2015
Six-Minute Walk Test As a Measure of Functional Change after Chemotherapy in Cardiac AL Amyloidosis
Decker I, Ukaegbu O, Goodman S, Lenihan D, Hung R, Kassim A, Harrell S, McDonagh K, Phillips S, Rawling K, Rubinstein S, Sethi T, Cornell R. Six-Minute Walk Test As a Measure of Functional Change after Chemotherapy in Cardiac AL Amyloidosis. Blood 2015, 126: 1841. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.1841.1841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutologous hematopoietic cell transplantationBrain natriuretic peptideAL amyloid patientsCardiac responseHeart failureHematological responseCardiac involvementWalk testAmyloid patientsCardiac amyloidNew York Heart Association classManagement of HFStage I/IISix-minute walk testTroponin IMultisystem organ dysfunctionNYHA class 3Trial of patientsHematopoietic cell transplantationVentricular ejection fractionMonoclonal antibody therapyPrimary outcome measureImpact of chemotherapyMedian percent changeCardiac AL amyloidosis
1999
Intermediate‐dose intravenous melphalan and blood stem cells mobilized with sequential GM+G‐CSF or G‐CSF alone to treat AL (amyloid light chain) amyloidosis
COMENZO R, SANCHORAWALA V, FISHER C, AKPEK G, FARHAT M, CERDA S, BERK J, DEMBER L, FALK R, FINN K, SKINNER M, VOSBURGH E. Intermediate‐dose intravenous melphalan and blood stem cells mobilized with sequential GM+G‐CSF or G‐CSF alone to treat AL (amyloid light chain) amyloidosis. British Journal Of Haematology 1999, 104: 553-559. PMID: 10086794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01216.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAmyloidosisAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDrug CombinationsFemaleGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHematopoietic Stem Cell MobilizationHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansInfusions, IntravenousLeukapheresisMaleMelphalanMiddle AgedSurvival AnalysisConceptsBlood stem cellsMobilization regimensG-CSFIntermediate dose (15-30 mg/m2, day 1) intravenous melphalanDose-intensive melphalanPhase 11 trialGrade 4 toxicityComplete haematological responseCells/AL amyloidosis patientsTerms of CD34Stem cellsActive regimenMobilization patientsDose melphalanOrgan involvementIntravenous melphalanCardiac amyloidD mortalityMonths 57AL amyloidosisAmyloidosis patientsHaematological responsePatientsDay 5
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