title: A phase II study of carboplatin and cyclophosphamide in advanced ovarian carcinoma.
abstract: Forty-two patients affected by either stage III and IV ovarian cancer with residual tumor after surgery or recurrent ovarian cancer entered a phase II study of the combination carboplatin 300 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m2 every 28 days. Thirty-eight patients were evaluable for response and of these 27 obtained complete or partial remission with a 71% overall remission (clinical complete remission 45%; partial remission 26%). Treatment tolerability was on the whole good. The most frequent side effects were leukopenia (76%), anemia (67%) and nausea/vomiting (60%). Thrombocytopenia was present in 31% of the patients, but nearly always to a mild degree except for one grade 4 case. No other grade 4 side effect was observed. We did not observe any cases of nephrotoxicity and only two patients complained of paresthesia. This carboplatin-cyclophosphamide combination in advanced ovarian carcinoma produces comparable results, in terms of objective responses, to those obtained with standard cisplatin-based regimens, with suggestion of a better toxicological profile.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panetta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Angelelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melotti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pannuti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction
chemical_list: D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D016190:Carboplatin