| Literature DB >> 21469978 |
Scott M Berry1, Kristine R Broglio, Donald A Berry.
Abstract
IL-2 has been investigated as maintenance therapy for patients with AML in five randomized trials. None has shown a statistically significant benefit. A randomized trial of HDC + IL-2 showed a statistically significant benefit for leukemia-free survival (LFS) in comparison with standard of care. Because HDC + IL-2 has not been randomized against IL-2 alone, the question remains as to whether and to what extent HDC + IL-2 is an improvement compared to IL-2 alone. This is a literature-based meta-analysis. We employ two versions of a Bayesian hierarchical model to compare HDC + IL-2 versus IL-2 alone on the basis of LFS in patients in remission from AML.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21469978 DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2011.568563
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Invest ISSN: 0735-7907 Impact factor: 2.176