Between January 1988 to December 1988, the CAMP-MOB combination chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide 400mg/m* day 1-10, methotrexate 200mg/m* IV day 8, vincristine 1.4mg/m* IV day 14, and bleomycin 15mg/m* day 14 every 3 weeks) had been administered in
20
patients with intermediate grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
Complete remission rate was 80% and the median remission duration of complete responders was 20 months. The median survival of overall patients was 23 months and two year survival rate was 50%(two year disease-free survival rate: 35%). Complete
responders had a prolonged survival in comparison with partial responders or non-responders, but other factors such as the stage.'B' symptom, LDH level, bone marrow involvement didn't influence remission duration or overall survival.
Non-hematologic toxicity was mild and manageable but hematologic toxicity was significant, with two treatment-related deaths.
Based on these findings, we concluded that CAMP-MOB combination chemotherapy could induce complete remission in high proportion of intermediate-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients, However, because of short remission duration, it had no
advantages
over the other regimens in terms of overall and disease-free survival.
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