title: [Cytostatic therapy of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. A randomized study comparing cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) and bleomycin with methotrexate and vindesine].
abstract: 79 patients were randomized and treated either with cis-DDP 33 mg/kg i.v. day 1 and BLM 15 mg/m2 i.v. continuously day 2-6 (arm A) or less aggressively with MTX 30 mg/m2 i.v. day 1 + 6 and VDS 3 mg/m2 day 2 + 7 (arm B). Patients with inadequate response were further treated with the alternative regimen ("cross over"). Regarding response rates therapy A was superior to B (p = 0.01) respectively p = 0.05 for the cross over patients. Not pretreated in comparison to pretreated patients demonstrated not significantly better results. Pretreated patients had statistically superior response rates with arm A than with arm B (p = 0.05). All other prognostic factors were without any influence on treatment results. CR induced by chemotherapy (2 X) in not pretreated patients could be increased by additional surgery and X-ray therapy (CR = 26X). Survival times demonstrated no difference between both regimes. Chemotherapy was of less influence on median survival times after 39 months than in comparison to post-chemotherapeutically performed surgery +/- radiotherapy in 44 not pretreated patients. Chemotherapy: CR + PR to MR + NC + PD 16 respectively 13 months with 38 respectively 48% survivors (p = 0.25). Surgery +/- radiotherapy: CR + PR median not reached yet, MR + NC + PD 13 months with 60 respectively 18% survivors (p = 0.001).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D014751:Vindesine
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D001761:Bleomycin; D014747:Vinblastine; D002945:Cisplatin; D014751:Vindesine; D008727:Methotrexate
vernacular_title: Zytostatische Therapie von fortgeschrittenen Plattenepithelkarzinomen des Kopf-Hals-Bereiches. Eine randomisierte Studie zum Vergleich von cis-Dichlorodiaminoplatinum-(II) (cis-DDP) und Bleomycin (BLM) gegen Methotrexat (MTX) und Vindesin (VDS).