title: Teniposide in recurrent or advanced cervical carcinoma: a phase II trial in patients not previously treated with cytotoxic therapy.
abstract: Thirty-two patients with advanced or recurrent cervical cancer were entered into this study of single-agent teniposide as first-line chemotherapy at a dose of 100 mg/m2 intravenously on Days 1-3 every 3 weeks. Of these patients, 7 (22%) had a partial response to therapy; no patient had a complete response. Median time to treatment failure was 13 weeks [95% confidence limits (CL): 10-21 weeks] and median survival was 28 weeks (95% CL: 14-43 weeks). Toxicity was moderate. Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia (WHO grade 3 or 4) was noted in 9 patients and 1 patient, respectively. Nausea and vomiting were mild. Seventy-five percent had alopecia requiring a wig. There were no treatment-related deaths. This study indicates that teniposide has some, although limited, activity in cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology R, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cold
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bertelsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panduro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011034:Podophyllotoxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013534:Survival; D013713:Teniposide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D013713:Teniposide; D011034:Podophyllotoxin