title: [Phase II clinical trial on mitoxantrone].
abstract: Mitoxantrone prepared by Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry is reported. 154 patients with various advanced cancers confirmed by pathology were treated by mitoxantrone with a dose of 14 mg/M2, i. v., once every 3 or 4 weeks from Feb. 1985 to Feb. 1987. There were 96 males and 58 females. The ages ranged from 16 to 76 years with an mean age of 48 +/- 15. Objective response rates were 21% in breast cancer, 36% in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 56% in acute lymphocytic leukemia, 14% in acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, 31% in gastric cancer and 5% in primary hepatic cancer. The side effects were leukopenia and gastro-intestinal disturbances. No marked cardiac toxicity was observed.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Hospital, Shanghoi University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D008942:Mitoxantrone