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FLAG-Ida regimen

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aparna Vuppala, M.B.B.S. [2]

Synonyms and keywords: IDA-FLAG Regimen; Idarubicin-Fludarabine-AraC/G-CSF Regimen

Overview

Overview

FLAG-Ida regimen refers to idarubicin, fludarabine, high-dose cytarabine (AraC) and filgrastim (G-CSF), used as a remission-induction treatment for for the treatment of poor-risk myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukaemia.[1]

Regimen

Regimen

IDAIdarubicin

FLFludarabine

ACytarabine (AraC)

GFilgrastim (G-CSF)

Indications

Indications

References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Parker JE, Pagliuca A, Mijovic A, Cullis JO, Czepulkowski B, Rassam SM; et al. (1997). “Fludarabine, cytarabine, G-CSF and idarubicin (FLAG-IDA) for the treatment of poor-risk myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukaemia”. Br J Haematol. 99 (4): 939–44. PMID 9432047.

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