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2256193

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
Exposure to multiple non-cross-resistant drugs should increase cell kill and the chance of achieving more complete and partial responses. Our earlier study in breast cancer showed that second-line CAP (cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, cis-platinum) treatment was not cross-resistant to the CMFVP (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil, vincristine, prednisolone) regimen and produced a 51% response rate. These facts initiated a phase II study which used an alternating CMFVP/CAP regimen. Altogether, 49 patients entered the study and 45 were evaluated (greater than 2 cycles). The CMFVP regimen consisted of cyclophosphamide (200 mg/m2 on days 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), methotrexate (30 mg/m2 on days 2 and 4), 5-fluorouracil (500 mg/m2 on days 1, 3 and 5), vincristine (1.4 mg/m2 on days 1 and 5), and prednisolone (40 mg p.o. on days 1-5), and was alternated with the CAP schedule (300 mg/m2 cyclophosphamide on days 1, 3 and 5, 50 mg/m2 adriamycin on day 1, and 30 mg/m2 cis-platinum on days 1, 3 and 5). Overall response was high, and 37 patients out of 45 responded (82%), with a 28% CR rate (13/45). A particularly high response rate was observed in soft tissues (86%, 18/21) and visceral organs (84%, 16/19). Only 1 patient progressed (3%). The duration of remission was 4-21+ months (median, 12 months). Six of 13 CR patients were still disease free 15 months after the treatment was stopped. The duration of survival was 5-25+ months (median, 15+ months). Toxicity was moderate (myelosuppression in 53% of patients, mainly grade I-II; stomatitis in 11%, except for 100% alopecia and 90% nausea and vomiting). One drug-related death (bone marrow aplasia) was recorded. The high antitumorigenic activity of the alternating regimen used is encouraging and may call for a randomized study for the ultimate evaluation of this treatment approach.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0300-8916
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
472-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
cis-platinum-based alternating non-cross-resistant chemotherapy as a first-line treatment in metastatic breast cancer. A phase II study.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Oncology Department, Central Institute for Tumors and Allied Diseases, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial