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Indomethacin is an effective treatment in adults and children with bone Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)
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  • Daniela De Benedittis,
  • Sara Mohamed,
  • Lorenzo Rizzo,
  • Michelina Santopietro,
  • Giovanna Palumbo,
  • Luisa Cardarelli,
  • Mario Roggini,
  • Fiorina Giona
Daniela De Benedittis
Sapienza University of Rome

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Sara Mohamed
Sapienza University of Rome
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Lorenzo Rizzo
Niguarda Hospital Department of Niguarda Cancer Center
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Michelina Santopietro
San Camillo Forlanini Hospital
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Giovanna Palumbo
Sapienza University of Rome
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Luisa Cardarelli
Sapienza University of Rome
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Mario Roggini
Sapienza University of Rome
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Fiorina Giona
Sapienza University of Rome
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Abstract

Sixty-three patients with LCH (54 adults, 9 children), with unifocal or multifocal bone lesions were treated with indomethacin. All but one patient achieved a response, that was complete in 52% of them. Overall, 5-year reactivation-free survival was 72%, significantly higher in patients treated with indomethacin as first-line (81.7% vs 52.5%; p=0.01); in those who received indomethacin as single agent (80.5% vs 36.5%, p=0.005); and in those with unifocal disease (90.9% vs 48.1%, p=0.003). Our results confirmed the efficacy of indomethacin in bone LCH both as front-line treatment and after reactivations, in localized, or more extended disease, with minimal side effects.
Dec 2020Published in British Journal of Haematology volume 191 issue 5. 10.1111/bjh.17067