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Panminerva Medica 2001 December;43(4):263-5
Copyright © 2009 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Paclitaxel and carboplatin as outpatient therapy for stage III and IV epithelial ovarian cancer
Balbi G. C., Menditto A., Calabria G., Musone R., Di Prisco L., Cassese E., Balbi C., Cardone A.
From the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology Second University of Studies of Naples, Naples, Italy
Background. To determine the toxicity and the response rate of a three-hour paclitaxel infusion and carboplatin administered as outpatient treatment for stage III and IV epithelial ovarian cancer.
Methods. Forty-three patients with stage III/IV epithelial ovarian cancer underwent cytoreductive surgery and then received paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 over 3-hr infusion and carboplatin AUC5 every 21 days for six cycles. Elegible patients had adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic function; G-CSF was recommended if white cell count fell under 3,000/mm3.
Results. No patients had hypersensivity reactions; 15 out of 43 patients (35%) required colony-stimulating factors, 39 patients (91%) had general alopecia, three patients (7%) had severe emesis, 20 patients (46%) had mild emesis, four patients (9%) had severe myalgias, eight patients (18%) had moderate myalgias, one patient (2%) had grade 3 neurotoxicity. Three patients experienced grade 3 thrombocytopenia (7%). At a median follow-up of 29 months, 32 of 43 patients are alive (74%). Median progression-free survival is 14 months. Median overall survival has not been reached.
Conclusions. Three-hour infusion paclitaxel and carboplatin is an effective and safe outpatient therapy for epithelial ovarian cancer.