L-Asparaginase in Treatment of Acute Leukaemia and Lymphosarcoma

L-asparaginase in treatment of acute leukaemia and lymphosarcoma.

L-Asparaginase was used to treat 40 patients with acute leukaemia or lymphosarcoma. Fifteen with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia either untreated or in relapse after previous therapy were given "Squibb," "Bayer," or "Porton" L-asparaginase. Five of these patients had complete remission of their disease, and four had good partial remission. Eleven patients with acute myeloid leukaemia were treated...

L-asparaginase induced hyperlipidaemia in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate hyperlipidaemia in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) receiving L-asparaginase. METHODS A case-control study carried out between October 2007 and October 2010 with 77 patients undergoing chemotherapy at a teaching children's hospital in Babol, Iran. Patients were treated with anti-leukaemic agents according to the protocols for standard-risk and high-risk ...

Myelosuppressive effect of colaspase (L-asparaginase) in initial treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Analysis of the remission induction phase in three Medical Research Council trials of treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia has provided evidence of the adverse effect of the combination of colaspase (L-asparaginase) with vincristine and prednisolone. Significant myelosuppression, particularly of the granulocytic series, resulted in an increase in Gram-negative sepsis and death during the ...

Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis following L-asparaginase therapy in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia --a case report.

Remission induction with cytosine arabinoside and L-asparaginase in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Nine patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in relapse were treated with a course of cytosine arabinoside followed immediately by a course of L-asparaginase. Eight patients achieved complete remission of their disease. This combination of drugs is sufficiently effective to suggest that further trial is needed. It is possible that the combination has a synergistic effect.