TABLE 2  Responses to decitabine in a phase I, low-dose study

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Optimizing therapy with methylation inhibitors in myelodysplastic syndromes: dose, duration, and patient selection

Jean-Pierre Issa

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2005) 2, S24-S29
doi:10.1038/ncponc0355

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Schedule (mg times days)No. of patientsCR + PR No. (%)Total dose(mg)

CR, complete remission; PR, partial remission. This research was originally published in Blood. Issa JP et al (2004) Phase I study of low-dose prolonged exposure schedules of the hypomethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) in hematopoietic malignancies. Blood103: 1635–1640. © The American Society of Hematology.

5 times 1052 (40)50
10 times 1061(17)100
15 times 101711 (65)150
20 times 1081 (13)200
15 times 1571 (14)225
15 times 2030 (0)300
75 times 10171 (6)750

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