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Grupo Español de Linfomas/Trasplante Autólogo de Médula Ósea (GEL/TAMO cooperative group), [Martín,A] Complejo Hospitalario de Zamora. [Conde,E] Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander. [Arnan,M, González-Barca,E] Hospital Duran i Reynals, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. [Canales,MA] Hospital La Paz, Madrid, [Deben,G] Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña. [Sancho,JM] Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona. [Andreu,R] Hospital Dr. Peset, Valencia. [Salar,A] Hospital del Mar, Barcelona. [García-Sanchez,P] Hospital Clínico de Madrid. [Vázquez,L, Caballero,MD] Hospital Universitario de Salamanca. [Nistal,S] Hospital Universitario de Getafe. [Requena,MJ] Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganés. [Donato,EM] Hospital General de Castellón. [González, JA] Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia. [León,A] Hospital General de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera. [Ruiz,C] Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga. [Grande,C] Hospital Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. |
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Journal Article; Multicenter Study; "Comment in Salvage therapy for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: impact of prior rituximab. [Haematologica. 2008]" (Nota tomada de PubMed) BACKGROUND The role of re-treatment with rituximab in aggressive B-cell lymphomas still needs to be defined. This study evaluated the influence of prior exposure to rituximab on response rates and survival in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma treated with rituximab plus etoposide, cytarabine, cisplatinum and methylprednisolone (R-ESHAP). DESIGN AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 163 patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who received R-ESHAP as salvage therapy with a curative purpose. Patients were divided into two groups according to whether rituximab had been administered (n=94, "R+" group) or not (n=69, "R-" group) prior to R-ESHAP. RESULTS Response rates were significantly higher in the R- group in the univariate but not in the multivariate analysis. In the analysis restricted to the R+ group, we observed very low complete remission and overall response rates in patients with primary refractory disease (8% and 33%, respectively), as compared to those in patients who were in first partial remission (41% and 86%) or who had relapsed disease (50% and 75%) (p |