Table 3 In vivo antileukaemic effect of ssHHT

From: A phase I dose-finding and pharmacokinetic study of subcutaneous semisynthetic homoharringtonine (ssHHT) in patients with advanced acute myeloid leukaemia

Patient no.

Dose (mg m−2)

Blood blast clearance

Bone marrow D10

Blood/bm at the end of cytopaenia

Result of treatment

 1

0.5

D8

94% blasts

Leukaemic

Blood blast clearance

 2

0.5

No clearance

Not done

Leukaemic

No effect

 3

0.5

Not evaluable

Not done

Leukaemic

No effect

 4

3

D7

74% blasts

Leukaemic

Blood blast clearance

 6

3

Not evaluable

63% blasts

Leukaemic

No effect

 7

3

D4

Clearance

Death

Blood and bm clearance

 8

5

D6

70% blasts

Leukaemic

Blood blast clearance

 9

5

D11

Clearance

15% in bm

Blood and bm clearance

10

5

D7

Not done

Death

Blood blast clearance

11

5

Not evaluable

76% blasts

18% in bm

Reduction of bone marrow blasts

12

5

Not evaluable

25% blasts

Leukaemic

No effect

13

5

D3

Clearance

Aplastic at D36

Blood and bm clearance

14

5

D5

Clearance

4% in bm

CR (4 months)

15

5

D4

Not done

4% in bm

CR (3 months)

16

5

D6

41% blasts

42% in bm

Blood blast clearance

17

5

Not evaluable

12% blasts

5.5% in bm

Blood and bm clearance

18

5

D7

Clearance

7.5% in bm

Return to CMML (6 months)

19

5

D6

Not done

Aplastic at D38

Blood and bm clearance

  1. CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia; CR, complete remission.