Elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are usually excluded from most clinical trials because of the toxicity associated with chemotherapy. About 50\% of the new cases of lung cancer occur in patients older than 65 years. Doxifluridine is a fluoropyrimidine derivate which can be administered orally with very low toxicities. This phase II study evaluates the toxicity and activity of a home therapy with oral doxifluridine in elderly advanced NSCLC patients. Thirty-three advanced NSCLC patients, aged 70 years or more, entered the study; median ECOG performance status was 1 (0-2) and 22 patients (66.6\%) had metastatic disease. Doxifluridine was given orally in three divided doses, for a total daily dose of 2,250 mg, for 4 consecutive days every week. The treatment was well tolerated; five patients (15\%) experienced a grade 3 diarrhea which required doxifluridine dose reduction to 1,500 mg daily. Thirty-one patients are evaluable for response; four partial responses (12.9\%) have been observed (95\% confidence limit interval 3.6-29.8\%); 17 patients (54.8\%) had a stabilization of the disease. This study demonstrates that a home therapy with oral doxifluridine in elderly NSCLC patients is feasible and well tolerated and should encourage further studies.

Phase II study of oral doxifluridine in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer / E., Baldini; C., Tibaldi; E., Pfanner; S., Ricci; A., Falcone; A., Ceribelli; R., Sarcina; G., Comella; C. G., Stampino; Conte, Pierfranco. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. - ISSN 0277-3732. - STAMPA. - 19:(1996), pp. 592-594.

Phase II study of oral doxifluridine in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

CONTE, Pierfranco
1996

Abstract

Elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are usually excluded from most clinical trials because of the toxicity associated with chemotherapy. About 50\% of the new cases of lung cancer occur in patients older than 65 years. Doxifluridine is a fluoropyrimidine derivate which can be administered orally with very low toxicities. This phase II study evaluates the toxicity and activity of a home therapy with oral doxifluridine in elderly advanced NSCLC patients. Thirty-three advanced NSCLC patients, aged 70 years or more, entered the study; median ECOG performance status was 1 (0-2) and 22 patients (66.6\%) had metastatic disease. Doxifluridine was given orally in three divided doses, for a total daily dose of 2,250 mg, for 4 consecutive days every week. The treatment was well tolerated; five patients (15\%) experienced a grade 3 diarrhea which required doxifluridine dose reduction to 1,500 mg daily. Thirty-one patients are evaluable for response; four partial responses (12.9\%) have been observed (95\% confidence limit interval 3.6-29.8\%); 17 patients (54.8\%) had a stabilization of the disease. This study demonstrates that a home therapy with oral doxifluridine in elderly NSCLC patients is feasible and well tolerated and should encourage further studies.
1996
19
592
594
Phase II study of oral doxifluridine in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer / E., Baldini; C., Tibaldi; E., Pfanner; S., Ricci; A., Falcone; A., Ceribelli; R., Sarcina; G., Comella; C. G., Stampino; Conte, Pierfranco. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY: CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. - ISSN 0277-3732. - STAMPA. - 19:(1996), pp. 592-594.
E., Baldini; C., Tibaldi; E., Pfanner; S., Ricci; A., Falcone; A., Ceribelli; R., Sarcina; G., Comella; C. G., Stampino; Conte, Pierfranco
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