title: Phase II study of etoposide for carcinoma of the prostate.
abstract: The treatment of prostate carcinoma with the epipodophyllotoxin derivative etoposide was studied in a multi-institutional phase II trial. An iv dose schedule of 130 mg/m2 daily for 3 days every 3 weeks was utilized. A total of 36 patients were evaluable; the observed total response was 3%. Moderate toxicity (predominantly myelosuppression) was seen utilizing this treatment schedule. It is concluded that etoposide possesses little single-agent therapeutic activity for prostate carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005047:Etoposide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011034:Podophyllotoxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D011034:Podophyllotoxin