title: [Comparison of the efficacy of imidazole-carboxamide and of a combination of nitrosomethylurea, vincristine and dactinomycin in disseminated melanoma].
abstract: A randomized cooperative study comparing 2 regimens of chemotherapy (DTIC--150mg/m2 iv days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and a combination of vincristine--1.4 mg/m2 iv days 1, 8, 15, nitrosomethylurea--200 mg/m2 iv days 3, 5, 10, 12 and dactinomycin--0.3 mg/m2 iv days 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12) was carried out in 114 patients with disseminated skin melanoma. A combined chemotherapy course given to 58 patients was followed by complete response (CR) in 8 cases (13.7%) and partial response by over 50% (PR)--in 6 cases (10.4%). In 56 patients treated with DTIC, CR was registered in 4 patients (7.1%) and PR in 9 (16%). Patients resistant to one regimen did not respond to the other.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008770:Methylnitrosourea / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds; D003609:Dactinomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D008770:Methylnitrosourea; D003606:Dacarbazine
vernacular_title: Sravnenie éffiktivnosti imidazol-karboksamida i kombinatsii nitrozometilmocheviny, vinkristina, daktinomitsina pri disseminirovannoĭ melanome.