By using the GRADE system we produced the following recommendations for the use of bendamustine in the first-line treatment of CLL: (1) bendamustine with rituximab is recommended in elderly fit patients potentially eligible to FCR; (2) Bendamustine alone is recommended in patients who are candidate to chlorambucil alone; (3) Rituximab-bendamustine is recommended in patients not eligible to FCR, but suitable to receive rituximab. Consensus-based recommendations addressed evidence-orphan issues concerning the use of bendamustine in genetically-defined high-risk patients and the appropriate dose of bendamustine as single agent or in association with rituximab. C
Appropriate use of bendamustine in first-line therapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Recommendations from SIE, SIES, GITMO Group / Cuneo, A; Marchetti, M; Barosi, G; Billio, A; Brugiatelli, M; Ciolli, S; Laurenti, L; Mauro, Francesca Romana; Molica, S; Montillo, M; Zinzani, P; Tura, S.. - In: LEUKEMIA RESEARCH. - ISSN 0145-2126. - STAMPA. - 38:11(2014), pp. 1269-1277. [10.1016/j.leukres.2014.06.017]
Appropriate use of bendamustine in first-line therapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Recommendations from SIE, SIES, GITMO Group.
MAURO, Francesca Romana;
2014
Abstract
By using the GRADE system we produced the following recommendations for the use of bendamustine in the first-line treatment of CLL: (1) bendamustine with rituximab is recommended in elderly fit patients potentially eligible to FCR; (2) Bendamustine alone is recommended in patients who are candidate to chlorambucil alone; (3) Rituximab-bendamustine is recommended in patients not eligible to FCR, but suitable to receive rituximab. Consensus-based recommendations addressed evidence-orphan issues concerning the use of bendamustine in genetically-defined high-risk patients and the appropriate dose of bendamustine as single agent or in association with rituximab. CI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
