title: Phase II trial of piroxantrone in metastatic breast cancer. A Southwest Oncology Group study.
abstract: Thirty-two eligible patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer who had received no more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease (16 had received prior doxorubicin) were treated with piroxantrone at a dose of 120 mg/m2 intravenously every 21 days. In the twenty-seven patients evaluable for response, two partial responses were seen. Toxicities observed were primarily hematologic with grade 3 or greater granulocytopenia occurring in 34% of the patients. One patient developed symptomatic congestive heart failure at a total cumulative dose of 960 mg/m2. We conclude that piroxantrone given at this dose and schedule has minimal activity in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ravdin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Doroshow
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martino
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011720:Pyrazoles; C046659:piroxantrone