title: Phase II study of 7-N-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-mitomycin C (KW2083) in patients with advanced non-small cell carcinoma of the lung and metastatic pulmonary tumors.
abstract: Twenty-six patients with non-small cell carcinoma of the lung and 25 with metastatic pulmonary tumors were treated by intravenous injection of 7-N-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-mitomycin C (KW2083), a derivative of mitomycin C, either at a single 70-mg/m2 dose or at a dose of 20-30 mg/m2 once a week for 3 weeks. Two patients with adenocarcinoma among 21 evaluable patients with non-small cell carcinoma of the lung, and one with embryonal cell carcinoma among 21 patients with metastatic pulmonary tumors achieved partial response lasting 5 to 7 weeks. In these three patients, KW2083 was administered by a single 70-mg/m2 dose, and no patients who received a dose of 20-30 mg/m2 weekly achieved objective response. Myelosuppression, primarily thrombocytopenia, was pronounced with either treatment regimen and it was the major dose-limiting toxicity.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; C027281:7-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)mitomycin C