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What is Mitoxantrone?

Mitoxantrone is an antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, prostate cancer, secondary progressive or relapsing-remitting MS. Off label it is used for certain lymphomas, certain adult and pediatric leukemias, myelodysplastic syndrome, breast cancer and sarcoma.

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Mitoxantrone. See all 33 dosages ►

  1other as needed 2mg/mL as needed 1g as needed 1 mg every 3 months 1 monthly 2 mg monthly 2 mg 20 mg every 3 months 2 mg one time 2 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mitoxantrone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 88   Course of treatment ended: 40%
Doctor's advice 65   Doctor's advice: 29%
Did not seem to work 49   Did not seem to work: 22%
Side effects too severe 47   Side effects too severe: 21%
Other 18   Other: 8%
Personal research 6   Personal research: 3%
Expense 3   Expense: 1%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 1%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 0%

See all 207 patients who’ve stopped taking Mitoxantrone

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Mitoxantrone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Mitoxantrone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Mitoxantrone

Always
 57 84%
Usually
 5 7%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 6 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Mitoxantrone

Very
 10 15%
Somewhat
 16 24%
A little
 16 24%
Not at all
 26 38%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Mitoxantrone

$200+
 3 10%
$100-199
 4 13%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 24 77%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.