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Maintenance therapies after consolidation chemo ?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Aug 6 12:23pm | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
Thanks for such an informative and encouraging response. For induction, I was given what I hear referred to as the “7+3” regimen. I’m not sure, but I think the “7” was cytarabine. For consolidation, I received cytarabine, spread out over four hospital stays, spaced four weeks apart. For the last consolidation, the dosage was reduced a little bit. This may be because I had been admitted twice previously for neutropenic fevers between successive visits. Or perhaps because my numbers went so low after my third stay. I’m not sure.
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I’m suspect you and I had the same 7+3 regimen: cyterabine (7) + Idarubicin (3). That’s not a reduced intensity treatment…we were full-on in battle.🤺 😅. My first round was administered during my initial 5 week stay at my local hospital, followed by consolidation rounds every 28 days until I had my bone marrow biopsy. Each subsequent round had my blood numbers recovering much slower than the last. And I also ended up in the hospital for neutropenic fevers. You were fortunate to have FLT3 negative as that one can tip the scales into post treatment. I had 3 mutations which, altogether, left me with no option but a BMT.
Your doctor feels comfortable with your treatment ending at this point. And like I said, they’ll keep monitoring your labs pretty closely for any hints of relapse. Have you had tests for MRD (minimal residual disease) and a follow-up bone marrow biopsy?