https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Quality of patient-centered care provided to patients attending hematological cancer treatment centers https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:32791 Wed 23 Feb 2022 16:03:12 AEDT ]]> High melphalan exposure is associated with improved overall survival in myeloma patients receiving high dose melphalan and autologous transplantation https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29998 –2) to determine melphalan AUC for a total of 114 patients. Binary logistic regression was used to assess whether melphalan AUC was associated with severe (≥ grade 3) oral mucositis. Multivariate Cox regression was used to assess whether melphalan AUC was significantly associated with time to progression, progression-free survival and overall survival (OS). Results: Melphalan AUC ranged from 4.9 to 24.6 mg l–1 h, median 12.84 mg l–1 h. Melphalan AUC above the median was a risk factor for severe mucositis (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.06, 1.38, P = 0.004) but was also associated with significantly improved overall survival (OS) (HR 0.40, 95% CI 0.20, 0.81, P = 0.001), with an estimated median survival of 8.50 years vs. 5.38 years for high vs. low AUC groups. Multivariate analysis did not identify melphalan AUC as being significantly associated with time to progression or progression-free survival. Conclusions: This large scale pharmacodynamic analysis of HDM demonstrates that high melphalan exposure is associated with improved survival, with an acceptable increase in transplant toxicity. These results suggest studies targeting a higher AUC are warranted in patients undergoing HDM and ASCT for myeloma.]]> Thu 13 Jan 2022 10:31:39 AEDT ]]> Population pharmacokinetics of melphalan in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing high dose therapy https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:10455 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:09:17 AEDT ]]>