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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report the final analysis of a prospective phase I-II study in 53 previously untreated patients with squamous cell carcinoma (48 patients) and other histologic classifications (5 patients) of the head and neck region. Treatment consisted of cisplatin 10 mg infused intra-arterially in a 12-hour period, twice a day for 5 to 10 days via an external infusion pump. After a rest period of 5 to 7 days treatment could be restarted, with the same schedule, until a maximal total dose of 400 mg or toxicity. Patients who received at least 200 mg of cisplatin were considered evaluable for response. In 3 patients catheterization was not performed because of technical difficulties, in 9 treatment was stopped before reaching the total dose of 200 mg, (because of catheter-related toxicity in 7 patients, drug toxicity in 1, and both toxicities in 1); therefore, the patients evaluable for response, drug toxicity and catheter toxicity were 41, 43, and 49 respectively. Overall, 8 patients (19.5%) obtained a complete response (CR) and 20 (48.8%) a partial response (PR) with an objective response rate (RR) of 68.3%. Eleven patients obtained a minor response (MR), whereas only 2 (4.8%) developed a progressive disease (PD). The figures, limited only to squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity and oropharinx (33 patients), are as follows: CR 8 (24.2%), PR 17 (51.5%), MR 7 (21.2%), and PD 1 (3.0%) for an objective RR of 75.7%. No grade IV and only 5 grade III toxicity were observed; whereas the most frequent grade I and II drug-related toxicities were anemia, transient renal impairment, and thrombocytopenia. Catheter-related toxicity accounted for five central nervous system complications (three transient motor weaknesses, one hemiparesis, one embolism) and six local problems (one coagulation of the catheter, one displacement, and four local extravasations). Intra-arterial cisplatin is, in our experience, an effective treatment and further trials employing cisplatin combination chemotherapy are needed in order to establish the exact role of the intra-arterial approach before definitive local treatments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1118-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Carotid Artery, External, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Central Nervous System Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Drug Administration Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Drug Evaluation, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Head and Neck Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Infusions, Intra-Arterial, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3943035-Neoplasm Staging
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Intra-arterial continuous infusion of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum in untreated head and neck cancer patients.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article