247 A phase III trial of recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as corrective treatment in patients (PTS) with neutropenic fever following antineoplastic chemotherapy (CT): Results of an intermediate analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. S54 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ravaud ◽  
C. Chevreau ◽  
F. Bonichon ◽  
J. Mihura ◽  
B.N. Bui ◽  
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1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 2930-2936 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Ravaud ◽  
C Chevreau ◽  
L Cany ◽  
P Houyau ◽  
N Dohollou ◽  
...  

PURPOSE A randomized unblinded phase III trial was designed to determine the ability of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to accelerate recovery from febrile neutropenia induced by chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 68 patients with febrile neutropenia following chemotherapy defined as axillary temperature greater than 38 degrees C and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than 1 x 10(9)/L were included. After stratification for high- and low-risk chemotherapy to induce febrile neutropenia, treatment was randomized between GM-CSF at 5 microg/kg/d or control, both being associated with antibiotics. RESULTS GM-CSF significantly reduced the median duration of neutropenia from 6 to 3 days for ANC less than 1 x 10(9)/L(P < .001) and from 4 to 3 days for ANC less than 0.5 x 10(9)/L (P=.024), days of hospitalization required for febrile neutropenia, and duration of antibiotics during hospitalization. The greatest benefit with GM-CSF appeared for patients who had received low-risk chemotherapy, for which the median duration of ANC less than 1 x 10(9)/L was reduced from 7 to 2.5 days (P < .001) and from 4 to 2 days for ANC less than 0.5 x 10(9)/L (P=.0011), the duration of hospitalization during the study from 7 to 4 days (P=.003), and the duration on antibiotics during hospitalization from 7 to 3.5 days (P < .001). A multivariate analysis, using Cox regression, showed that variables predictive for recovery from neutropenia were GM-CSF (P=.0010) and time interval between the first day of chemotherapy and randomization (P=.030). There was no benefit for GM-CSF when high-risk chemotherapy was considered. CONCLUSION GM-CSF significantly shortened duration of neutropenia, duration of neutropenic fever-related hospitalization, and duration on antibiotics during hospitalization when febrile neutropenia occurred after low-risk chemotherapy, but not high-risk chemotherapy.


1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1632-1641 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Bunn ◽  
J Crowley ◽  
K Kelly ◽  
M B Hazuka ◽  
K Beasley ◽  
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PURPOSE This phase III randomized trial was designed to determine if granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) reduces the hematologic toxicity and morbidity induced by chemoradiotherapy in limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). METHODS This multicenter prospective trial randomized 230 patients to receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy (RT) with or without GM-CSF given on days 4 to 18 of each of six cycles. The primary end point was hematologic toxicity. Secondary end points included the following: nonhematologic toxicities; days of (1) fever, (2) antibiotics, (3) hospitalization, and (4) infection; number of transfusions; drug doses delivered; and response rates and survival. RESULTS There was a statistically significant increase in the frequency and duration of life-threatening thrombocytopenia (P < .001) in patients randomized to GM-CSF. GM-CSF patients had significantly more toxic deaths (P < .01), more nonhematologic toxicities, more days in hospital, a higher incidence of intravenous (IV) antibiotic usage, and more transfusions. Patients randomized to GM-CSF had higher WBC and neutrophil nadirs (P < .01), but no significant difference in the frequency of grade 4 leukopenia or neutropenia. Patients randomized to GM-CSF had a lower complete response rate (36% v 44%), but the differences were not significant (P = .29). There were no significant differences in survival (median, 14 months on GM-CSF and 17 months on no GM-CSF; P = .15). CONCLUSION GM-CSF, as delivered in this study, should not be included with concurrent chemoradiotherapy treatment programs for limited-stage SCLC. The simultaneous use of hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) and chemoradiotherapy should be performed only in experimental settings. Chemoradiotherapy programs with cisplatin and etoposide ([VP-16] PE) and simultaneous chest RT produce grade 4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia in a small-enough proportion of patients that prophylactic hematopoietic growth factors are clinically unnecessary.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. LBA9008-LBA9008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hans Ingemar Andtbacka ◽  
Frances A. Collichio ◽  
Thomas Amatruda ◽  
Neil N. Senzer ◽  
Jason Chesney ◽  
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LBA9008 The full, final text of this abstract will be available at abstract.asco.org at 7:30 AM (EDT) on Saturday, June, 1, 2013, and in the Annual Meeting Proceedings online supplement to the June 20, 2013, issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology. Onsite at the Meeting, this abstract will be printed in the Saturday edition of ASCO Daily News.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (34) ◽  
pp. 5763-5771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil N. Senzer ◽  
Howard L. Kaufman ◽  
Thomas Amatruda ◽  
Mike Nemunaitis ◽  
Tony Reid ◽  
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PurposeTreatment options for metastatic melanoma are limited. We conducted this phase II trial to assess the efficacy of JS1/34.5-/47-/granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in stages IIIc and IV disease.Patients and MethodsTreatment involved intratumoral injection of up to 4 mL of 106pfu/mL of JS1/34.5-/47-/GM-CSF followed 3 weeks later by up to 4 mL of 108pfu/mL every 2 weeks for up to 24 treatments. Clinical activity (by RECIST [Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors]), survival, and safety parameters were monitored.ResultsFifty patients (stages IIIc, n = 10; IVM1a, n = 16; IVM1b, n = 4; IVM1c, n = 20) received a median of six injection sets; 74% of patients had received one or more nonsurgical prior therapies for active disease, including dacarbazine/temozolomide or interleukin-2 (IL-2). Adverse effects were limited primarily to transient flu-like symptoms. The overall response rate by RECIST was 26% (complete response [CR], n = 8; partial response [PR], n = 5), and regression of both injected and distant (including visceral) lesions occurred. Ninety-two percent of the responses had been maintained for 7 to 31 months. Ten additional patients had stable disease (SD) for greater than 3 months, and two additional patients had surgical CR. On an extension protocol, two patients subsequently achieved CR by 24 months (one previously PR, one previously SD), and one achieved surgical CR (previously PR). Overall survival was 58% at 1 year and 52% at 24 months.ConclusionThe 26% response rate, with durability in both injected and uninjected lesions including visceral sites, together with the survival rates, are evidence of systemic effectiveness. This effectiveness, combined with a limited toxicity profile, warrants additional evaluation of JS1/34.5-/47-/GM-CSF in metastatic melanoma. A US Food and Drug Administration–approved phase III investigation is underway.


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