7 augustus 2004:

Bron: British Journal of Cancer (2004) 91, 482-488. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602010 Published online 6 July 2004

Een gerandomiserde zogeheten multicenter fase II studie, over meerdere ziekenhuizen, wijst uit dat toevoeging van gemzar - gemcitabine naast irinotecan bij gevorderde niet-kleincellige longkankerpatiënten geen enkel effect heeft op de overlevingstijd of op de tijd tot volgende recidief. Wel bleken er wel wat minder bijwerkingen te worden gezien, maar deze verschillen waren niet significant. Onderstaand abstract van studie is gepubliceerd in British Journal of Cancer 6 juli 2004.

Irinotecan plus gemcitabine vs irinotecan for the second-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer pretreated with docetaxel and cisplatin: a multicentre, randomised, phase II study

V Georgoulias1, C Kouroussis1, A Agelidou2, I Boukovinas3, P Palamidas4, E Stavrinidis5, A Polyzos6, K Syrigos7, M Veslemes8, M Toubis9, A Ardavanis5, E Tselepatiotis10, I Vlachonikolis11 and for the Lung Cancer Committee of the Hellenic Oncology Research Group (HORG)

1Department of Medical Oncology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
2First Department of Pulmonary Diseases, 'Sismanoglion' General Hospital, Greece
3Second Department of Medical Oncology, 'Theagenion' Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
4Second Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Sismanoglion' General Hospital of Athens, Greece
5First Department of Medical Oncology, 'Agios Savvas' Anticancer Hospital, Athens, Greece
6Oncology Unit, Department of Propedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
7Medical Oncology Unit, Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
8Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Athens, Greece
9Eight Department of Pulmonary Diseases, 'Sotiria' Hospital of Athens, Greece
10Department of Internal Medicine, 'Patision' General Hospital of Athens, Greece
11Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece

Correspondence to: Dr V Georgoulias, Department of Medical Oncology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, PO Box 1352, Heraklion, Crete 711 10, Greece. E-mail: georgoul@med.uoc.gr
A preliminary analysis of this trial has been presented at the 38th Annual ASCO Meeting, 18-21 May 2002, Orlando, USA (abstract 1212).

Received 11 December 2003; revised 17 May 2004; accepted 21 May 2004; published online 6 July 2004

To compare irinotecan (CPT-11)+gemcitabine vs CPT-11 alone as second-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progressing after docetaxel-cisplatinum-based therapy. A total of 147 evaluable, pretreated patients, with NSCLC, received either gemcitabine (1000 mg m-2, days 1 and 8)+CPT-11 (300 mg m-2, day 8) (Group A, n=76) or CPT-11 (300 mg m-2, day 1) (Group B, n=71), every 3 weeks. All patients were evaluable for response and toxicity. The objective response rate was 18.4% (95% CI: 9.71-27.14%) and 4.2% (95% CI: 0-8.90%) (P=0.009) for groups A and B, respectively. No significant differences between the two groups in terms of the median duration of response, time to tumour progression, overall survival and 1-year survival were observed. The CPT-11/gemcitabine regimen significantly improved the patients' quality of life ('general mood today' (P=0.014), 'coughing' (P=0.003) and 'intensity of symptoms' (P=0.034)) compared with CPT-11. More cycles had to be delayed (P=0.001) and required prophylactic growth factor support (P=0.001) in Group A than B. Three (3.9%) patients in Group A and eight (11.3%) in Group B developed febrile neutropenia (P=0.09); one patient died of sepsis in each group. Three additional (Group A, n=1; Group B, n=2) treatment-related deaths were observed. Grade 3-4 haematologic toxicity was comparable in the two groups except anaemia (P=0.03 in favour of CPT-11). Other nonhaematologic toxicities were mild and similar in the two groups. CPT-11+gemcitabine resulted in a higher response rate and better control of disease-related symptoms than CPT-11 alone, but without any improvement in the overall survival.


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