The addition of interferon or high dose cyclophosphamide to standard chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma

Abstract

VBMCP + rIFN(alpha2) yields a higher rate of CR and a longer response duration than VBMCP alone but appears to make no difference in the rates of overall response or survival compared with VBMCP or VBMCP + HiCy. The superior ability of VBMCP + rIFN(alpha2) induction therapy to produce CR and more durable responses, as well as its activity in older patients and in those with IgA myeloma, suggest that this therapy has important biologic activity in myeloma and merits further clinical investigation.