[Multi-targeted antifolate therapy roe non-small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma].
Multi-targeted antifolate (MTA) is an anti-metabolite with useful activity in the treatment of non-operable patients presenting with non-small cell lung cancer. Its good efficacy and tolerability profile as first-line therapy was demonstrated in phase II studies of MTA as monotherapy. The use of MTA as second-line therapy with or without a platinum analog also provides good results. It should be observed that, in combination with cisplatin (C), docetaxel or gemcitabine (G), MTA presents synergistic efficacy: two phase II protocols have shown that the MTA/C combination as first-line therapy presented high efficacy (objective response: 39-45%) and low toxicity. These results are promising and also seem to be observed in an ongoing phase II study evaluating MTA/G. In the treatment of mesothelioma, promising activity was observed for the MTA/C combination, and this activity is under evaluation in ongoing phase II and phase III studies.
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Institut Gustave Roussy, 94800 Villejuif, France. tle-che@igr.fr
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017322:Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic; D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists