[Anticytosine therapy for primary myelodysplastic syndrome]

Vopr Onkol. 2003;49(4):464-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

A pilot study of anticytocine therapy (PCD) was carried out in 9 patients with primary myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). After 12 weeks, 2 patients (22%) showed hematological response cutting down the need for washed-out erythrocyte transfusions by half or more. MDS progression at different stages was reported in 4; transformation to acute myeloleukemia--2. PCD treatment is indicated in MDS patients, aged over 65, with a less than 10% blast level of the bone marrow, and without any risks of tumor progression.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Marrow / drug effects*
  • Cytosine / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Disease Progression
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Female
  • Hematologic Agents / pharmacology
  • Hematologic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Hematologic Agents
  • Cytosine