title: Mitomycin-C, adriamycin, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (L-FAM2) in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer: a phase II study.
abstract: Thirty previously untreated patients with advanced measurable gastric cancer were given a combination chemotherapy consisting of 5-fluorouracil, 400 mg/m2, and leucovorin, 200 mg/m2 iv on days 1 to 3, mitomycin-C, 10 mg/m2 on day 1 (every other cycle) and adriamycin, 40 mg/m2 on day 2, repeated every 21 days. The overall response rate was 46% (14/30; 95% confidence limits: 28%-64%) including 4 patients with a complete remission. Eight patients progressed. Median duration of remission (CR+PR) was 10 months, with a median survival of 13, 8 and 4 months for CR+PR, NC and PD, respectively. Main toxicities were leukopenia (WHO grade III-IV in 36% of the patients) and alopecia. One patient died from myocardial infarction after an adriamycin cumulative dose of 480 mg/m2. No other treatment-related death occurred. L-FAM2 is an effective combination for advanced gastric carcinoma. Further studies based on the association of leucovorin and 5-fluorouracil in combination with other active drugs are warranted.
authors.affiliation: III Divisione di Medicina Generale, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaniboni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simoncini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marpicati
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meriggi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arcangeli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garattini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raffaglio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferragni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012074:Remission Induction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil