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ArticleInternational journal of clinical oncology2014

Weekly, low-dose docetaxel combined with estramustine for Japanese castration-resistant prostate cancer: its efficacy and safety profile compared with tri-weekly standard-dose treatment.

Yasutomo Nakai, Kazuo Nishimura, Masashi Nakayama, Motohide Uemura, Hitoshi Takayama, Norio Nonomura, Akira Tsujimura, Osaka CRPC Clinical Study Collaboration

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Article in International journal of clinical oncology, 2014. 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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Yasutomo NakaiDepartment of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan, nakai@uro.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Kazuo Nishimura
Masashi Nakayama
Motohide Uemura
Hitoshi Takayama
Norio Nonomura
Akira Tsujimura
Osaka CRPC Clinical Study Collaboration
Osaka University · JPOsaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases · JP

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backgroundWe retrospectively investigated the efficacy and safety profile of weekly low-dose docetaxel (DTX) with estramustine in comparison with triweekly standard-dose DTX treatment for Japanese patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).

methodsBetween April 2002 and January 2011, 75 CRPC patients were treated with triweekly DTX (60-75 mg/m(2) every 3 weeks) (standard-dose group), and 76 CRPC patients were treated with weekly low-dose DTX (20-30 mg/m(2) on days 2 and 9 with estramustine 560 mg on days 1-3 and 8-10) every 3 weeks (low-dose group). Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response and progression-free and overall survival were analyzed in each group.

resultsMedian serum PSA level of the standard-dose group and low-dose group was 25.0 and 35.5 ng/ml, respectively. In the standard-dose and low-dose groups, 57.8 and 65.2 % of patients, respectively, achieved a PSA decline ≥ 50 %. There was no significant difference in either median time to progression between the standard-dose group (10.0 months) and low-dose group (7.1 months) or in median duration of survival between the standard-dose group (24.2 months) and low-dose group (30.6 months). Multivariate analysis with a Cox proportional hazards regression model showed that DTX treatment protocol did not influence the risk of death. Incidences of grade 3-4 neutropenia, febrile neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia were significantly higher in the standard-dose versus low-dose group (58.7 vs. 7.9 %, 16.0 vs. 3.9 %, and 8.0 vs. 0 %, respectively).

conclusionFor Japanese CRPC patients, weekly low-dose DTX combined with estramustine has similar efficacy to standard-dose DTX but with fewer adverse events.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDocetaxelDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleEstramustineHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantTaxoidsTreatment OutcomeDocetaxelEstramustineTaxoids

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