title: Subcutaneous interleukin-2 as initial therapy for patients with extensive small cell lung cancer: a phase II trial of Cancer and Leukemia Group B.
abstract: In a prior Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB), 16% of a small cohort of patients with extensive small call lung cancer who had failed to obtain a complete remission with chemotherapy did obtain a complete remission after therapy with interleukin-2 (IL-2). In this current trial, 10 patients with extensive small cell lung cancer who had had no prior therapy were treated with subcutaneous IL-2 as induction therapy and then standard chemotherapy with etoposide/cisplatin. Only one patient experienced an objective response to the IL-2 administered prior to chemotherapy. The factors governing response to IL-2 in the first trial but not in this trial are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Clamon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herndon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Akerley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007376:Interleukin-2