title: Cis-dichlorodiammine platinum (II) in advanced ovarian carcinoma.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients with advanced ovarian cancer were treated with a total of 80 courses of cis-dichlorodiammine platinum (II) (cisplatin). The doses in three courses were less than 50 mg/m2, in 64 courses they were 50 mg/m2, and in eight courses they were 100 mg/m2. In addition, five courses of low-dose daily treatment (20 mg/m2 for five days) were administered. Twelve patients received cisplatin alone, 12 received cisplatin and cyclophosphamide (750 mg/m2), and three patients received cisplatin with other drugs. There were eight responders (33%) in the 24 evaluable patients. Renal toxicity occurred in four patients, ototoxicity in four, and leucopenia (which was life-threatening in one patient) occurred in 16 patients (white cell count less than 3.0 X 10(9)/L). There were two early drug-related deaths. The median survival of patients who responded to cisplatin treatment was longer than 30 weeks compared with nine weeks for non-responders.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D002945:Cisplatin