MacLennan I C, Cusick J
Br J Cancer. 1985 Aug;52(2):153-8. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1985.171.
In the Medical Research Council's IVth trial in Myelomatosis the possible benefit of adding vincristine to first line treatment with intermittent melphalan and prednisone has been assessed. This was analysed in 530 patients who were randomly allocated to receive vincristine or not. Survival was not improved by the addition of vincristine. A total of 268 patients reached plateau phase on first line therapy. Of these 226 patients were rerandomised either to continue receiving first line therapy for a further year or to cease therapy. At the present time there is a slight but not significant survival advantage in the group which received no further treatment on reaching plateau.
在医学研究委员会关于骨髓瘤的第四次试验中,评估了在间歇使用美法仑和泼尼松进行一线治疗时添加长春新碱可能带来的益处。对530名随机分配接受或不接受长春新碱治疗的患者进行了分析。添加长春新碱并未改善生存率。共有268名患者在一线治疗时进入平台期。其中226名患者被重新随机分组,要么继续接受一线治疗一年,要么停止治疗。目前,在达到平台期后不再接受进一步治疗的组中,有轻微但不显著的生存优势。