title: Phase II trial of combination chemotherapy with fluorouracil (F), doxorubicin (A), and cisplatin (P) (Fap) in hormonally resistant metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma.
abstract: From October 1985 to December 1986, 25 patients with advanced prostatic carcinoma were entered in a phase II trial and were administered fluorouracil (F) 600 mg/m2, on days 1 and 2, doxorubicin (A) 40 mg/m2, on day 1, and cisplatin (P) 90 mg/m2, on day 1, every month. The response was evaluated after three cycles of chemotherapy according to National Prostatic Cancer Project criteria. There were no complete remission, 1 partial remission, 13 stabilizations, 11 progressions. Toxicity was assessed using WHO criteria. Alopecia and vomiting were universal; there were 11 grade 1 anemias, 2 aplasias, and 1 grade 1 renal toxicity. A FAP regimen appears to exert a marginal effect in advanced prostatic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lupera
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Droz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lapleige
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fargeot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theodore
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil