Therapy of Waldenström´s macroglobulinaemia in the year 2014

Therapy of Waldenström´s macroglobulinaemia (WM) is indicated in patients with clinically relevant symptoms. Therapeutic plasmapheresis should be performed in cases with hyperviscosity. The intensity of chemotherapy should be adjusted to the degree of cytopenia. Monotherapy with rituximab is recommended in cases with severe cytopenia, also combination of rituximab with dexamethasone should be possible. Patients with symptomatic WM without severe cytopenia should received a rituximab-containing regimens, optimal variant is combination of rituximab + dexamethasone + alkylation drug (such as cyclophosphamide or bendamustine). Possible treatment combinations are for instance R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone), R-COP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, and prednisone), or RCD (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone). The choice of regimen in individual patients will take into consideration performance status, clinical features including renal function, comorbidities and potential candidacy for stem cell transplantation.Chlorambucil and rituximab is possible treatment options for older patients. The choice of treatment of WM relapse depends on the time of treatment response. Retreatment with primary therapy may be appropriate in patients with duration of treatment response at least 2 years. Other treatment possibilities for WM relapse are regimens containing fludarabine, cladribine or bortezomib. Autologous transplantation of peripheral blood stem cells is feasible therapeutic option for relapsed WM in younger, fitter patients with aggressive chemosensitive disease.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Vnitrni lekarstvi - 60(2014), 2 vom: 19. Feb., Seite 139-57

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Léčba Waldenströmovy makroglobulinemie v roce 2013

Beteiligte Personen:

Adam, Zdeněk [VerfasserIn]
Krejčí, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Pour, Luděk [VerfasserIn]
Ševčíková, Eva [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

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80168379AG
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Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
Antineoplastic Agents
Bendamustine Hydrochloride
Boronic Acids
Bortezomib
Cyclophosphamide
Doxorubicin
FA2DM6879K
Fludarabine
Immunologic Factors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Nitrogen Mustard Compounds
P2K93U8740
Prednisone
Pyrazines
Review
Rituximab
VB0R961HZT
Vidarabine
Vincristine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.10.2015

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM237575582