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01.04.2015 | Original Article
Cisplatin in combination with metronomic vinorelbine as front-line treatment in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter phase II study of the Hellenic Oncology Research Group (HORG)
verfasst von:
P. Katsaounis, A. Kotsakis, S. Agelaki, E. Kontopodis, A. Agelidou, N. Kentepozidis, L. Vamvakas, A. Christopoulou, N. Karachaliou, D. Hatzidaki, V. Georgoulias
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Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
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Ausgabe 4/2015
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Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of metronomic vinorelbine in combination with cisplatin as first-line treatment in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Patients and methods
A total of 41 patients with inoperable stage IIIb or stage IV NSCLC (14 with adenocarcinomas, 19 with squamous cell carcinoma and eight with other types), PS = 0–2, were treated with cisplatin (80 mg/m2) in combination with oral metronomic vinorelbine (60 mg total dose, every other day) in cycles of 21 days.
Results
A total of 35 patients who received at least one cycle of chemotherapy were evaluable for toxicity and response. Partial response was achieved in 13 patients (ORR 37.1 %; CI 21.1–53.1 %) and stable disease in 10 (28.6 %). After a median follow-up period of 26.2 months (range 0.5–33.4 months), the median progression-free survival was 4.2 months and the median overall survival 12.0 months. The 1-year survival rate was 52.6 %. Myelosuppression was the main adverse event with grade 3 and 4 neutropenia occurring in five (14.3 %) and six (17.1 %) patients, respectively. Three of these patients presented with febrile neutropenia and there was one death due to sepsis. Non-hematologic toxicities were mild.
Conclusion
Cisplatin in combination with metronomic vinorelbine is an active, although myelotoxic, therapeutic option in the first-line setting for the treatment of patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, which merits further evaluation in randomized trials.