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dc.contributor.authorCerny, T
dc.contributor.authorLind, Michael J
dc.contributor.authorThatcher, Nick
dc.contributor.authorSwindell, Ric
dc.contributor.authorStout, Ronald
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-14T15:28:57Z
dc.date.available2010-07-14T15:28:57Z
dc.date.issued1989-08
dc.identifier.citationA simple outpatient treatment with oral ifosfamide and oral etoposide for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). 1989, 60 (2):258-61 Br. J. Canceren
dc.identifier.issn0007-0920
dc.identifier.pmid2548560
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10541/107630
dc.description.abstractFor the first time in a clinical study oral Ifosfamide was used: 65 elderly or unfit patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) were treated as outpatients with fractionated oral Ifosfamide and Etoposide. Forty patients (62%) had extensive stage (ED) disease. The median age of the patients was 66 years. In the 60 patients evaluable for response the objective response rate was 90% with a complete response (CR) rate of 32% and a partial response (PR) rate of 58%. The overall median survival of all 65 patients was 11 months (13 months for LD, 9.5 months for ED). In those patients with LD achieving a CR or a PR radiotherapy was given to the mediastinum. No prophylactic cranial irradiation was given. There was a rapid improvement in the responding patients' performance status and symptoms generally with the first treatment cycle. Overall haematological toxicity was mild, with intravenous antibiotics only being required in 4% of the courses and with only one treatment-related death from septicaemia. A higher than expected rate of CNS toxicity was seen (30%). This was generally mild and always fully reversible and consisted mainly of forgetfulness, occasionally hallucinations, nightmares and somnolence. In only one case did encephalopathy necessitate early termination of treatment. This raises the question of whether Ifosfamide metabolism differs quantitatively or qualitatively when given by the oral route as opposed to the usual intravenous route. We conclude that this simple outpatient based treatment gives a high response rate with rapid improvement in symptoms.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectLung Canceren
dc.subject.meshAdministration, Oral
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and over
dc.subject.meshAmbulatory Care
dc.subject.meshAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
dc.subject.meshCarcinoma, Small Cell
dc.subject.meshEtoposide
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIfosfamide
dc.subject.meshLung Neoplasms
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshProspective Studies
dc.titleA simple outpatient treatment with oral ifosfamide and oral etoposide for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentCRC Department of Medical Oncology, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, UK.en
dc.identifier.journalBritish Journal of Canceren
html.description.abstractFor the first time in a clinical study oral Ifosfamide was used: 65 elderly or unfit patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) were treated as outpatients with fractionated oral Ifosfamide and Etoposide. Forty patients (62%) had extensive stage (ED) disease. The median age of the patients was 66 years. In the 60 patients evaluable for response the objective response rate was 90% with a complete response (CR) rate of 32% and a partial response (PR) rate of 58%. The overall median survival of all 65 patients was 11 months (13 months for LD, 9.5 months for ED). In those patients with LD achieving a CR or a PR radiotherapy was given to the mediastinum. No prophylactic cranial irradiation was given. There was a rapid improvement in the responding patients' performance status and symptoms generally with the first treatment cycle. Overall haematological toxicity was mild, with intravenous antibiotics only being required in 4% of the courses and with only one treatment-related death from septicaemia. A higher than expected rate of CNS toxicity was seen (30%). This was generally mild and always fully reversible and consisted mainly of forgetfulness, occasionally hallucinations, nightmares and somnolence. In only one case did encephalopathy necessitate early termination of treatment. This raises the question of whether Ifosfamide metabolism differs quantitatively or qualitatively when given by the oral route as opposed to the usual intravenous route. We conclude that this simple outpatient based treatment gives a high response rate with rapid improvement in symptoms.


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