title: Mesna, doxorubicin, ifosfamide, dacarbazine (MAID) regimen for adults with advanced sarcoma.
abstract: The mesna, doxorubicin, ifosfamide, dacarbazine regimen produced a 47% response rate (including 10% complete responses) in 105 eligible adults with advanced sarcoma. The major dose-limiting toxicity was granulocytopenia. There was one toxic death from sepsis. Central nervous system and renal toxicity occurred infrequently, perhaps as a result of the continuous-infusion schedule. This regimen is being evaluated further in advanced disease, the adjuvant setting, and in combination with bone marrow colony-stimulating factors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aisner
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Antman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D015080:Mesna / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D003606:Dacarbazine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D015080:Mesna; D007069:Ifosfamide