GENITOURINARY : TESTICULAR 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)

BEP

(Nichols CR, et al,

J Clin Oncol .

1998;16;1287-93)

 

 

N= 141

 

 

Bleomycin 30 units IV days 2, 9, 16

Etoposide 100 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Cisplatin 20 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days  X 4 cycles

Appropriate premedications listed in Section2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

Hematologic

Grade III 39%

Grade IV 34%

 

 

Neutropenic Infection * 5%

Nausea /Vomiting* 7%

Neurologic * 7%

Respiratory* 5 %

Hepatic * 3%

Respiratory Failure* 1 %

 

* Grade III-V toxicity

Days 1-5-

Level  5

Days 9,16-

Level   2

Overall treatment-related

mortality 4%

Septic mortality 2%

Pulmonary toxicity

leading to

discontinuation

of bleomycin 3.5%

G-CSF added to

protocol in 1991;

G-CSF 5 mcg/kg

Days 7, 9-14, and

16-17

Carboplatin

Etoposide

(Bhatia S, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

2000;18:3346-51)

 

 

N=65

 

Carboplatin 700 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes

days -6, -5, -4

Etoposide 750 mg/m2 IV (undiluted

20mg/ml0 over 2 hours days -6, -5, -4

Stem cell support day 0

G-CSF 5 mcg/kg/d starting day 0 until

hematologic recovery (AGC ≥ 2000/mm2

x 2 days)

Median day to

ANC > 500

(PBSC)

(bone

Marrow)

 

 

Neutropenic Fever 51 %

Diarrhea 29 %

Serum Creatinine

2 mg/dL. 9%

Median Platelet Count

20,000/mm2

days (PBSC)

days (bone marrow)

Mucositis 29%

Days -6,

-5, -4

level 5

 

1 patient required

hemodialysis

No treatment-related

mortality

EP

(Motzer RJ, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

1995;13:2700-04)

 

N= 50

Etoposide 100 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Cisplatin 20 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Neutropenia

(grade unknown)

at day 21 24%

 

Neutropenic Sepsis 10 %

Nausea/Vomiting * 44 %

Thromboembolism 2 %

 

Grade I – II toxicity

Day 1-5-

Level 5

One week dose

delay prior to

Second cycle 24%

10% of patients

hospitalized with

febrile neutropenia

Paclitaxel

Gemcitabine

Hinton S, et al,

J Clin Oncol.

2002;20:1859-63)

 

 

N= 28

 

 

Paclitaxel 110 mg/m2 IV over 1 hour

Days 1, 8, 15 followed by

Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 IV over

30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15

Repeat cycle every 28 days

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

 

Note: Study included one patient with

ovarian germ cell cancer.

Leukopenia

Grade III 59%

Grade IV 7%

Neutropenia

Grade III 30%

Grade IV 26%

 

Grade III 11 %

Febrile Neutropenia

(Grade III) 4 %

Fever (Grade III) 4%

Inner Ear/ Hearing

(Grade III) 4%

Fatigue (Grade III) 7%

Nausea (Grade III) 4%?

Vomiting (Grade III) 4%

Diarrhea (Grade III) 4%

Pruritis (Grade III) 4%

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade III) 33%

Dyspnea (Grade III) 7%

Ventricular Arrhythmia

(Grade III) 4%

Rash/ Desquamation

(Grade III) 4%

Neuropathy-

Sensory (Grade III) 4%

Days 1, 8, 15

- level 3

Filgrastim was permitted

For patients with

an ANC < 500 for

more than 5 days,

neutropenic fever,

or documented

infections while

neutropenic

No patient stopped

Therapy because

of toxicity

 

             

 

 

GENITOURINARY : TESTICULAR CANCER (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)

VinBlastine

Ifosfamide

Cisplatin

(Miller KD, et al.

J Clin Oncol .

1997;15:1427-31)

 

N= 24

 

Vinblastine 0.11 mg/kg IV days 1, 2

Ifosfamide 1200 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

(with mesna uroprotection)

Cisplatin 20 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

 

 

 

 

 

Days 1- 5-

Level 5

Toxicity data reported

on 17 patients :

89 % neutropenic fever

requiring antibiotics

59% required RBC

transfusion

35% required platelet

transfusion

1 therapy- related death

due to CNS toxicity

VIP

(Nichols CR, et al,

J Clin Oncol,

1998;16:1287-93)

 

N= 145

 

Etoposide 75 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Ifosfamide 1200 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Cisplatin 20 mg/m2/d IV days 1-5

Mesna 120 mg/m2 IV 15 minutes prior to

Ifosfamide, then 1200 mg/m2/d

IV continuous infusion days 1-5

Repeat cycle every 21 days

 

Hematologic

Grade III 28%

Grade IV 60%

Grade V 1 %

 

 

Neutropenic infection * 6%

Nausea/Vomiting * 9 %

Neurological * 8%

Respiratory * 4%

Hepatic *  3%

Renal  * 5%

Cerebral

Hemorrhage * < 1%

 

* Grade III-V toxicity

Days 1-5 –

Level 5

Overall treatment-related

mortality 3%

G-CSF addea to protocol

In 1991; G-CSF dose

of 2.5 mcg/kg

days 7-16