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Phase II evaluation of coumarin (1,2-benzopyrone) in metastatic prostatic carcinoma.

Abstract
The unavailability of effective treatment of metastatic hormone refractory prostatic carcinoma warrants trials of new and promising treatments. Coumarin is an investigational new drug that has produced objective tumor regression in some patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma. Coumarin has shown activity against prostatic carcinoma in the Dunning R-3327 rat prostatic adenocarcinoma model. Forty-eight patients with metastatic hormone naive (5 stage D1 and 10 stage D2) or hormone refractory (33 stage D3) prostatic carcinoma of average age 67.6 years (range 46-86) and ECOG performance status of 2 or better were given 3 grams coumarin daily by mouth and evaluated monthly for toxicity and response by rigid criteria in a multicenter trial. Toxicity was limited to asymptomatic SGOT elevations in 3 patients and nausea and vomiting in 4 patients that required cessation of therapy in 2. Eligibility and protocol violations removed 6 additional patients from response evaluation. There were no complete responses. Partial responses (3 of 40 patients, 8%) occurred in 2 patients with bidimentionally measurable disease and 1 patient with disease evaluable by bone scan and elevated prostate specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase. The remaining patients progressed after 1 to 12 (average 4.4) months. Coumarin is a relatively nontoxic drug that may warrant further trials in a subset of patients with prostatic carcinoma.
AuthorsJ L Mohler, L G Gomella, E D Crawford, L M Glode, C D Zippe, W R Fair, M E Marshall
JournalThe Prostate (Prostate) Vol. 20 Issue 2 Pg. 123-31 ( 1992) ISSN: 0270-4137 [Print] United States
PMID1549551 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Coumarins
  • coumarin
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma (drug therapy)
  • Coumarins (therapeutic use)
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms (drug therapy)

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