Experiment 321722

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIV INFUSION
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationSAMUELS,ML: JOHNSON,DE: HOLOYE,PY:. (1975). CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS BLEOMYCIN (NSC-125066) THERAPY WITH VINBLASTINE (NSC-49842) IN STAGE III TESTICULAR NEOPLASIA.. 59()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
Disease23 PATIENTS WITH STAGE 3 GERMINAL NEOPLASIA OF THE TESTIS WERE USED IN THIS STUDY. PATIENTS WERE GIVEN 0.4 MG/KG VBL IN 2 FRACTIONS ON DAYS 1 AND 2 FOLLOWED BY CONTINUOUS IV ADMINISTRATION OF 30 UNITS OF BLEOMYCIN OVER A 24 HR PERIOD FOR 5 DAYS. THERAPY WAS REPEATED EVERY 28-35 DAYS. THERE WERE 17 PATIENTS WITH TUMOR REGRESSION, 9 OF WHICH WERE COMPLETE. TOXICITIES INCLUDED LEUKOPENIA, THROMBOPENIA AND TRANSIENT HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN 90%, 50% AND 30% OF THE PATIENTS RESPECTIVELY. 4 PATIENTS EXPERIENCED HYPERTENSION. BLEOMYCIN PNEUMOCYSTIS OCCURRED IN 1 PATIENT AND RESULTED IN DEATH.
Dose amount30.0 UNITS
Number1
Qualitative result.
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE