Seventy-two hour epirubicin infusion plus quinidine in unresectable and metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas : a phase II trial

Twenty-two previously untreated patients who had unresectable and metastatic pancreatic cancer were treated in a prospective phase II trial with high-dose continuous infusion epirubicin (45 mg/m2 once every 24 hours continuous infusion days 4 through 6) plus quinidine (495 mg once every 24 hours on days 1-6). There were no objective responses (0 of 18 evaluable patients). Subjective responses were achieved in 2 of 21 evaluable patients (9%), all of whom had good performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group: 0-1). Median survival was 5.7 months for the overall population. Two patients who exhibited symptomatic improvement achieved responses lasting 7 and 13 months, respectively. Toxicity was generally mild and tolerable. Little benefit regarding survival and quality of life was observed with the use of this regimen. The role in chemoresistance of mdrl, p53, and the mismatch repair system was examined.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1998

Erschienen:

1998

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

American journal of clinical oncology - 21(1998), 2 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 151-4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abad, A [VerfasserIn]
Massuti, B [VerfasserIn]
Blanco, E [VerfasserIn]
Carrato, A [VerfasserIn]
Maurel, J [VerfasserIn]
Cervantes, A [VerfasserIn]
Aranda, E [VerfasserIn]
Antón, A [VerfasserIn]
Vicent, J M [VerfasserIn]
Dorta, J [VerfasserIn]
Garcia de Paredes, M L [VerfasserIn]
Ariza, A [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

3Z8479ZZ5X
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Clinical Trial
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Epirubicin
ITX08688JL
Journal Article
Quinidine
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.04.1998

Date Revised 05.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM094785961