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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2018

Roxithromycin monotherapy inducing a partial response in a patient with myeloma: a case report.

Kern Y Chai, Anna L Byrne, Ian M Morison

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kern Y ChaiDepartment of Pathology, University of Otago, Hercus Building, 56 Hanover St, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand.
Anna L ByrneSouthern Blood & Cancer Service, Dunedin Hospital, 201 Great King St, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand.
Ian M MorisonDepartment of Pathology, University of Otago, Hercus Building, 56 Hanover St, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand. ian.morison@otago.ac.nz.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClarithromycin is an efficacious treatment for myeloma in combination with other anti-myeloma therapy but not as monotherapy. To date, all studies have focused on a clarithromycin-specific effect rather than a class effect (macrolide) and there is no information on the activity of roxithromycin in myeloma. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report an untreated 86-year-old New Zealand European white man with IgA myeloma whose paraprotein decreased by 57%, consistent with a partial response, after a course of roxithromycin for pneumonia. His paraprotein reduced from 46 to 20 g/L while his hemoglobin improved from 97 to 123 g/L after 1 month.

conclusionAdditional investigations should be considered to elucidate the therapeutic effect of roxithromycin in myeloma.

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Aged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsClarithromycinHumansMaleMultiple MyelomaPneumoniaRoxithromycinTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsClarithromycinRoxithromycinClarithromycinMyelomaRoxithromycin

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PMID29743095
PMCPMC5944102

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