title: [A phase II study of Futraful suppository in head and neck cancer].
abstract: A phase II study of FT-207 suppository (Futraful Suppository) for head and neck cancer was conducted at the Kagoshima University Hospital Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and its 6 affiliated hospitals. Forty cases with head and neck cancer were entered in the trial, of which 37 were perfectly evaluable. Partial response (PR) (16.7%) was achieved in one of 6 patients with maxillary cancer, in 2 of 9 cases with oral cancer (22.2%), in one of 7 with laryngeal cancer (14.3%), in 3 of 13 with pharyngeal cancer, while 2 of the same 13 achieved a complete response (CR) (38.5%), for a total response rate of 24.3%. FT-207 suppository was continuously administered as standard, at a dose of 750 mg each twice daily, or 1,500 mg/day. The response rate was dose-dependent; 2 CR cases with a total dose of 105 g for administration over a total period of more than 150 days. Adverse effects appearing in 35.0% of the overall were mainly anorexia, nausea and vomiting; none of them, however, were serious.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000855:Anorexia / Q000139:chemically induced; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced; D012074:Remission Induction; D013488:Suppositories; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D013488:Suppositories; D005641:Tegafur