Mueller, Beatrice U; Keller, Sandra; Seipel, Katja; Mansouri Taleghani, Behrouz; Rauch, Daniel; Betticher, Daniel; Egger, Thomas; Pabst, Thomas (2015). Stem cell mobilization chemotherapy with gemcitabine is effective and safe in myeloma patients with bortezomib-induced neurotoxicity. Leukemia & lymphoma, 57(5), pp. 1122-1129. Informa Healthcare 10.3109/10428194.2015.1079315
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Vinorelbine chemotherapy with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) stimulation is a widely applied non-myelosuppressive mobilization regimen in Switzerland for myeloma patients, but its neurotoxic potential limits its use in patients with bortezomib-induced polyneuropathy. In this single-center study, we alternatively evaluated safety and effectiveness of gemcitabine chemotherapy with G-CSF for mobilization of autologous stem cells. Between March 2012 and February 2013, all bortezomib-pretreated myeloma patients planned to undergo first-line high-dose melphalan chemotherapy received a single dose of 1250 mg/m(2) gemcitabine, with G-CSF started on day 4. The 24 patients in this study had received a median of four cycles of bortezomib-dexamethason-based induction. Bortezomib-related polyneuropathy was identified in 21 patients (88%) by clinical evaluation and a standardized questionnaire. Administration of gemcitabine mobilization did not induce new or aggravate pre-existing neuropathy. Stem cell mobilization was successful in all 24 patients, with a single day of apheresis being sufficient in 19 patients (78%). The median yield was 9.51 × 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg. Stem collection could be accomplished at day 8 in 67%. Our data suggest that single-dose gemcitabine together with G-CSF is an effective mobilization regimen in myeloma patients and a safe alternative non-myelosuppressive mobilization chemotherapy for myeloma patients with bortezomib-induced polyneuropathy.
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