Background:

follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occupies the second place among non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of line B, they are characterized by a pattern of continuous remissions and relapses. Fludarabine constitutes a treatment option for the same as it achieves a rapid remission, with a decrease in the percentage of relapse.

Objective:

to evaluate fludarabine as a rescue treatment for follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Methods:

a concurrent prospective longitudinal, analytical, observational cohort study was conducted. The study universe was made up of patients who attended the Hematology consultation with a diagnosis of follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and consisted of 63 patients, of which 21 were selected by intentional non-probabilistic sampling who received treatment with fludarabine, made up a cohort of exposed, these were compared with 42 patients with similar characteristics who received other poly-chemotherapy regimens that did not include fludarabine and they constituted the unexposed cohort.

Results:

the number of male patients over 50 years of age, belonging to Cotswold stage IV, and those with a low-intermediate risk of relapse was greater. The disease-free survival time was longer in those treated with fludarabine, who had fewer complications.

Conclusions:

in patients treated with fludarabine as rescue treatment for follicular lymphoma, the disease-free survival time was longer and there were fewer complications, which show its usefulness as a first-line treatment in the absence of rituximab.

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