Weekly paclitaxel in heavily pretreated ovarian cancer patients: does this treatment still provide further advantages?

Miolo, G; Bidoli, E; Lombardi, D; Santeufemia, Da; Capobianco, Giampiero; Dessole, F; Scalone, S; Spazzapan, S; Sorio, R; Tabaro, G; Veronesi, A.

doi:10.1007/s00404-011-1976-9

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the disease control rate (DCR) in heavily pretreated and relapsed ovarian cancer patients re-challenged with a weekly paclitaxel schedule and to establish whether a correlation between dose intensity, progression-free interval (PFI) and overall survival (OS) exists. METHODS: Retrospective data were collected from 30 heavily pretreated metastatic ovarian cancer patients who received 80 mg/m(2)/week paclitaxel regimen. RESULTS: The treatment was well tolerated and showed a DCR in 70% of the patients, with only one case of grade 3 hematological toxicity. One patient (3%) showed a complete response, 15 patients (50%) a partial response and five patients (17%) a stabilization of their disease. The regimen was mostly used as a fourth-line chemotherapy (range 2-7). The median dose intensity in responding patients was 57.5 mg/m(2)/week and in those with progressive disease 49.7 mg/m(2)/week. (p = 0.20). PFI and OS were increased in the responder patient groups with a log-rank test of 25.64 (p < 0.001) and 15.10 (p = 0.0001), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Weekly administration of paclitaxel was active and well tolerated as a salvage therapy for heavily pretreated ovarian cancer patients.

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Titolo:	Weekly paclitaxel in heavily pretreated ovarian cancer patients: does this treatment still provide further advantages?
Autori:	Miolo G Bidoli E Lombardi D Santeufemia DA CAPOBIANCO, Giampiero Dessole F Scalone S Spazzapan S Sorio R Tabaro G Veronesi A. mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Data di pubblicazione:	2012
Rivista:	ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
Handle:	http://hdl.handle.net/11388/59230
Appare nelle tipologie:	1.1 Articolo in rivista

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