title: CHAP II therapy for epithelial ovarian cancers following primary treatment with platinum-based combination chemotherapy.
abstract: Nineteen patients with stage III or IV epithelial ovarian cancer treated on a prospective randomized protocol with either adriamycin and cis-diamminedichloroplatinum or tamoxifen, adriamycin, and cis-diamminedichloroplatinum received a modified "CHAP II" regimen at the time of clinical progression of disease or the finding of occult cancer at second-look surgery. One patient had a clinical complete response lasting 6 months, one had a partial response lasting 23 months, 6 had clinically stable disease for an average of 6.5 months (range 4-15 months), 8 patients had progressive disease, and 3 patients without clinically detectable disease remained disease free for a mean time of 10 months (range 7-16 months). The modified "CHAP II" regimen employed in this study for patients failing prior cis-diamminedichloroplatinum-based regimens appears to have only limited efficacy in inducing objective remissions.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006585:Altretamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013629:Tamoxifen; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin; D006585:Altretamine