[Phase II study of peplomycin in breast cancer. A cooperative study. Clinical Study Group of Peplomycin for Breast Cancer in Japan].
A phase II study of peplomycin, an analogue of bleomycin, was carried out in 42 patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer by a cooperative group consisting of 15 institutes throughout Japan, and the following results were obtained. Among the 42 patients, 38 were evaluable, in whom the overall response rate was 7.9% (3/38). For the various histologic types, the response rate was 33.3% (2/6) for papillotubular carcinoma and 9.1% (1/11) for medullary tubular carcinoma. The response rate was 33.3% (2/6) in patients without prior treatment and 3.1% (1/32) in those with prior treatment. Side effects of nausea, anorexia, malaise, alopecia and pyrexia occurred frequently, and a decrease in WBC and an increase in GOT were observed temporally. Pulmonary toxicity was observed in 7 patients.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000855:Anorexia / Q000139:chemically induced; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017663:Peplomycin
D001761:Bleomycin; D017663:Peplomycin