title: Preclinical and clinical experience with cisplatin and carboplatin and simultaneous radiation in non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Preclinical experiments with cisplatin and carboplatin showed radiosensitizing capability for these drugs against non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and phase II clinical investigations were undertaken in patients with stage IIIA/B NSCLC. In the first trial, cisplatin 20 mg/m2 was infused on the first day of every treatment week, followed in about 1 hour by radiotherapy. Radiotherapy was given in single daily 2-Gy doses 5 days a week for 3 weeks, and, after a 2-week interval, for an additional 2 weeks. There were 5 complete responses (CRs) and 15 partial responses (PRs), while 6 patients had no change and 4 progressive disease, for a 67% overall response. Median survival was 14 months; the 2-year survival rate was 20%. To investigate the maximum tolerated dose of carboplatin, escalating doses were given on day 1 of each treatment week; simultaneous radiotherapy was administered as in the cisplatin study. Drug doses began at 100 mg/m2 and were increased by increments of 10 or 20 mg/m2 to a maximum of 200 mg/m2, with 5 patients treated at each dose level. Dose escalation was to stop when 3 of 5 patients developed intolerable World Health Organization (WHO) grade 3 myelosuppression. No grade 3 or 4 leukopenia occurred at carboplatin doses less than or equal to 140 mg/m2. Grade 3 leukopenia was seen in only 1 patient from the groups receiving 150, 160, or 180 mg/m2. Of the 35 patients evaluable thus far, 1 achieved CR and 18 PR, while 10 had no change and 6 progressive disease despite treatment, for a 54% overall response rate. Response rate in patients with stage IIIB disease was 48%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Philipps-University Hospitals, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Havemann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Görg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hackenbruch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfab
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Görg
mesh_terms: D016190:Carboplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin