[Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children according to the ALL-BFM-90m protocol in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus]

Vopr Onkol. 2002;48(3):347-51.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Prognosis for children treated according to the BFM-90m protocol (Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Group) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) improved significantly as compared with previous modalities. Methotrexate was used in the dose of 1,000 mg/m2, 36 h. The paper presents the 10-year results for this modification. Patients aged 0-15 years were treated at hematological hospitals of Moscow, other Russian towns and in Minsk, Belarus, (July 5, 1990-November 11, 2000). BFM-90m treatment was given to 682 children out of 1,326 with primary diagnosis of ALL; a comparative trial of the MB-91 protocol hed been carried out at the same clinics since 1991. During 10 years, recurrence-free survival was 72% while overall survival--77%. Toxicity of side-effects was tolerable. The BFM-90m treatment showed significantly better results in both countries.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / mortality
  • Prognosis
  • Republic of Belarus
  • Risk Factors
  • Russia
  • Sex Factors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Leucovorin
  • Methotrexate