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Trial reportInternational journal of clinical oncology2008

Phase II study of single-agent gemcitabine in heavily pretreated Japanese patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Yoh Watanabe, Eiji Koike, Hidekatsu Nakai, Tomomaro Etoh, Hiroshi Hoshiai

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in International journal of clinical oncology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoh WatanabeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan. watanabe@med.kindai.ac.jp
Eiji Koike
Hidekatsu Nakai
Tomomaro Etoh
Hiroshi Hoshiai
Kindai University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGemcitabine has been recommended as an active agent for salvage chemotherapy in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, but no clinical study of this agent has been conducted for Japanese women with ovarian cancer. To evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of gemcitabine for heavily pretreated Japanese patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, we conducted a single-institute phase II clinical trial.

methodsAll patients had received a minimum of two previous chemotherapy regimens, In this study, gemcitabine was administered at 1000 mg/m(2) on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day cycle.

resultsA total of 28 patients participated in this study. Although 5 patients (17.9%) needed dose reduction to 800 mg/m(2) because of thrombocytopenia and granulocytopenia, all patients completed an average of 6.7 courses (range, 2-24 courses). The overall response rate, including five partial responses, was 17.9% (95% confidence interval [C I], 6.0-36.9). The median time to progression was 8.8 months and the median survival period was 11.2 months. Grade 3/4 hematological toxicities included leucopenia, 35.7%; granulocytopenia, 39.3%; anemia, 46.4%; and thrombocytopenia, 10.7%. However, no grade 3/4 nonhematological toxicity was observed. The mean delay in treatment was 5.0 +/- 7.7 days (range, 0-15 days) in a total of 562 cycles.

conclusionSingle-agent gemcitabine is an effective salvage chemotherapy regimen in heavily pretreated Japanese patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer.

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Salvage TherapyAdultAgedAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDeoxycytidineDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleGemcitabineHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticDeoxycytidineGemcitabine

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PMID18704636
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