title: A phase II clinical trial of diaziquone in the treatment of patients with recurrent endometrial carcinoma. A Gynecologic Oncology Group study.
abstract: Twenty-six patients with measurable endometrial cancer refractory to standard therapy received AZQ [1,4-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dicarbamic acid, 2,5-bis(1-aziridinyl)3,6,dioxo,diethyl ester, NSC 182986] 22.5 mg/m2 diluted in 150 ml normal saline intravenously every three weeks. Thirteen patients experienced no toxicity and the dose in those patients was increased to 30 mg/m2 after the first course. The median number of courses given was 2.5 (range 1-9). The leukocyte count fell below 3000/microliter in 12 patients, and below 1000/microliter in two. The platelet count fell below 100,000/microliter in 12 patients, and below 25,000/microliter in one. Cumulative hematologic toxicity was not seen. One clinical complete response and one partial response were observed. Eight patients had stable disease. Median time to disease progression was 2 months. Median survival was 5.9 months. At this dose and schedule AZQ does not appear to have significant activity in recurrent endometrial cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Slayton
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Blessing
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: DiSaia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001388:Aziridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001389:Azirines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016227:Benzoquinones; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D001389:Azirines; D016227:Benzoquinones; C029108:diaziquone