https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 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 ]]> Persistent MRD before and after allogeneic BMT predicts relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27000 50. A Cox multivariate regression model for LFS retained both B-other ALL subtype (hazard ratio 4·1, P = 0·0062) and MRD persistence post-HSCT (hazard ratio 3·9, P = 0·0070) as independent adverse prognostic variables. Persistent MRD could be used to direct post-HSCT therapy.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:25:49 AEDT ]]>