title: A phase II trial of carboplatin in untreated patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Twenty-five untreated patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ESSCLC) were treated with carboplatin (CBDCA) (500 mg/m2) given as a 24-hour infusion every 21 days. Thirteen patients responded for an overall response rate of 52% (95% confidence limits, 32% to 72%) with 3 complete responses (CR) (12%; 95% confidence limits, 0% to 25%). The median duration of response was 4.5 months. The median survival time was 8 months with three long-term survivors (12%) at 27, 33, and 43 months from the start of CBDCA treatment. Ninety-two courses of CBDCA were administered and one treatment-related death occurred. The main toxicity was myelosuppression. Grade 3 or 4 hematologic toxicity (hemoglobin level, less than 8 g/dl; granulocyte count, less than 1900/microliters; and platelet count, less than 49,000/microliters) was observed as follows: neutropenia in 7 courses (8%) and in 7 patients (28%), decreased hemoglobin level in 13 courses (15%) and in 7 patients (28%), and decreased platelet count in 10 courses (11%) all Grade 3 and in 8 patients (32%). This study demonstrates that at this dose and schedule CBDCA is a highly active drug in ESSCLC and it has tolerable toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Department, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pallares
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez Sagarra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Andrés
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: López López
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012074:Remission Induction; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin