title: Platinum dose-intensity.
abstract: The rationale for platinum dose-intensity is based on pharmacologic principles, laboratory observations, and retrospective analysis of clinical studies. However, prospective studies have indicated that dose-intensity studies have been limited by toxicities, restricting the dose increase for cisplatin to approximately twice the conventional dose and for carboplatin two- to three-fold the standard AUC. Phase I and II studies indicated that the response rates for high-dose carboplatin with hematopoietic cell support improved significantly but were short lasting, lacking a significant effect on survival. Recently, a new IA dose-intensity approach employing extremely high and locally administered cisplatin doses with systemic neutralization, demonstrated a very high response rate in advanced head and neck cancer. Overall, high-dose intensity of platinums may potentially increase treatment efficacy in tumors sensitive to platinum containing drugs. Successful examples are the high dose carboplatin with hematopoietic support and the IA high-dose cisplatin approach with systemic neutralization. However, the key to future success will depend on the selection of patients with drug sensitive tumors.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla 92093-0812, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Los
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D002945:Cisplatin