A phase II trial of gallium nitrate (NSC #15200) in nonsquamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. A Gynecologic Oncology Group study.

A Phase II trial of gallium nitrate for patients with recurrent or metastatic nonsquamous cell carcinoma of the cervix was conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) from March 1988 to January 1992. Twenty-six evaluable patients were treated with 750 mg/m2 of gallium nitrate every 3 weeks. Age range was 30-74 years with a median of 48 years. GOG performance status was 0-1 for all but four patients. Two patients had a complete response (7.7%), 1 patient had a partial response (3.8%), 13 patients had stable disease (50.0%), and 10 (38.5%) had increasing disease. The 95% confidence interval for response is 2.4-30.2%. The major toxicities were nausea, vomiting, and anemia. Gallium nitrate has modest activity in patients with nonsquamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.