Prediction of toxicity but not of clinical course by determining carboplatin exposure in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer treated with a combination of carboplatin and cisplatin.
We present the data from 105 patients with primary epithelial ovarian cancer, who received up to 6 cycles of carboplatin (300 mg/m2) and cisplatin (100 mg/m2) as one treatment arm of a prospective randomized trial. Values for first-course carboplatin area-under-the-curve (AUC) were determined retrospectively. WHO grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia was found in 10% of patients with low AUC (AUC <4 mg/ml x min), but in 44.6% of patients with high AUC (AUC 4 mg/ml x min) (chi-square p<0.0001). No single case of ototoxicity was found in the low AUC group but in 12% of patients in the high AUC group (chi-square p=0.003). Determination of carboplatin AUC may prevent ototoxicity and severe thrombocytopenia for the first cycle of combined treatment with carboplatin and cisplatin.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vienna University Medical School, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Obermair
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019540:Area Under Curve; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018450:Disease Progression; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin