Recurrent ovarian cancer: treatment with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin; a Westmead Cancer Care Centre experience.

Abstract:

AIM:To describe the overall survival, progression-free survival, response rate and toxicity of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) in recurrent ovarian cancer. METHODS:A retrospective study of 45 patients with recurrent or progressive ovarian cancer was conducted at the Westmead Cancer Care Centre. Patients received PLD at a starting dose of 30-50 mg/m(2) every 4 weeks. RESULTS:A total of 43 patients were included for analysis. The starting dose was 40 mg/m(2) in 67% of cases, and 21 % had a dose increase. A median of 2 cycles (mean 3, range 1-7) was given. All patients were assessable for response and 77% stopped treatment due to progressive disease. The overall response rate to PLD assessed by CA-125 criteria was 14 percent (six of 43 patients). Five patients (12 percent) were from the potentially platinum-sensitive group and one (2 percent) was from the platinum-resistant group. The overall median progression-free survival was 52 days (2 months), which was greater in the platinum-sensitive than in the platinum-resistant group (4.4 months vs 1.7 months, respectively, P = 0.030). The median overall survival was 296 days (10.6 months) with a trend for this to be longer in the platinum-sensitive than in the platinum-resistant group (13 vs 9 months, P = 0.393). Overall 25 percent of patients had grade 2 or 3 toxicity. CONCLUSION:The benefit of PLD in platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer is small and the treatment has considerable toxicity. These data support the need to establish whether chemotherapy in this setting has any favorable effect on quality of life. The Australian New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group is currently addressing this question in a large prospective study measuring both the subjective and objective benefit (response and survival) of palliative chemotherapy in platinum-resistant or refractory ovarian cancer in Australia. Clinicians are urged to enter their patients in this study to address this important question.

journal_name

Asia Pac J Clin Oncol

authors

Dear RF,Gao B,Harnett P

doi

10.1111/j.1743-7563.2009.01263.x

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Has Abstract

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2010-03-01 00:00:00

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66-73

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1

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1743-7555

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1743-7563

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AJCO1263

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6

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