Meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of interferon-alpha in patients with follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

• Published in: Journal of immunotherapy (1997) Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 58
• Main Authors: Allen, I E, Ross, S D, Borden, S P, Monroe, M W, Kupelnick, B, Connelly, J E, Ozer, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2001
• Subjects: Aged; Clinical Trials as Topic; Female; Humans; Interferon-alpha - therapeutic use; Lymphoma, Follicular - drug therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Treatment Outcome

The authors wanted to determine whether adding interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) to chemotherapy regimens, in either induction or maintenance settings, provides additional survival benefits in follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). A meta-analysis was performed based on published data from randomi...