Vidaza Cycle length
Hello. My mom was diagnosed with MDS in Jan 2013. She started out with 7 day cycles of Vidaza, for the first 5 cycles. Then the doc dropped her to 5 day cycles for 3 cycles. Her counts have been dropping consistently since the beginning of August. Her last cycle was a 7 day cycle and her counts have not yet recovered.
Has anyone else had this happen and when they went back to 7 day cycles, their counts recovered again? She recently had another bone marrow biopsy, and results are still pending, but the doc told her Vidaza isn't working anymore since her counts are still dropping. I feel like it could be that she needs more time at the 7 day cycle length for 1-2 more cycles to see.
She responded so well and after only 3 cycles, I have a hard time imagining that she would only get 8 cycles worth of response (6 really, since she has been dropping for 1.5)
Please help! I want to ask the doc to continue with the 7 days, just to give it a fair shot...
Thanks!
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