GYNECOLOGY: OVARIAN   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)

Carbo – Tax

(Neijt JP, et al,

Semin Oncol,

1997; 24: S15:36-39

 

N= 71

 

Paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 IV over 3 hrs,

day 1, followed by

Carboplatin dose targeted by the Calvert

equation to AUC of 5, IV day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedicaiton Regimens

Neutropenia

Grade III 31 %

Grade IV 45%

 

 

 

Nausea / Vomiting

(Grade III) 16%

Neurotoxicity

(Grade III) 1%

Thrombocytopenia 4%

 

Day 1 –

level 5

 

Cisplatin

(Muggia FM, et al,

J Clin Oncol ,

2000;18:106-115)

 

N= 200

Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 IV day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Neutropenia

Grade III 36%

Grade IV 12%

Grade III 11%

Grade IV < 1%

Fever < 1%

Thrombocytopenia 4%

Gastrointestinal 33 %

Renal 4%

Neurologic 11 %

Cardiovascular 2%

Day 1 –

Level 5

Treatment was

discontinued due

to toxicity in 12%

of patients

Cisplatin + Paclitaxel

(Markman M, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

2001;19:1001-07

 

N= 227

Paclitaxel 135 mg/m2 IV continuous infusion

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 Premedicaiton Regimens

Neutropenia

Grade III 49%

Grade IV 13%

 

Infection 2%

Fever 2%

Thrombocytopenia 3%

Other Hematologic 88 % Gastrointestinal 17 %

Cardiovascular 3%

Neurologic  9 %

Metabolic 2%

Creatinine Clearance 2%

Allergic Reaction 2%

Fatigue (Grade III) 1%

Day 1 –

Level 2

Day 2 –

Level 5

2 treatment-related

mortalities

Docetaxel

(Verschraegen CF, et al

J Clin Oncol,

2000;18:2733-39 )

N=32

 

Docetaxel 100 mg/m2 IV over 1 hour day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedicaiton Regimens

Granulocytopenia

Grade III 6%

Grade IV 72%

 

Grade III 32%

Febrile Neutropenia 33%

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade III) 6%

Day 1-

Level 2

No septic deaths

Growth factors required

For 72% of patients

after  first cycle

 

Docetaxel

Carboplatin

(Vasey PA, et al.

Br J Cancer.

2001;84:170-78)

 

 

N= 139 922 patients in

Recommended dosage)

Docetaxel 75 mg/m2 IV over 1 hour day 1,

Followed by

Carboplatin AUC of 5 (via CrDETA)or

AUC of 6 ( if CrCl calculated using Cockroft

and  Gault formula) IV day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedicatios listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

Neutropenia

Grade III 9 %

Grade IV 77 %

Leukopenia

Grade III 59 %

Grade IV 5%

 

Grade III-IV 14%

Febrile Neutropenia

(Grade IV) 3%

Neutropenia > 7 days

(Grade IV) 14%

Thrombocytopenia 14%

Nausea (Grade III) 5%

Vomiting (Grade III) 5%

Fatigue (Grade III) 5%

 

Day 1 –

Level 5

Dose reductions

secondary to febrile

neutropenia 6%

 

 

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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)

Liposomal Doxorubicin

(Gordon AN, et al.

J Clin Oncol,

2001;19:3312-22)

 

 

N= 239

 

 

Pegylated liposomal Doxorubicin 50 mg/m2

IV over 1 hour day 1

Repeat cycle every 28 days

 

Neutropenia 12%

Leukopenia  10%

Grade III-IV 5%

Thrombocytopenia

Alopecia 1%

Palmar- Plantar

Erythrodysesthesia

(PPE) 23%

Stomatitis 8%

Day 1 –

Level 3

57% of patients had a

delayed, interrupted,

or reduced dose of

pegylated liposomal

doxorubicin (primarily

related to PPE)

PPE leading to

discontinuation of

therapy occurred in

4% of patients

Growth factors added

to therapy in 4.6 %

of patients

Erythropoietin was

added to therapy

in 6% of patients

18% of patients

withdrew from the

study secondary

to adverse events

Paclitaxel

( Trimble EL, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

1993; 11:2405-10)

 

 

N= 917

 

 

Paclitaxel 135 mg/m2 IV

Over3 or24 hrs, day 1

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedicaiton Regimens

 

Leukopenia

Grade III - IV

78%

 

 

 

 

 

Neutropenic Fever 33%

Infection 12 %

Cardiac  2%

Thrombocytopenia  8 %

Vomiting 7%

Mucositis 1%

Neurologic 2%

 

 

Day 1 –

Level 2

Dose reduction 12%

Delay of cycle by more

than 1 week 29%

Death 2%

 

Topotecan

(Bookman MA, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

1998;16:3345-52)

 

 

N= 139

 

 

Topotecan  15 mg/m2 / d IV

over 30 min, days 1- 5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Grade III 15%

Grade IV 82%

 

Grade III-IV 49%

Neutropenic Fever 18%

(after these advers

effects, G-CSF was given )

Sepsis 9%

Nausea 7%

Vomiting 4%

Fatigue 5%

Thrombocytopenia 52%

Severe Bleeding < 1%

 

Days 1-5-

Level 2

Dose reduction 8%

of courses

Delay > 1 week 7%

of courses

Transfusion 22%

of courses

Withdrawal due

to toxicity 4%

of patients