title: The treatment of melanoma with m-AMSA. A Cancer and Leukemia Group B phase II study.
abstract: The activity of m-AMSA was evaluated IN 39 patients with advanced malignant melanoma. Seventy-nine percent of the patients had some prior chemotherapy. The others had some combination of surgery, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy prior to this study. Patients were treated every 3 weeks starting with 60 or 120 mg/m2 of m-AMSA depending on the extent of prior treatment. Doses were escalated if nadir WBC counts were greater than 2500/microliter. Leukopenia was the dose-limiting toxicity with 7.5% of patients having nadir WBC counts less than 1000/microliter. Of the 39 patients evaluable for response, all had progressive disease. In this study, m-AMSA in myelosuppressive doses was not active in malignant melanoma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000609:Aminoacridines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000677:Amsacrine; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D000609:Aminoacridines; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000677:Amsacrine