on days 1-21 of 28-day cycles.

results91.7 % of patients responded to lenalidomide treatment: 72.2 % achieved erythroid response, 19.4 % achieved minor erythroid response and 8.4 % of patients did not respond to treatment. Response depended on number of previous treatment lines (p = 0.0101), International Prognostic System Score (IPSS; p = 0.0067) and RBC transfusion frequency (p = 0.0139). Median duration of response was 16 months (range 6-60 months). Treatment was well tolerated. We observed hematological toxicity (grade 3 and 4): neutropenia in 16 (44.4 %) patients and thrombocytopenia in 9 (25 %) patients. Two patients (5.5 %) progressed to high-risk MDS and two subsequent progressed to acute myeloid leukemia. A Kaplan-Meier estimate for overall survival at 5 years in the study group was 79.0 ± 8.8 %.

conclusionsLenalidomide in this group of patients was beneficial for the treatment of RBC transfusion-dependency with well-known safety profile.

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Chromosome DeletionChromosomes, Human, Pair 5AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansImmunologic FactorsLenalidomideMaleMiddle AgedMyelodysplastic SyndromesPolandRetrospective StudiesThalidomideTreatment OutcomeImmunologic FactorsLenalidomideThalidomide

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PMID26152663
PMCPMC4495845

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