GYNECOLOGY :CERVICAL  CANCER

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Cisplatin

(Bonomi P, et al,

J Clin Oncol

1985; 3: 1079-85)

 

 

N= 180

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 IV day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Leukopenia

Grade III 6%

Grade IV <1%

 

 

Thrombocytopenia 1 %

Nephrotoxicity (SCr > 2.0

Or BUN . 40 ) 14%

Nausea/ Vomiting *

74% -83%

Hearing Loss

(clinical ) * 12%

Neurotoxicity * 7%

 

* Grade unknown

Day 1 –

level 5

 

Cisplatin

5-Fluorouracil

Pelvic Radiation

(Peters WA, et al,

J Clin Oncol .

2000;18:1606-13)

 

 

N= 127

Radiation therapy 1.7 Gy/d on

days 1-5 of each week, for a total of

29 fractions (49.3 Gy)

Cisplatin 70 mg/m2 IV over 2 hours day 1

5-Fluorouracil 1000 mg/m2/d IV continuous

infusion days 1-4

2 nd cycle began on day 22, the 3 rd and 4 th

chemotherapy cycles scheduled after com-

pletion of RT, to begin on days 43 and 64

Leukopenia

Grade III 33%

Grade IV 2.5%

Granulocytopenia

Grade III 19.6%

Grade IV 9%

Grade III-IV 3.3%

Infection (Grade III) 0.8%

Diarrhea 9.8%

Nausea (Grade III) 14%

Small Bowel Obstruction

(Grade IV) 1.6 %

Stomatitis 2.4 %

Vomiting 12.3 %

 

Day 1 –

level 5

Days 2-4-

level 2

Radiation

therapy

days:

intermediate

risk

 

Cisplatin

5- Fluorouracil

Hydroxyurea

(Rose PG, et al,

N Engl J Med.

1999;340: 1144-53)

 

N= 173

Cisplatin 50 mg/m2 IV  day 1, 29

5-Fluorouracil 1000 mg/m2/d IV continuous

infusion days 1-4 and 29-32

Hydroxyurea 2000 mg/m2

PO Twice weekly two hours before

Fradiotherapy at weeks 1-6

Radiation Therapy (see article )

 

Leukopenia

Grade III 41%

Grade IV 5%

 

 

Thrombocytopenia 4%

Gastrointestinal 18%

Genitourinary 2%

Cutaneous 5%

Neurologic 1 %

Cardiovascular

(Grade III) 2%

Fatigue (Grade III) 1%

Pain (Grade III) 1 %

Weight Loss (Grade III) 2%

Days 1& 29

level 5

Days 2-4,

30-32-

level 2

Days with just

Hydroxyurea

- level 1

The median treatment

delay was 10 days

There were no

toxic deaths

Cisplatin

Ifosfamide

(Bloss JD, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

2002;20;1832-37)

 

N= 146

 

Cisplatin 50 mg/m2 IV day 1

Ifosfamide 5000 mg/m2 IV continuous

Infusion over 24 hours day 1

Mesna 6000 mg/m2 IV continuous infusion

over 36 hours, starting on day 1 with

The ifosfamide

Repeat cycle every 21 days.

Leukopenia

Grade III 42%

Grade IV 42%

Neutropenia

Grade III 25%

Grade IV 56%

 

Grade III 21%

Grade IV 1.4 %

Sepsis (Grade IV) < 1 %

Thrombocytopenia 16%

Nausea / Vomiting 15%

Gastrointestinal 2 %

Central Neurotoxicity 10%

Renal (Grade III) 2 %

Weight loss (Grade III) 3 %

Day 1-

level 5

No treatment-related

Deaths

 

 

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Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Cisplatin – Vinorelbine

(Pignata S, et al,

J Clin. Oncol.

1999;17:765-60)

 

 

N= 50

 

Cisplatin 80 mg/m2 IV day 1

Vinorelbine 25  mg/m2 IV days 1, 8 *

Repeat cycle every 21 days.

Administer vinorelbine immediately after

cisplatin on day 1

Neutropenia

Grade III* 52%

Grade IV* 4 %

Leukopenia

Grade III 24%

Grade IV 0%

 

per cycle

 

 

Grade III  8%

Grade IV 2 %

Nausea / Vomiting

(Grade III) 6%

Peripheral Neuropathy

(Grade III) 2 %

Alopecia (Grade III) 4%

Day 1 –

level 5

Dat 8 –

level 1

No dose reduction,

delay, or

discontinuation

due to toxicity

50% (n=25) of patients

randomly received

G-CSF; all other

patients received it

only if experiencing

grade IVneutropenia

(n = 1)

Cisplatin (weekly)

and XRT

(Keys HM, et al.

N Engl J Med.

1999;340:1154-61)

 

N= 183

 

 

Cisplatin 40 mg/m2 IV each week

During XRT (not to exceed 70 mg/wk)

x 6 doses maximum

XRT 1.8 – 2.0 Gy daily, 5 days per week

for a total of 45 Gy, followed by local

brachytherapy and hysterectomy

Leukopenia

Grade III 18%

Grade IV 3 %

 

 

Gastrointestinal  14%

Level 4

35% of patients had

Grade III-IV toxicity

Mitomycin – C

Cisplatin

(Wagenaar HC, et al,

Eur J Cancer .

2001;37:1624-28)

 

 

N= 33

 

Mitomycin –C 6 mg/m2 IV  day 1, followed by

Cisplatin 50 mg/m2 IV over 1 hours

day 1

Repeat cycle every 28 days

 

WHO Toxicity:

WBC

Grade III 6 %

WHO Toxicity:

Hemoglobin

Grade III 3 %

 

WHO Toxicity:

Nausea / Vomiting 26%

Diarrhea (Grade III) 6%

Allergy (Grade IV) 3%

Alopecia (Grade III) 3 %

 

Day 1 –

level 5

 

Paclitaxel – Cisplatin

(Rose PG, et al,

J Clin Oncol,

1999;17:2676-80)

 

 

N= 44

 

Paclitaxel 135 mg/m2 IV over 24 hours

day 1, followed by

Cisplatin 75 mg/m2 IV day 2

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

Neutropenia

Grade III 16%

Grade IV 61%

Leukopenia

Grade III 32%

Grade IV 32%

 

 

Grade III 23%

Grade IV 2 %

Neutropenic Fever 28%

Fever 5%

Thrombocytopenia 18%

Neurologic 7%

Cardiac (Grade IV) 7%

Pulmonary 7%

Dehydration 2%

Electrolyte

Abnormalities 7%

Pneumonia 2%

Infection (Grade IV) 2%

Renal (Grade III) 2%

Nausea / Vomiting 32%

Diarrhea 7%

Stomatitis 5%

Day 1-

level 2

Day 2-

level 5

Infectious mortality 5%

Dose reduction of

paclitaxel due to

neutropenia in 27%

of patients

Dose reduction of

cisplatin due to toxicity

In 20% of patients