A randomized trial of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin with or without bacillus Calmette-Guerin in patients with suboptimal stage III and IV ovarian cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study.
Four hundred and eleven evaluable patients with suboptimal (greater than 1 cm residual) stage III and IV and recurrent ovarian cancer after surgical exploration and tumor debulking were prospectively randomized to receive cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (CAP) with or without bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). Therapy was planned for eight courses with the BCG to be given by the sacrification technique on Days 8 and 15 of each course. The addition of BCG did not improve response rate, progression-free interval (PFI), or survival. In a multivariate analysis prognostic factors significantly favorable for survival include nonmeasurable disease and young age. Those patients having tumor with a mucinous histology had poorer survival and PFI than patients with tumors composed of other cell types.
Creasman
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Omura
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Brady
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Yordan
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DiSaia
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Beecham
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016019:Survival Analysis
D001500:BCG Vaccine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin