title: [Effect of 7-N-(P-hydroxyphenyl)-mitomycin C (KW-2083) against pleuritis carcinomatosa].
abstract: Fourteen cases of adenocarcinoma with pleuritis carcinomatosa (lung cancer 10 cases, ovarian cancer 2 cases, colon cancer 2 cases) were treated with intra-pleural instillation of 7-N-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-mitomycin C (KW-2083), a derivative of mitomycin C. KW-2083 was administered at a dose of 40 mg once or twice weekly. In 14 evaluable patients, the rate of decrease of pleural fluid was 79%, and that of disappearance of tumor cells in pleural fluid was 64%. Median survival time (MST) from the beginning of treatment in all cases was 163 days. The toxicities of intrapleural instillation of KW-2083 were chest pain (86%), transient fever (64%), anorexia (64%), fatigability (29%), nausea (21%), vomiting (21%) and thrombocytopenia (nadir: 3.5 X 10(4)/mm3; 7%). Serum and pleural fluid KW-2083 concentrations have been measured in 3 patients after intrapleural administration of KW-2083. The mean half life of KW-2083 in serum and pleural fluid was 74 min (69-78 min) and 56 min (33-70 min), respectively. The peak serum KW-2083 concentration was 0.18 microgram/ml (0.06-0.24 microgram/ml).
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000855:Anorexia / Q000139:chemically induced; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013909:Thorax
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; C027281:7-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)mitomycin C