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7544429

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-28
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacy of mitotane in providing objective tumour responses in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), has been recently questioned. Experience with non specific chemotherapy is limited. Tumour responses have been reported with cisplatin administered as a single agent or in combination. Other reports however failed to show benefit from cytotoxic chemotherapy. The very low number of patients included in each study, mostly of them previously treated with mitotane, may account for these controversial results. The finding that multidrug resistance mediated by MDR-1/P-glycoprotein can be reverted by mitotane provides a rational basis for exploring the use of mitotane in combination with chemotherapeutic agents. In a multicenter cooperative (SWOG) phase II study, a combination of mitotane+cisplatin appeared active in advanced ACC, with 30% response rate in 37 eligible patients. These results prompted us to evaluate the activity of a combination chemotherapy of Eto-poside, Adriamycin and Cisplatin (EAP) in association with mitotane (4 g daily per os). Up to now we treated 6 patients, obtaining 3 partial responses. Recently, new drugs as suramin and gossypol have been show to have some activity in patients with surgically unresectable ACC, suggesting the need for further investigation. In conclusion, cytotoxic drugs+mitotane and new adrenocorticolytic/cytotoxic agents, should be explored as first line treatments in patients with advanced ACC. However, due to the extreme rarity of the disease, coordinated multicenter investigations should be highly encouraged.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0391-1977
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:geneSymbol
MDR-1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Bleomycin, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Clinical Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Drug Resistance, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Gossypol, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Immunologic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Mitotane, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-P-Glycoprotein, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Streptozocin, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Suramin, pubmed-meshheading:7544429-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Cytotoxic chemotherapy for adrenocortical carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Università degli Studi, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Torino.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Review, Multicenter Study, Clinical Trial, Phase II