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CLINICAL TRIAL
CLINICAL TRIAL, PHASE II
JOURNAL ARTICLE
MULTICENTER STUDY
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Chemotherapy with cisplatin and paclitaxel in patients with locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic oesophageal cancer.
British Journal of Cancer 1998 August
Single-agent therapy with paclitaxel is effective against both squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus. However, only limited data are available on the combination of paclitaxel with other cytotoxic drugs in this entity. Patients with unresectable stage III, recurrent or metastatic tumours were treated in a multicentre setting with paclitaxel 90 mg m(-2) given over 3 h intravenously, followed by cisplatin 50 mg m(-2). The courses were repeated every 14 days. Twenty patients with squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus were evaluable for response. The overall remission rate was 40% (8/20), including 15% (3/20) clinically complete responses. Clinical benefit response, defined as relief of dysphagia and/or significant gain in weight, was achieved in 70% of the patients. Neutropenia of CTC grade 3 occurred only in 10% of the patients; no grade 4 neutropenia and no severe thrombocytopenia was encountered. CTC grade 4 neurotoxicity was seen in 5% of patients. Cisplatin/paclitaxel administered every 14 days, was effective in patients with poor prognosis oesophageal cancer and toxicity was acceptable.
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