title: A phase II trail of vindesine in patients with refractory small-cell carcinoma of the lung.
abstract: A phase II study of vindesine at a dose of 3 mg/m2 I.V. for 6 weeks and every other week thereafter was carried out in 18 patients with small-cell carcinoma of the lung. All patients were refractory to conventional therapy and all had been treated previously with spindle inhibitors, vincristine, or VP 16-213. All patients were evaluable for response and toxicity. No objective responses were observed. Leukopenia, the only hematologic toxicity, occurred in 13 patients (72%). Neurotoxicity occurred in five patients (28%). Vindesine appears to have limited activity in patients with small-cell carcinoma of the lung previously treated with spindle inhibitors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009420:Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014751:Vindesine
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014747:Vinblastine; D014751:Vindesine