[The effect of different programs of cytostatic therapy on the blood coagulation and rheological properties in multiple myeloma patients]

Three different programs of polychemotherapy (PCT) of multiple myeloma (MM) were compared. The programs included the use of cyclophosphamide (up to 750 mg/m2), vincristine (1.4 mg/m2), rubomycin (40 mg/m2), sarcolysine (7.5 mg/m2), paphencyl (50 mg/day) and prednisolone (from 30 to 60 mg/m2) in different combinations with regard to the hemocoagulation and rheological blood properties. It has been shown that in patients with MM there occur profound hemocoagulation and rheological alterations playing an important part in the genesis of the syndrome of hyperviscosity and circulation failure. The use of the programs of PCT in conjunction with therapeutic plasmapheresis brought about an appreciable improvement of the patients' general health status and correction of hemocoagulation and hemorheological disorders. To control the efficacy of PCT, its individualization, intensity and duration, it is recommended that in addition to the common tests, the activity of the antithrombin-III-heparin complex may be measured and the test for the presence of fibrin monomer in the plasma be made, since these parameters clearly reflect the changes in the system of hemostasis and enable one to discover the early signs of proliferation activation in MM thereby preventing hemorrhages.