Abstract | PURPOSE: PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sixty-one previously untreated patients with stage III or IV NSCLC were entered this study. The patients were required to have cytologically or histologically proven measurable NSCLC, an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2, and adequate organ function. Amrubicin was administered by daily intravenous injection at 45 mg/m2/day for 3 consecutive days every 3 weeks. At least 3 cycles of treatment were administered to each patient. RESULTS: All 61 patients registered in this trial were eligible and assessable for efficacy and toxicity. Of them, 17 patients achieved objective responses, consisting of one complete response and 16 partial responses, and the overall response rate was 27.9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 17.1% to 40.8%). The median survival time was 9.8 months (95% CI, 7.7 months to 14.9 months). The major toxicity was myelosuppression. The incidences of grade 3 or 4 toxicity were 72.1% for neutropenia, 52.5% for leukopenia, 23.0% for anemia, and 14.8% for thrombocytopenia. As noticeable toxic events, grade 3 hypotention and alkaline phosphatase elevation were transiently observed in one patient each. In addition, three patients who had had asymptomatic interstitial pneumonitis, identified by diagnostic imaging before treatment, aggravated after amrubicin treatment; two of them died. Other non-hematologic toxicities were relatively mild. CONCLUSION:
Amrubicin was an active, well-tolerated agent in the treatment of NSCLC.
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Authors | Toshiyuki Sawa, Takashi Yana, Minoru Takada, Takahiko Sugiura, Shinzoh Kudoh, Tadashi Kamei, Takeshi Isobe, Hidehiko Yamamoto, Soichiro Yokota, Nobuyuki Katakami, Yuji Tohda, Akira Kawakami, Yoichi Nakanishi, Yutaka Ariyoshi |
Journal | Investigational new drugs
(Invest New Drugs)
Vol. 24
Issue 2
Pg. 151-8
(Mar 2006)
ISSN: 0167-6997 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16502350
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Clinical Trial, Phase II, Journal Article, Multicenter Study)
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Chemical References |
- Anthracyclines
- Antineoplastic Agents
- amrubicin
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Anthracyclines
(administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Antineoplastic Agents
(administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
(drug therapy, mortality, pathology)
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Female
- Humans
- Japan
- Lung Neoplasms
(drug therapy, mortality, pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Survival Analysis
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