2012
Multicenter phase II study of rituximab and temozolomide in recurrent primary central nervous system lymphoma
Nayak L, Abrey LE, Drappatz J, Gilbert MR, Reardon DA, Wen PY, Prados M, Deangelis LM, Omuro A, Consortium F. Multicenter phase II study of rituximab and temozolomide in recurrent primary central nervous system lymphoma. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2012, 54: 58-61. PMID: 22656234, PMCID: PMC4802006, DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.698736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary central nervous system lymphomaRecurrent primary central nervous system lymphomaCentral nervous system lymphomaNervous system lymphomaSystem lymphomaDay 1Prospective multicenter phase II trialMedian progression-free survivalMulticenter phase II studyMulticenter phase II trialAggressive salvage treatmentMedian overall survivalPhase II studyPhase II trialProgression-free survivalCycles of consolidationEvaluable patientsII trialSalvage treatmentII studyImmunocompetent patientsOverall survivalComplete responseRetrospective studyPatientsChemotherapy-related magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities mimicking disease progression following intraventricular liposomal cytarabine and high dose methotrexate for neurolymphomatosis
Pentsova E, Rosenblum M, Holodny A, Palomba ML, Omuro A. Chemotherapy-related magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities mimicking disease progression following intraventricular liposomal cytarabine and high dose methotrexate for neurolymphomatosis. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2012, 53: 1620-1622. PMID: 22242822, DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.656632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAntineoplastic AgentsAutopsyBrainBrain InjuriesChlorambucilCytarabineDisease ProgressionFatal OutcomeHumansInjections, SpinalLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMethotrexateNervous System DiseasesPositron-Emission TomographyRecurrenceWaldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
2005
Salvage temozolomide for prior temozolomide responders
Franceschi E, Omuro AM, Lassman AB, Demopoulos A, Nolan C, Abrey LE. Salvage temozolomide for prior temozolomide responders. Cancer 2005, 104: 2473-2476. PMID: 16270316, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease recurrenceRecurrent/progressive gliomaInitial disease recurrencePotential hematologic complicationsSubsequent salvage therapyFirst-line therapyProgression-free survivalTime of diagnosisLow-grade oligodendrogliomasWarrants further investigationSalvage therapyStable diseaseHematologic complicationsObjective responseRadiographic responseMedian ageRetrospective reviewDisease progressionTMZ treatmentAnaplastic astrocytomaPatientsProgressive gliomasRecurrenceTemozolomideSame agents