title: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study 1879: mitotane and adriamycin in patients with advanced adrenocortical carcinoma.
abstract: From November 1979 to July 1986, 52 patients (27 women and 25 men; median age 52 years) with advanced adrenocortical carcinoma entered a prospective, nonrandomized study evaluating moderate-dose mitotane and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin). Thirty-two tumors (62%) were well differentiated and evidence of hormone production was present in 24 patients (46%). Patients with well-differentiated or functional tumors received mitotane, 6 gm daily; patients for whom mitotane failed or those with poorly differentiated, non-hormone-producing tumors received Adriamycin, 60 mg/m2 every 3 weeks. Initially, 36 patients were treated with mitotane and 16 patients with Adriamycin. Eight patients (22%) responded to mitotane and three (19%) responded to Adriamycin. No response was noted in the 15 patients for whom mitotane failed and who then received Adriamycin. Severe toxicity occurred in 36% of patients who received mitotane and in 26% who received Adriamycin. Overall median survival after onset of treatment was 14 months. We conclude that mitotane or Adriamycin used initially can induce tumor regression in about 22% and 19% of selected patients, respectively. However, Adriamycin is ineffective as second-line chemotherapy for patients with well-differentiated or functioning tumors for whom mitotane is ineffective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Marshfield Clinic, Wis. 54449.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elson
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Citrin
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Westring
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008939:Mitotane / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008939:Mitotane; D004317:Doxorubicin