Hi Cliff,
My dad also started Venetoclax and Vidaza treatment 3 months ago and he just finished the 3rd cycle. My dad was diagnosed as MDS patient with 16% blasts in June 2018 and started Vidaza in Aug 2018. His blast was reduced to 9% in Sep 2019 but counts are not catching up. So our doctor recommended us to try venotoclax+vidaza. In the first two cycles he was tolerating it well, although we didn’t see the counts improved (our doctor told us it is normal). We continued to 3rd cycle and it became tough for him. He had been having different infections and his counts dropped further (WBC 0.5, plat 7). He has been receiving frequent blood transfusions as well(every other week).
After a week of 3rd cycle, he seems to recover a bit and we will see if there is any improvement to his counts.
we were advised that they may stop the treatment if they don’t see that is working for him, so we don’t know if there will be 4th cycle. Finger crossed for us! and will keep you posted for further results.
