Topotecan Weekly Versus Conventional 5-Day Schedule in Patients With Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer: A Randomized Multicenter Phase II Trial of the North-Eastern German Society of Gynecological Oncology Ovarian Cancer Study Group

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalid Sehouli ◽  
Dirk Stengel ◽  
Philipp Harter ◽  
Christian Kurzeder ◽  
Antje Belau ◽  
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PurposeWeekly administration of topotecan (Tw) is less toxic and widely considered a better treatment option than conventional 5-day therapy (Tc) in women with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer. We conducted a randomized phase II trial (TOWER [Topotecan Weekly Versus Conventional 5-Day Schedule in Patients With Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer]) to better define the ratio between benefits and risks with either treatment approach.Patients and MethodsPatients were randomly assigned to two independent two-stage protocols of Tw (4 mg/m2/wk administered on days 1, 8, and 15) or Tc (1.25 mg/m2/d on days 1 to 5). We evaluated risk ratios (RRs) for the primary end point of clinical benefit (complete response, partial response, and stable disease), the duration of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), associated hazard ratios (HRs), and RRs of toxicity with 95% CIs.ResultsIn total, 194 patients were randomly assigned at 54 centers to Tw (n = 97) or Tc (n = 97). Clinical benefit was observed in 36 of 76 (47%; 95% CI, 36% to 59%) Tw and 46 of 80 (58%; 95% CI, 46% to 68%) Tc patients (RR, 1.21; 95% CI, 0.90 to 1.64; P = .205). Patients in the Tw group had a slightly shorter PFS (HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 0.96 to 1.76) but similar OS (HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.74 to 1.45) compared with Tc. Tw was associated with significantly lower risks of anemia (RR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.16 to 0.79), neutropenia (RR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.23 to 0.65), and thrombocytopenia (RR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.09 to 0.57).ConclusionWith regard to effectiveness in terms of response and PFS, Tc remains the standard of care in patients with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer. However, comparable OS rates and a favorable toxicity profile make Tw another viable treatment option in this setting.

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Morgan ◽  
Timothy W. Synold ◽  
David Gandara ◽  
Franco Muggia ◽  
Sidney Scudder ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS5612-TPS5612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Michael Wenham ◽  
Sachin M. Apte ◽  
Mian M. Shahzad ◽  
Jae K Lee ◽  
Denise Dorman ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1009-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit M. Oza ◽  
Ursula A. Matulonis ◽  
Angeles Alvarez Secord ◽  
John Nemunaitis ◽  
Lynda D. Roman ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 5558-5558
Author(s):  
S. Kumagai ◽  
T. Shoji ◽  
Y. Yokoyama ◽  
T. Takano ◽  
H. Mizunuma ◽  
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5558 Background: Various problems still exist in the management of recurrent ovarian cancer and there are limited treatment options especially for the platinum resistant patients (pts). We conducted a phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination irinotecan/oral etoposide chemotherapy. Methods: Eligibility criteria included recurrent ovarian cancer with measurable disease or positive CA125, preserved organ function, and aged 20–75. Treatment was conducted with irinotecan (60 mg/m2 iv, day 1, 15) and oral etoposide (50 mg/body day 1–21), q 28 days until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Primary endpoint was response rate (RR) and secondary endpoints included toxicity, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Results: 38pts were enrolled on this study from May 2003 to April 2007, and all pts were eligible. Median age was 57 yrs (range 37–74). PS 0 in 24 pts, 1 in 10 pts, and 2 in 4 pts. Median number of previous regimen was 2 (range 1–4). Median treatment cycles were 6 (range 2–27). RR (CR+PR) was 18/38 (47.4%), and CR+PR+SD rate was 31/38 (81.6%). Grade 3/4 adverse effect included leukopenia (50.0%), neutropenia (52.6%), anemia (18.4%) and thrombocytopenia (2.6%), nausea/vomiting (7.9%) and diarrhea (2.6%). Treatment-related death was not observed. Median PFS was 7 months (range 1–33) and OS was 19 months (range 4–60). Among 20 pts with platinum resistant cases, RR was 6/20 (30.0%), CR+PR+SD rate was 14/20 (70.0%), median PFS was 6 months (range 1–33), and OS was 24 months (range 5–60). Conclusions: Combination irinotecan/oral etoposide chemotherapy can achieve a superior management for the recurrent ovarian cancer without declining QOL, and also has the possibility to be one of the most effective regimens as second-line chemotherapy. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 5005-5005 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Birrer ◽  
P. Konstantinopoulos ◽  
R. T. Penson ◽  
M. Roche ◽  
A. Ambrosio ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (35) ◽  
pp. 4400-4406 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Wendel Naumann ◽  
Robert L. Coleman ◽  
Robert A. Burger ◽  
Edward A. Sausville ◽  
Elzbieta Kutarska ◽  
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Purpose Vintafolide (EC145) is a folic acid–desacetylvinblastine conjugate that binds to the folate receptor (FR), which is expressed on the majority of epithelial ovarian cancers. This randomized phase II trial evaluated vintafolide combined with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) compared with PLD alone. The utility of an FR-targeted imaging agent, 99mTc-etarfolatide (EC20), in selecting patients likely to benefit from vintafolide was also examined. Patients and Methods Women with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who had undergone ≤ two prior cytotoxic regimens were randomly assigned at a 2:1 ratio to PLD (50 mg/m2 intravenously [IV] once every 28 days) with or without vintafolide (2.5 mg IV three times per week during weeks 1 and 3). Etarfolatide scanning was optional. The primary objective was to compare progression-free survival (PFS) between the groups. Results The intent-to-treat population comprised 149 patients. Median PFS was 5.0 and 2.7 months for the vintafolide plus PLD and PLD-alone arms, respectively (hazard ratio [HR], 0.63; 95% CI, 0.41 to 0.96; P = .031). The greatest benefit was observed in patients with 100% of lesions positive for FR, with median PFS of 5.5 compared with 1.5 months for PLD alone (HR, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.17 to 0.85; P = .013). The group of patients with FR-positive disease (10% to 90%) experienced some PFS improvement (HR, 0.873), whereas patients with disease that did not express FR experienced no PFS benefit (HR, 1.806). Conclusion Vintafolide plus PLD is the first combination to demonstrate an improvement over standard therapy in a randomized trial of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Etarfolatide can identify patients likely to benefit from vintafolide.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 5102-5102
Author(s):  
Charles Kunos ◽  
James Brindle ◽  
Ramon Adams ◽  
Robert DeBernardo

5102 Background: Ablative radiation dose delivered by a robotic SBRT platform has shown progression-free survival benefit in two limited case series among patients with recurrent gynecological malignancies. The therapeutic impact of SBRT on disease progression (PD) was evaluated in the recurrent setting in this phase II trial. Methods: Fifty patients with recurrent and measurable gynecologic malignancy were treated with SBRT. The cohort included patients with recurrent ovarian (n =25), endometrial (n =14), cervical (n =9), or vulvar (n =2) cancer, 1 prior chemotherapy or radiation regimen, and GOG performance status 0, 1, 2. Patients underwent image-guided SBRT in 3 daily doses of 800 cGy = 2400 cGy. SBRT planning target volumes were determined by both the radiation and gynecologic oncologist using non-contrasted CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT overlays. The primary endpoints were 6-month clinical benefit rate (# complete response + # partial response + # stable disease without PD [by RECIST v1.0] / 50), and less than 30-day posttherapy toxicity. Results: Between July 2009 and September 2011, 50 patients were enrolled and have a median posttherapy follow-up of 9 months. At 3 months, 50% (n=25) had complete response, 46% (n=23) had partial response, and 4% (n=2) had stable disease in SBRT-targeted lesions. Twenty-six patients (52%) have had non-SBRT target PD and 18 (36%) have died of PD. Of the 50 patients, 33 had a PD-free interval of at least 6 months, for an overall clinical benefit rate of 66%. Less than 30-day posttherapy SBRT-related toxicities were grade 2 fatigue (n =9 [18%]), grade 2 nausea (n =3[6%], grade 3 nephropathy (n =2[4%]), and grade 4 hyperbilirubinemia (n =1[2%]). Conclusions: This is the first phase II clinical trial of SBRT showing a clinically relevant benefit of ablative radiation in the setting of recurrent gynecological disease. Despite excellent control of targeted lesions with minimal toxicity, non-SBRT target PD rates are high, spurring interest for future SBRT-chemotherapy clinical trials.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15516-e15516
Author(s):  
Amit Rauthan ◽  
Poonam Patil ◽  
S. P. Somashekhar ◽  
Shabber Zaveri

e15516 Background: The standard of care for patients with recurrent platinum resistant ovarian cancer is treatment with non cross-resistant drugs. Carboplatin retreatment is usually not an option in the platinum resistant population. Weekly paclitaxel has been tried in recurrent patients. But paclitaxel can cause hypersensitivity reactions due to its Cremophor based solvent. nab-paclitaxel being a nano-particle albumin bound paclitaxel is devoid of this toxictity. Also, it is thought that nab-paclitaxel may have a higher intratumoral uptake leading to enhanced anti-tumor action. We looked at a regimen using weekly carboplatin with weekly nab-paclitaxel in platinum resistantrelapsed carcinoma ovary who had failed multiple lines of treatment. Methods: We treated 10 patients with recurrent platinum resistant ovarian cancer with measurable disease with nab-paclitaxel 100mg/m2 on days 1,8,15 with carboplatin at AUC 1.5 on days 1,8,15 intravenously, repeated every 28 days for 4 cycles. All patients had received 3 or more lines of chemotherapy for recurrent disease. We looked for response rate, progression free survival and toxicities. Results: Three patients had complete response, 5 patients had partial response and 2 patients had disease progression. Median PFS was 6 months. There were no instances of paclitaxel induced hypersensitivity reactions. Two patients developed grade 3 neutropenia. One patient developed grade 3 thrombocytopenia. Three patients required blood transfusions. One patient developed grade 3 neuropathy. Conclusions: Weekly combination of nab-paclitaxel with weekly carboplatin is a safe and potentially active treatment in recurrent platinum resistant ovarian cancers who had failed multiple lines of treatment. Considering the efficacy and favorable toxicity profile, this weekly combination needs to be tested in a larger number of patients.


Author(s):  
Thi Lan Nguyen

TÓM TẮT Đặt vấn đề: Ung thư biểu mô buồng trứng (UTBMBT) là bệnh ác tính của tế bào biểu mô buồng trứng. Bệnh có tiên lượng xấu. Mặc dù điều trị ban đầu tối ưu, UTBMBT sẽ tái phát và cần được điều trị. Điều trị UTBMBT tái phát còn gặp nhiều khó khăn. Nghiên cứu này nhằm đánh giá một số đặc điểm lâm sàng, cận lâm sàng UTBMBT tái phát kháng platinum và kết quả điều trị phác đồ paclitaxel nhóm bệnh nhân này. Phương pháp nghiên cứu: Chúng tôi đưa vào nghiên cứu 65 bệnh nhân được điều trị phác đồ paclitaxel cho ung thư biểu mô buồng trứng tái phát khángplatinum, thỏa mãn các tiêu chuẩn lựa chọn và tiêu chuẩn loại trừ. Với phương pháp nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang. Kết quả: Các vị trí tái phát thường gặp nhất là hạch (54,3%), phúc mạc (50%), gan (23,9%). Tăng CA125 ở thời điểm tái phát (77,8%) tỷ lệ đáp ứng chung là 22,5%. Tỷ lệ kiểm soát bệnh (bao gồm đáp ứng hoàn toàn, đáp ứng một phần và bệnh giữ nguyên) đạt 62,5%. Trung vị thời gian sống thêm không tiến triển 26,1 tuần (CI 95%: 20,9 - 28,4). Độc tính trên hệ tạo huyết là giảm bạch cầu đa nhân trung tính độ 1,2. Độc tính trên gan 9,3% chủ yếu tăng men gan độ 1,2. Không có độc tính trên thận. Các tác dụng không mong muốn khác như rụng tóc độ 2: 2,7%, viêm miệng gặp ở 2,1% bệnh nhân, thần kinh cảm giác 15%, chỉ gặp ở độ 1. Có mối liên quan giữa đáp ứng điều trị và nồng độ CA 125. Kết luận: Phác đồ paclitaxel sử dụng điều trị UTBMBT tái phát kháng platinum là phác đồ phù hợp về tính hiệu quả và an toàn cho các bệnh nhân UTBMBT đã trải qua phác đồ hóa trị trước đó. ABSTRACT OUTCOMES OFRECURRENT EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER PATIENTS TREATED WITH PACLITAXEL REGIMEN AT K HOSPITAL Introduction: Epithelial ovarian cancer is a malignant abnormality of the epithelial cell of the ovary. The disease has a poor prognosis. Despite optimal initial therapy, the majority of patients will relapse and require further treatment. Treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer is still challenging. This study aims to describe clinical and subclinical characteristics of patients with platinum - resistant relapsed ovarian carcinoma and evaluate the treatment results of the paclitaxel regimen on these patients. Methods: We enrolled 65 patients with platinum - resistant recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer treated with paclitaxel regimen, met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The most common recurrent sites were lymph nodes (54.3%), peritoneum (50%), and liver (23.9%). CA125 increased at the time of recurrence (77.8%), the overall response rate was 22.5%. Disease control rates (including complete response, partial response, and stable disease) were achieved at 62.5%. Median progression - free survival was 26.1 weeks (95% CI: 20.9 - 28.4). Hematopoietic system toxicities include neutropenia of grade 1, 2. Hepatotoxicity occupied 9.3%, mainly liver enzymes elevation of grade 1, 2. No renal toxicity was observed. Other undesirable effects include hair loss of grade 2 (2.7%), stomatitis(2.1%), sensory nerve 15% but only grade 1. There was a relationship between treatment response and CA 125 levels. Conclusion: The paclitaxel regimen used to treat platinum - resistant recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer is the appropriate regimen in terms of efficacy and safety. After several lines of chemotherapy regimens. Keywords: Recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, platinum - resistant, paclitaxel.


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