title: Phase II trial of carboplatin (JM8) in treatment of patients with malignant mesothelioma.
abstract: Seventeen patients with malignant mesothelioma were treated in a phase II study with carboplatin, a cisplatin analogue without significant nephrotoxicity or neurotoxicity. The drug was given in a dose of 300-400 mg/m2 by i.v. infusion, repeating at 28-day intervals. One patient achieved a complete clinical and radiological remission of 15 months' duration, and a second patient achieved a partial response of 11 months' duration (overall response rate 12%; overall response rate in previously untreated patients 20%). Four other previously untreated patients achieved symptomatic relief. Treatment was well tolerated without severe side-effects. Carboplatin, like most other cytotoxic drugs, is active only in a small minority of patients with mesothelioma, but its ability to achieve occasional good responses and frequent symptomatic relief, combined with low toxicity, may justify a short therapeutic trial in patients whose tumour is symptomatic.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D016190:Carboplatin