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An Organotypic High Throughput System for Characterization of Drug Sensitivity of Primary Multiple Myeloma Cells
Published on: July 15, 2015
[Treatment and survival of multiple myeloma patients on programmed hemodialysis]
Aim:
To analyse clinical picture of multiple myeloma (MM) and treatment results in MM patients on programmed dialysis (PD).
Materials And Methods:
Case histories of 22 MM patients were analysed. They had a terminal stage of chronic renal failure (CRF) in the onset of the disease. Chemotherapy (CT) was performed in 20 patients (10 patients received VAD program, the other 10--melfalan).
Results:
Early lethality was 28%. The patients died of septic complications. Neutropenia was observed significantly more frequently on melfalan treatment than on VAD therapy (9 and 2 patients, respectively; chi-square 5.6; p = 0.009). Survival median, excluding early lethality, was 16 months. Differences by therapy were not registered. Three patients on MP program survived more than 3 years. Function of the kidneys improved in 4 (20%) patients. Hemodialysis was avoided in 2 patients. Survival of patients with reestablished renal function was maximal (44 and 84 months).
Conclusion:
Standard CT for MM with terminal CRF is associated with high toxicity and frequent septic complications. Survival is better if renal function improves and HD discontinues. Reversibility of CRF at a terminal stage in MM does not depend on completeness of hematological response. Programs with melfalan CT provoke more frequent myelotoxic cytopenia, early lethality is higher but the number of longer survivals is more.
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