A phase II clinical study of mAMSA in small cell carcinoma of the lung
β Scribed by P. J. Dady; A. -P. Sappino; A. Rudd; I. E. Smith
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5704
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β¦ Synopsis
Thirteen patients with small cell carcinoma of the bronchus that had become resistant to conventional chemotherapy were given 4'-(9-acridinylamino)methanesulphon-m-anisidide (mAMSA) at a dose of 90 or 120 mg/m2 at 3-week intervals. Twenty percent of the courses at 90 mg/m2 produced marked myelosuppression. No responses were observed. Median survival from the start of treatment with mAMSA was 5 weeks.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Twenty-five patients with measurable small cell lung cancer relapsing after first-line chemotherapy were treated with vindesine 3 mg/m2 IV on days 1 and 8 and hexamethylmelamine 100 mg/m2 PO on days 1-14, repeated every 3 weeks. Among 18 fully evaluable patients there was 1 partial remission lasting