Abstract |
Eighty-seven patients with histologically or cytologically proven non- small-cell carcinoma of the lung were treated with 4'-deoxydoxorubicin (DxDx) 30 mg/m2 every 3 weeks. Three responses (4%), all partial, were observed. All responses occurred in patients with large-cell anaplastic lung cancer and none in squamous or adenocarcinoma histologies (P less than 0.01). The durations of partial response for these three responders were 70, 198+ and 209+ days. The side effects noted were predominantly neutropenia, anemia, and weight loss. In three patients, declines in cardiac ejection fraction of 7%, 12%, and 23% occurred after cumulative drug doses of 150 mg/m2, 150 mg/m2, and 233 mg/m2, respectively. 4'-Deoxydoxorubicin had little activity in non-small-cell lung cancer at the dose used in this study.
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Authors | Q S Ringenberg, M C Perry, K J Propert, C Modeas, V Hirsh, R B Weiss, F Richards 2nd, S Graziano, M Green |
Journal | Medical and pediatric oncology
(Med Pediatr Oncol)
Vol. 16
Issue 1
Pg. 27-9
( 1988)
ISSN: 0098-1532 [Print] United States |
PMID | 2828901
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
(drug therapy)
- Doxorubicin
(analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
- Drug Evaluation
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
(drug therapy)
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