Quan Walter D Y, Milligan Karen S, Quan Francine M, Cuenca Rosa E, Khan Nawazish, Liles Darla K, Walker Paul R
Division of Hematology/Oncology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and Leo Jenkins Cancer Center, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 2006 Dec;21(6):607-12. doi: 10.1089/cbr.2006.21.607.
Lymphokine-activated killer cell (LAK) cytotoxicity against tumor cells is induced by the use of high-dose infusional interleukin-2 (IL-2). LAK cytotoxicity against neoplastic cells may be augmented by famotidine. Twelve (12) patients have been treated with continuous infusion IL-2 (18 MIU/m2/24 hours) for 72 hours and famotidine 20 mg IVPB twice per day. Cycles were repeated every 3 weeks. These patients were of median age--67 years (range, 25-79), had a median performance status of 1 (range, 0-1), and had metastatic sites, including lung, lymph node, subcutaneous/soft tissue, and liver. The most common toxicities of this regimen were fever, rigors, nausea/emesis, hypophosphatemia, and hypomagnesemia. Three (3) partial responses have been seen (25% response rate). One (1) of these responders has undergone complete surgical resection and is disease-free at 15+ months. Four (4) patients are alive at a median of > 25 months. The median survival for all patients is 13 months. This combination of infusional IL-2 with famotidine is active in metastatic melanoma.
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