title: Phase II study of fludarabine phosphate (NSC-312887) in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. A Southwest Oncology Group Study.
abstract: Fourteen evaluable patients with advanced ovarian cancer refractory to one prior chemotherapy regimen were treated with a 5-day schedule of fludarabine phosphate. No responses were noted. The major toxicity was granulocytopenia with 50% of patients having granulocyte counts of less than 1,000/microliter. Based on this study and one other previously published trial, fludarabine phosphate does not appear to be an active agent for patients with refractory ovarian cancer.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001088:Arabinonucleotides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001084:Vidarabine Phosphate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001088:Arabinonucleotides; D001084:Vidarabine Phosphate; C042382:fludarabine phosphate