[Clinical evaluation of M-VAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin and cisplatin) chemotherapy for advanced urothelial cancer].
M-VAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin and cisplatin) chemotherapy was performed on 27 patients with advanced urothelial cancer. The patients included 20 with bladder cancer, 4 with upper urinary tract cancer and 3 with both lesions. Complete response (CR) was observed in 2 (7.4 +/- 9.9%) patients and partial response (PR) in 10 (37.0 +/- 18.2%) patients after the treatment, i.e., the overall objective response rate was 44.4 +/- 18.7%. The rate of relapse or recurrence in the patients with CR and PR was 100% and 90.0%, respectively. The mean duration of the response was 18.5 +/- 13.4 months and 10.7 +/- 10.9 months for CR and PR, respectively. The overall survival rate after one year was 30.2%. Bone marrow suppression was the most serious side effect. The white blood cell count became below 1,000/microliters in 10 patients (36.7%). Among them, 4 patients suffered from sepsis. In conclusion, M-VAC chemotherapy was effective for induction therapy against advanced urothelial cancer, although the effective duration was short. Further maintenance therapy should be established.
Mikami
K
K
Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Nakagawa
S
S
Takada
H
H
Ebisui
K
K
Sugimoto
K
K
Watanabe
H
H
Maegawa
M
M
Nakao
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014747:Vinblastine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin; D008727:Methotrexate