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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6B
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
Amifostine (Ethyol, WR-2721) has been clinically used in combination with high dose therapy of neuroblastoma stage 4 with melphalan, carboplatin and VP-16 in 14 patients. The amifostine group was compared to a historical control group of 24 comparably-treated patients. There were no significant differences regarding the time of hematological recovery, the duration of hospitalization, the duration of antibiotic treatment and the extent of renal toxicity. However, in contrast to four patients of the control group, no patient in the amifostine group developed such severe mucositis that artificial ventilation became necessary. Pretreatment of neuroblastoma cell lines for 30 minutes with amifostine and the free thiol(WR-1065) did not reduce the cytotoxic effects of melphalan, carboplatin and VP-16. Evidence was obtained that the uptake of the activated thiol could be achieved by a polyamine transporter. Taken together, the data do not support the use of amifostine in high dose chemotherapy of neuroblastoma prior to autologous stem cell transplantation. However, amifostine may be more effective in conventional neuroblastoma therapy where protection of bone marrow stem cells is necessary.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-7005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4531-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Amifostine, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Bilirubin, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Carboplatin, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Creatinine, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Melphalan, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Respiratory Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11205300-Vomiting
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of amifostine on neuroblastoma during high dose chemotherapy: in vivo and in vitro investigations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children Hospital, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't