title: High-dose versus low-dose vinblastine in cisplatin-vinblastine-bleomycin combination chemotherapy of non-seminomatous testicular cancer: a randomized study of the EORTC Genitourinary Tract Cancer Cooperative Group.
abstract: Two hundred fourteen patients with disseminated non-seminomatous testicular cancer were randomized to receive induction chemotherapy with cisplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin (PVB). The randomization was for vinblastine 0.4 mg/kg/cycle or 0.3 mg/kg/cycle. The complete response (CR) rates to both regimens were identical: 68% and 71%, respectively. In addition, there was no significant difference in disease-free and overall survival. There was a significant decrease in the incidence of WBC nadirs below 1,000/microL: 29% and 13%, respectively (P = .01). Of the non-hematologic toxicities, there was a significant reduction in the incidence of mucositis: 53% and 37%, respectively (P = .006). The major prognostic factor was tumor volume. This study confirms that vinblastine 0.3 mg/kg/cycle in PVB chemotherapy is as effective and less toxic than vinblastine 0.4 mg/kg/cycle.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011897:Random Allocation; D012306:Risk; D013724:Teratoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D001761:Bleomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D002945:Cisplatin