title: Dose-escalated paclitaxel in 1-hour infusion with a fixed dose of cisplatin in previously untreated advanced ovarian cancer: a phase II trial of the Spanish Group for Ovarian Cancer.
abstract: This phase II trial was planned to study the efficacy and toxicity of a fixed dose of cisplatin plus paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) given over 1 hour with intrapatient dose escalation. Patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (stages IIB-IV); Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status < or = 2; normal renal, liver, and bone marrow function; and evaluable residual disease after debulking surgery were accrued. Paclitaxel was given over 1-hour infusion and dose was escalated from 175 to 200 and 225 mg/m2 if nadir neutrophil counts were > or = 1000/microL, platelets were > or = 100,000/microL, and neurotoxicity was less than grade 2. Cisplatin was given after paclitaxel at a fixed dose of 80 mg/m2. Six courses at 3-week intervals were planned. From May 1995 to August 1996, 68 patients were entered. Paclitaxel could not be escalated in six patients, another six received up to 200 mg/m2, and 45 received 225 mg/m2. Three hundred seventy-five courses were given: 27.7% at 175 mg/m2, 19.2% at 200 mg/m2, and 53.1% at 225 mg/m2. All patients were evaluable for toxicity, and 67 were evaluable for response. Thirty-five patients had a complete clinical response (51.4%), 20 had a partial response (29.4%), six had stable disease (8.9%), and six progressed on therapy (8.9%). Overall response rate was 80.8 (95% confidence interval, 71.3% to 90.1%). Second-look laparotomy was performed in 32 patients, and 20 of them (62.5%) had a pathologic complete remission. Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia was seen in 26 patients (38%), but only one had fever. Severe thrombocytopenia was not seen. Peripheral neurotoxicity (grade 1, 39.7%; grade 2, 42.6%; and grade 3, 8.8%) was dose-limiting. It is too early to report on time to progression and survival, and these data are not yet available. This combination of cisplatin with escalating doses of paclitaxel is feasible and very active, but the high incidence of peripheral neurotoxicity may limit its use.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cervantes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mendiola
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: del Campo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Massuti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escobedo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moyano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ojeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poveda
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Benito
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D018450:Disease Progression; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007813:Laparotomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D012074:Remission Induction; D012086:Reoperation; D013030:Spain; D015996:Survival Rate; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin