Redman C, Lawton F, Stuart N, O'Brien M, Buxton J, Mould J, Chetiyawardana A, Crawford M, Patterson M, Sykes V
West Midlands CRC Clinical Trials Unit, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, U.K.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 1989;23(1):51-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00258458.
Thirty-three evaluable patients who had epithelial ovarian cancer that had not responded to treatment were entered into a phase II study of combination epirubicin and mitomycin C. Epirubicin (65 mg/m2) and mitomycin C (4 mg/m2) were administered separately, each as an i.v. bolus every 4 weeks. Ten patients (30%) had a complete or partial responses. The median duration of response was 20 weeks (range, 9-53). The regimen was well tolerated. Myelotoxicity occurred in four patients requiring hospitalization for septicaemia. Eleven patients had a blood transfusion. Alopecia was common, and nausea and vomiting, though frequent, usually mild. Cardiological toxicity was observed in one patient only. She developed congestive cardiac failure after an acute myocardial infarction. This regimen is active in advanced ovarian cancer that has not responded to prior treatment and warrants further study combination with other active drugs as a first-line regimen for ovarian cancer.
