Kaye S B, Mead G M, Fossa S, Cullen M, deWit R, Bodrogi I, van Groeningen C, Sylvester R, Collette L, Stenning S, De Prijck L, Lallemand E, deMulder P
Cancer Research Campaign Department of Medical Oncology, University of Glasgow, Western Infirmary, UK.
J Clin Oncol. 1998 Feb;16(2):692-701. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.2.692.
The aim of this randomized trial was to assess the potential therapeutic advantage of an intensive induction-sequential chemotherapy schedule (bleomycin, vincristine, cisplatin [BOP])/etoposide, ifosfamide, cisplatin, and bleomycin [VIP-B]), compared with a regimen based on bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) (BEP/etoposide and cisplatin [EP]) for the treatment of patients with poor-prognosis metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCTs).
Patients had one or more of the following: a retroperitoneal mass > or = 10 cm in diameter; mediastinal or supraclavicular mass > or = 5 cm in diameter; at least 20 lung metastases (any size); liver, bone, or brain metastases; and serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin (betaHCG) > or = 10,000 IU/L or alfa fetoprotein (AFP) > or = 1,000 IU/L. A total of 380 patients were accrued between May 1990 and June 1994 into this joint Medical Research Council (MRC)/European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) trial; of these, nine patients were deemed ineligible.
There was no significant difference between the two arms in the proportion of patients who achieved a complete response (CR) with chemotherapy alone, ie, 79 of 185 assessable patients (57%) with BEP/EP and 72 of 186 (54%) with BOP/VIP-B (P = 0.687). With a median follow-up of 3.1 years (maximum, 5.8), a total of 107 patients (28%) had progressive disease. There was no significant difference in time to first disease progression, or failure-free or overall survival between the two arms (P = 0.21, 0.101, and 0.190, respectively). The 1-year failure-free survival rates for BEP/EP and BOP/VIP-B were 60% (95% confidence interval [CI], 53% to 67%) and 53% (95% CI, 47% to 61%). Grade 3 or 4 myelosuppression, febrile neutropenia, and weight loss were more pronounced with BOP/VIP-B than with BEP/EP, and there were more toxic deaths with BOP/VIP-B than BEP/EP (18 [9%] v nine [5%]).
The intensive BOP/VIP-B therapy was associated with more toxicity, but there was no evidence of an improvement in response rate or survival compared with treatment with BEP/EP.
本随机试验旨在评估与基于博来霉素、依托泊苷和顺铂(BEP)(BEP/依托泊苷和顺铂[EP])的方案相比,强化诱导序贯化疗方案(博来霉素、长春新碱、顺铂[BOP])/依托泊苷、异环磷酰胺、顺铂和博来霉素[VIP - B])治疗预后不良的转移性非精原细胞性生殖细胞肿瘤(NSGCT)患者的潜在治疗优势。
患者具备以下一项或多项情况:直径≥10 cm的腹膜后肿块;直径≥5 cm的纵隔或锁骨上肿块;至少20个肺转移灶(任何大小);肝、骨或脑转移;血清β人绒毛膜促性腺激素(βHCG)≥10,000 IU/L或甲胎蛋白(AFP)≥1,000 IU/L。1990年5月至1994年6月期间,共有380例患者纳入了这项联合医学研究委员会(MRC)/欧洲癌症研究与治疗组织(EORTC)的试验;其中,9例患者被判定不符合入组条件。
两组仅接受化疗达到完全缓解(CR)的患者比例无显著差异,即185例可评估的接受BEP/EP治疗的患者中有79例(57%),186例接受BOP/VIP - B治疗的患者中有72例(54%)(P = 0.687)。中位随访3.1年(最长5.8年),共有107例患者(28%)出现疾病进展。两组在首次疾病进展时间、无失败生存期或总生存期方面无显著差异(P分别为0.21、0.101和0.190)。BEP/EP和BOP/VIP - B的1年无失败生存率分别为60%(95%置信区间[CI],53%至67%)和53%(95%CI,47%至61%)。BOP/VIP - B组3或4级骨髓抑制、发热性中性粒细胞减少和体重减轻比BEP/EP组更明显,且BOP/VIP - B组的毒性死亡病例比BEP/EP组更多(18例[9%]对9例[5%])。
强化BOP/VIP - B治疗的毒性更大,但与BEP/EP治疗相比,没有证据表明缓解率或生存率有所改善。