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Trial reportBritish journal of cancer1994

A phase I/II trial of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the intensification of cisplatin and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer.

S Kehoe, C J Poole, A Stanley, H M Earl, G R Blackledge

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In one paragraph

Trial report in British journal of cancer, 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

S KehoeCancer Research Campaign Trials Unit, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK.
C J Poole
A Stanley
H M Earl
G R Blackledge

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pilot study was undertaken in eight patients to assess the feasibility of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rH GM-CSF) support to intensify standard chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer using a shortened 15 day treatment interval. Only four patients completed the course of six cycles of cisplatin 75 mg m-2 and cyclophosphamide 750 mg m-2 with rH GM-CSF, 3-5 micrograms kg-1 day-1, days 3-14, but one of these suffered a toxic death on study. Another died of disease progression. There were two episodes of life-threatening infection (WHO grade 4), and three patients were withdrawn because of various rH GM-CSF-related problems. Although potentially affording some patients the hypothetical benefits of dose intensification, as well as the possible attraction of a shorter duration of chemotherapy, this regimen is not without problems.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma, MucinousAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCisplatinCyclophosphamideFeasibility StudiesFemaleGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOvarian NeoplasmsRecombinant ProteinsSurvival RateCisplatinCyclophosphamideGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorRecombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID8123484
PMCPMC1968837

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