scholarly journals PCN123 A Conjoint Analysis of Willingness to Pay to Avoid Metastatic Breast Cancer Side Effects

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. A432
Author(s):  
D. Lalla ◽  
M. Brammer ◽  
R. Carlton ◽  
T. Bramley ◽  
A.O. D'Souza
2012 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. ix122-ix123
Author(s):  
D. Lalla ◽  
M. Brammer ◽  
R. Carlton ◽  
T. Bramley ◽  
A. D'Souza

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 4150-4159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Berruti ◽  
Raffaella Bitossi ◽  
Gabriella Gorzegno ◽  
Alberto Bottini ◽  
Palmiro Alquati ◽  
...  

PURPOSE: To investigate the value of the addition of either cisplatin (CDDP) or lonidamine (LND) to epirubicin (EPI) in the first-line treatment of advanced breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Three hundred seventy-one metastatic breast cancer patients with no prior systemic chemotherapy for advanced disease were randomized to receive either EPI alone (60 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2 every 21 days), EPI and CDDP (30 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2 every 21 days), EPI and LND (450 mg orally daily, given continuously), or EPI, CDDP, and LND. Time to progression, response rates, side effects, and survival were compared according to the 2 × 2 factorial design of this study. RESULTS: The groups were well balanced with respect to prognostic factors. Time to progression did not differ in the comparison between CDDP arms and non-CDDP arms (median, 10.9 months v 9.4 months, respectively; P = .10) or between that of LND arms and non-LND arms (median, 10.8 months v 9.9 months, respectively; P = .47), nor did overall survival. The response rate did not significantly differ in the comparison between LND arms and non-LND arms (62.9% v 54.0%, P = .08). No difference in treatment activity was observed between CDDP arms and non-CDDP arms. Toxicity was significantly higher in the CDDP arms, leading to CDDP dose adjustment in 40% of cases. The most frequent side effects were of a hematologic and gastrointestinal nature. The addition of LND produced more myalgias and fatigue. CONCLUSION: Neither CDDP nor LND was able to significantly improve the time to progression obtained by EPI. CDDP, however, significantly worsened the drug’s tolerability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia Spaich ◽  
Johanna Kinder ◽  
Svetlana Hetjens ◽  
Stefan Fuxius ◽  
Axel Gerhardt ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 825-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
J N Ingle ◽  
D I Twito ◽  
D J Schaid ◽  
S A Cullinan ◽  
J E Krook ◽  
...  

A randomized clinical trial was performed to determine if combination hormonal therapy with tamoxifen (TAM) and fluoxymesterone (FLU) was more efficacious than TAM alone for the treatment of postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer. Patients failing TAM could subsequently receive FLU. The dose of both drugs was 10 mg orally twice daily. Objective responses were seen in 50 of 119 TAM patients (42%) and 63 of 119 TAM plus FLU patients (53%) (one-sided P = .05). Time to disease progression distributions were better for TAM plus FLU (median, 350 days v 199 days), but the log rank test only approached statistical significance (one-sided P = .07). Duration of response and survival distributions were similar between the two treatment arms. Toxicities, in terms of androgenic side effects, were greater on the TAM plus FLU regimen. Fifty-two patients are evaluable for response with FLU following TAM and 21 (40%) have achieved a response. We conclude that the advantages in terms of response rate and time to progression observed with TAM plus FLU probably represent a biological effect, but are not of sufficient magnitude to justify the routine clinical use of this combination given the lack of survival advantage and side effects encountered.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18094-e18094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faizan Malik ◽  
Naveed Ali ◽  
Syed Imran Mustafa Jafri ◽  
Mark L. Sundermeyer ◽  
Michael Jeffrey Seidman ◽  
...  

e18094 Background: Palbociclib has been approved as a first line therapy in hormone-receptor positive (HR+) and HER-2 negative metastatic breast cancer(MBC) manifesting significant improvement in progression free survival (PFS). We studied this drug in a community setting. The endpoints were estimated PFS, objective response, toxicities and patient outcomes. Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective study of HR+MBC patients receiving palbociclib after its FDA approval. 22 patients were selected Results: A total of 22 patients were included (Male = 2, Female = 20). Median age was 60-years (range, 49-84). About 90% patients had received at least one previous therapy and the median number was 1.5. 13% patients were on fulvestrant, 86% on letrozole and 4.5% on exemestane. About 64% of patients had ECOG status of ≥ 1. Median duration of palbociclib treatment was 5-months, therefore, an estimated PFS at 18-months was 50%. 4.5% patients attained complete response. 22% patients achieved partial response, 22% had stable disease and 50% patients demonstrated disease progression. 72% patients had neutropenia, of which 45% were grade ≥ 3. Thrombocytopenia and anemia were common (63% and 58%, respectively) but grade ≥ 3 thrombocytopenia or anemia was not observed. 50% patients required dose reductions and 18% required drug cessation owing to side effects. Conclusions: PFS was much lower as compared to actual trials in our real-world experience. Despite, several interesting observations were good objective response rates in males and HER-2+ patients underscoring its potential clinical efficacy in these subsets. Furthermore, apart from myelosuppressive side effects, pneumonitis was observed in one patient necessitating vigilance in clinical practice


1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ika Rahmawati Sutejo ◽  
Herwandhani Putri ◽  
Edy Meiyanto

Treatment of cancer such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy has many side effects. Chemopreventive agent is needed to reduce the side effect and increase the effectivity of therapy. The discovery of cochemopreventive agent should consider on its selectivity to reduce side effects. The selective cochemopreventive agents work effectively in cancer cells and safe for normal cells. Buah Makassar (Brucea javanica) is a natural product that is empirically used for anti-inflammatory and antitumor. The purpose of this study is to determine the cytotoxic effect of ethanolic extract of buah Makassar against 4T1, MCF7, HeLa, and Vero cell lines. The cytotoxic test is performed by MTT assay. The parameter obtained from the cytotoxic test was IC50. Selectivity index is determined from IC50 ratio of cancer cells to normal cells. The results showed that ethanolic extract of buah Makassar has a cytotoxic activity on 4T1, MCF7, HeLa, and Vero cells with IC50 were 49,9±0,83 μg/mL; 107,6±8,14 μg/mL; 228,9±4,16 μg/mL and 395,5± 4,21 μg/mL respectively. It also has high selectivity on 4T1 metastatic breast cancer cell with selectivity index of 7,93. It can be concluded that the ethanolic extract of buah Makassar has potential to be delevoped as cochemopreventive agent especially on metastatic breast cancer. Keywords: Brucea javanica, MTT assay, selectivity index, 4T1, MCF7, HeLa, Vero


1997 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 834-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Colleoni ◽  
Paolo Manente ◽  
Joan Stocker ◽  
Herbert Amor ◽  
Stefano Lamon ◽  
...  

Aims and background Vinorelbine, a new semi-synthetic vinca alkaloid, has demonstrated high activity as a single agent in pretreated metastatic breast cancer. Patients and methods To evaluate the activity of the combination vinorelbine-mitomycin C and to reduce the incidence of side effects, in particular myelotoxicity, patients with metastatic breast cancer pretreated with 1 or more chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease were treated according to the following schedule: mitomycin C, 10 mg/m2 day 1, and vinorelbine, 25 mg/m2, days 1, 8 and 15, every 28 days. Results Twenty-seven patients were enrolled and were evaluable for activity and side effects. A total of 157 cycles were delivered (median 5 cycles per patient). There were 10 partial remissions (37%; 95% confidence interval 20-59%), 5 instances of stable disease and 12 of disease progression. Grade III-IV toxicity was mostly hematological and included thrombocytopenia (4%) and neutropenia (42%). Conclusion Our results indicate that the combination of mitomycin C and vinorelbine has moderate activity in pretreated breast cancer.


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