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Quinine improves results of intensive chemotherapy (IC) in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) expressing P-glycoprotein (PGP). Updated results of a randomized study. Groupe Francais des Myelodysplasies (GFM) and Groupe GOELAMS.

Author(s): Wattel E, Solary E, Hecquet B, Caillot D, Ifrah N, Brion A, Milpied N, Janvier M, Guerci A, Rochant H, Cordonnier C, Dreyfus F, Veil A, Hoang-Ngoc L, Stoppa AM, Gratecos N, Sadoun A, Tilly H, Brice P, Lioure B, Desablens B, Pignon B, Abgrall JP, Leporrier M, Fenaux P

Affiliation(s): Service des Maladies du Sang, CHU, Lille, France.

Publication date & source: 1999, Adv Exp Med Biol., 457:35-46.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

We designed a randomized trial of IC with or without quinine, an agent capable of reverting the multidrug resistance (mdr) phenotype, in patients aged < or = 65 years with high risk MDS. Patients were randomized to receive Mitoxantrone 12 mg/m2/d d2-5 + AraC 1 g/m2/12 h d1-5, with (Q+) or without (Q-) quinine (30 mg/kg/day). 131 patients were included. PGP expression analysis was successfully made in 91 patients and 42 patients (46%) had positive PGP expression. In PGP positive cases, 13 of the 25 (52%) patients who received quinine achieved CR, as compared to 3 of the 17 (18%) patients treated with chemotherapy alone (p = 0.02). In PGP negative cases, the CR rate was 35% and 49%, respectively in patients who received quinine or chemotherapy alone (difference not significant). In the 42 PGP positive patients, median Kaplan-Meier (KM) survival was 13 months in patients allocated to the quinine group, and 8 months in patients treated with chemotherapy alone (p = 0.01). In PGP negative patients, median KM survival was 14 months in patients allocated to the quinine group, and 14 months in patients treated with chemotherapy alone. Side effects of quinine mainly included vertigo and tinnitus that generally disappeared with dose reduction. Mucositis was significantly more frequently observed in the quinine group. No life threatening cardiac toxicity was observed. In conclusion, results of this randomized study show that quinine increases the CR rate and survival in PGP positive MDS cases treated with IC. The fact that quinine had no effect on the response rate and survival of PGP negative MDS suggests a specific effect on PGP mediated drug resistance rather than, for instance, a simple effect on the metabolism of Mitoxantrone and/or AraC.

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