LUNG  CANCER : NON-SMALL-CELL

 

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)

Carboplatin– Paclitaxel

(Schiller JH, et al.

N Engl J Med.

2002;346:92-8)

 

 

N= 293

 

 

 

Carboplatin dose targeted by the Calvert

equation to AUC of 6, IV day 1

paclitaxel 225 mg/m2 IV over 3 hours day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

Neutropenia

Grade III 20%

Grade IV 43%

 

Grade III 9 %

Grade IV 1 %

 

Infection 5%

Thrombocytopenia 10 %

Nausea (Grade III) 9 %

Vomiting 8 %

Diarrhea 2 %

Cardiac Toxicity 2 %

Renal Toxicity 1 %

Neuropathy (Grade III) 10 %

Weakness 15 %

Hypersensitivity

Reactions 2 %

Day 1 –

Level 5

4 % had febrile

neutropenia

(Grade IV)

1 % had fatal infection

Cisplatin-Docetaxel

(Schiller JH, et al.

N Engl J Med.

2002;346:92-8)

 

 

N= 297

 

 

Cisplatin 75 mg/m2 IV day 1

Docetaxel 75 mg/m2 IV day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

Neutropenia

Grade III 21%

Grade IV 48%

 

Grade III 13 %

Grade IV 1 %

 

Infection 7 %

Thrombocytopenia  3 %

Nausea (Grade III) 24 %

Vomiting 21 %

Diarrhea 10  %

Cardiac Toxicity 3 %

Renal Toxicity (Grade III)  3  %

Neuropathy  (Grade III) 5 %

Weakness 16 %

Hypersensitivity

Reactions 7 %

Day 1 –

Level 5

% had febrile

neutropenia  (Grade IV)

2  % had fatal infection

Cisplatin-Gemcitabine

(Schiller JH, et al.

N Engl J Med.

2002;346:92-8)

 

N= 293

 

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 IV day 1

Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 IV days 1, 8, 15

Repeat cycle every 28  days

 

Neutropenia

Grade III 24 %

Grade IV 39 %

 

Grade III 27 %

Grade IV 1 %

 

Febrile Neutropenia, (Grade IV) 3%

Infection 6 %

Thrombocytopenia  50 %

Nausea (Grade III)  37 %

Vomiting  35 %

Diarrhea 3  %

Cardiac Toxicity 4 %

Renal Toxicity 8%

Neuropathy  (Grade III) 9 %

Weakness  (Grade III) 1 %

Day 1-

Level 5

Days 8, 15-

Level 2

% had fetal infection

 

Cisplatin-Paclitaxel

(Schiller JH, et al.

N Engl J Med.

2002;346:92-8)

 

 

N= 300

 

Paclitaxel 135  mg/m2 IV over 24 hours day 1

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 18 %

Grade IV 57 %

 

Grade III  12 %

Grade IV 1 %

 

Febrile Neutropenia

(Grade IV) 14 %

Infection 8 %

Thrombocytopenia  6 %

Nausea (Grade III) 25 %

Vomiting  24 %

Diarrhea 7 %

Cardiac Toxicity 2 %

Renal Toxicity

(GradeIII) 3 %

Neuropathy (Grade III) 5 %

Weakness 14 %

Hypersensitivity

Reactions 3 %

Day 1 –

Level 2

Day 2 –

Level 5

2  % had fatal infection

  

 

LUNG CANCER : NON-SMALL-CELL (continued ) : Page 2

 

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

( Kelly K,  et al.

J. Clin Oncol

2001;19:3210-18)

 

 

N= 202

 

 

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 IV day 1

Vinorelbine 30 mg/m2 IV days 1, 8, 15, 22

Repeat cycle every 28 days

 

Leukopenia

Grade III 35 %

Grade IV 15 %

 

Neutropenia

Grade III 27 %

Grade IV 49 %

 

Grade III 17 %

 

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade III)  4 %

Nausea (Grade III) 18 %

Neuropathy  (Grade III) 3 %

Vomiting (Grade III)  12 %

Dehydration (Grade III) 6%

Fatigue (Grade III) 11%

Hyponatremia (Grade III)7%

Respiratory Infection

(with neutropenia )

(Grade III) 5 %

 

Day 1 –

Level 5

Days 8,

15, 22-

level 1

28% of patients

discontinued therapy

due to toxicity

No patient developed

Grade IV febrile

neutropenia

Grade III-IV infection

with Grade III-IV

neutropenia occurred

in 10 patients

8 patients died of toxicity

 

Docetaxel

(Hainsworth JD, et al,

Cancer .

2000;89:328-33)

 

 

N= 39

 

 

Docetaxel  36 mg/m2 IV

over 1 hours days 1, 8,15, 22, 29, 36

Repeat cycle every 8 weeks

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

 

Note : Gegimen used for elderly or

Poor –risk patients

 

Leukopenia

Grade III 8 %

 

Grade III 13 %

 

Fatigue/ Asthenia  10 %

Nausea / Emesis   10 %

Skin Toxicity 3 %

Neuropathy  3 %

Hypersensitivity

Reactions 3 %

Alopecia 13%

 

 

Day 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36

Level 2

 

13% of  patients required

RBC transfusions

 

EP

(Klastersky J, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

1990;8:1556-62)

 

N= 114

 

Etoposide 100 mg/m2 /d IV days 1 – 3

Cisplatin 120 mg/m2   IV days 1

Repeat cycle every 21-28 days

 

Leukopenia

Grade III-IV

34%

 

 

Infection * 5 %

Thrombocytopenia*  15 %

Nausea /Vomiting*  77 %

Diarrhea * 11 %

Bleeding * 3%

Polyneuropathy 2 %

Renal Dysfunction * 10%

Hypoacusia * 7%

Alopecia * 60%

 

* Grade II-IV toxicity

Day 1 –

Level 5

Days 2, 3-

Level  2

Toxic mortality 4 %

Dose delayed in 6%

of patients

Dose decreased in 6%

of patients

G + V

(Frasci G, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

2000;18:2529-36)

 

 

N= 60

Gemcitabine 1200 mg/m2  IV days 1, 8

Vinorelbine 30 mg/m2  IV days 1, 8

Repeat cycle every 21 days

 

Note; Regimen used for elderly patients .

Neutropenia

Grade III 30%

Grade IV 8.3%

 

Grade III 6.7%

Thrombocytopenia 13.3 %

Vomiting   15 %

Fatigue (Grade III) 5 %

 

Day 1, 8-

Level 2

 

Therapy stopped early

secondary to toxicity

in 12% of patients

2 toxic deaths


 

 

LUNG CANCER : NON-SMALL-CELL (continued ) : Page 3

 

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)

Paclitaxel

(Ranson M, et al,

J Natl Cancer Inst.

2000;92:1074-80)

 

N= 78

 

Paclitaxel 200 mg/m2  IV over 3 hours days 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedicaitons listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

Leukopenia

Grade III-IV 9%

Neutropenia

Grade III-IV

34%

 

 

Infection 10 %

Nausea / Vomiting  5 %

Diarrhea 4%

Mucositis 1 %

Arthralgia/Myalgia 22 %

Asthenia  14 %

Peripheral Neuropathy 5%

Alopecia 76 %

Cardiovascular 1 %

 

Day 1-

Level 2

 

Dose reductions for

hematologic and non-

hematologic toxicity

in 32% of paclitaxel-

treated patien

Vinorelbine

(Le Chevalier T, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

1994;12:360-67)

 

N= 206

Vinorelbine 30 mg/m2  IV weekly

Neutropenia

Grade III-IV

53.2%

 

Sepsis 3.4%

Nausea/Vomiting

(Grade II-IV) 12%

Neurologic 9 %

Diarrhea (Grade II-IV) 4%

Alopecia (Grade II-IV) 14%

Day 1 –

Level 1

Toxic mortality 1%

Hospitalization for

sepsis 3%

Dose intensity 83%

Discontinued treatment

secondary to

treatmeant-related

toxicity or patient

refusal 8 %