Experiment 831014
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IV |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | JOHNSON,DH: HANDE,KR: HAINSWORTH,JD: GRECO,FA:. (1983). HIGH-DOSE ETOPOSIDE AS SINGLE-AGENT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR SMALL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG.. 67(10) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN THIS TRIAL, 13 PATIENTS WITH SMALL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG WERE TREATED FOR 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. TWO CYCLES WERE GIVEN AT 3-4 WEEK INTERVALS FOLLOWED BY SIX CYCLES OF CONVENTIONAL COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY. VINCRISTINE DOXORUBICIN ANS CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE. THREE PATIENTS DIED DURING THE INTIAL COURSE OF THERAPY. IN THE TEN OTHER PATIENTS THERE WERE 4 COMPLETE RESPONSES, 4 PARTIAL RESPONSE AND TWO WHO DID NOT RESPOND. ALL PATIENTS HAD TUMOR RECURRENCE WITH MEDIAN SURVIVAL OF 7.5 MONTHS. |
| Dose amount | 400.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | SQ M BODY SURFACE |
| Dose expression | DOSE |