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Intermediate dose intravenous melphalan at a dose of 15 mg/m2 x 4 given at 21-day intervals has been evaluated in 20 consecutive patients. The aims were to assess the time to obtain maximal response, duration of response and response to reintroduction of intravenous melphalan on relapse. Median time to maximal response was 17 weeks. Four patients achieved a complete response with complete disappearance of paraprotein. On relapse, reintroduction of intravenous melphalan was unsuccessful in causing a reduction of paraprotein, suggesting that resistance to this dose of melphalan occurs early even in responding patients.

Original publication

DOI

10.1159/000205884

Type

Journal article

Journal

Acta Haematol

Publication Date

1987

Volume

78

Pages

233 - 238

Keywords

Drug Evaluation, Drug Resistance, Humans, Injections, Intravenous, Melphalan, Multiple Myeloma, Myeloma Proteins