title: Phase II study of lonidamine in metastatic breast cancer.
abstract: Thirty patients with previously treated metastatic breast cancer were entered in a phase II study with oral lonidamine. Twenty-eight patients are evaluable for toxicity and 25 for response. A partial remission was obtained in four patients (16%) and disease stability in 11 (44%): 10 patients progressed (40%). Toxicity was acceptable, consisting mainly of myalgias (39% of patients) and asthenia (21.4%). No myelotoxicity was observed. The drug is active in previously treated metastatic breast cancer and, because of its peculiar pattern of action and toxicity, deserves to be evaluated in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Divisione di Oncologia Medica, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pronzato
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amoroso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertelli
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Cusimano
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Ciottoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulisano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lionetto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007191:Indazoles / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007191:Indazoles; D011720:Pyrazoles; C016371:lonidamine