Methylprednisolone as an antiemetic drug. A randomised double blind study.

abstract：PURPOSE:Second-line chemotherapy in patients with metastatic gastric cancer (MGC) pre-treated with cisplatin is not a standard option. We studied a combination of irinotecan, fluorouracil and folates. METHODS:Patients progressive to cisplatin-based chemotherapy were enrolled. Irinotecan 180 mg/m(2), folinic acid 200 m...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Lorizzo K,Fazio N,Radice D,Boselli S,Ariu L,Zampino MG,Nolè F,Magni E,Ardito R,Minchella I,Rocca A,Di Meglio G,Squadroni M,de Braud F

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate any effect of a CYP3A4 inhibitor (ketoconazole) or inducer (rifampicin) on cediranib steady-state pharmacokinetics in patients with advanced solid tumours. METHODS:In two Phase I, open-label trials, patients received once-daily oral doses of cediranib alone [20 mg (ketoconazole study); 45 mg (ri...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Lassen U,Miller WH,Hotte S,Evans TR,Kollmansberger C,Adamson D,Nielsen DL,Spicer J,Chen E,Meyer T,Brown K,Rafi R,Sawyer MB

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using flow cytometry and conventional spectrofluorimetry we have previously shown that chloroethylnitrosoureas (CNUs) can exhibit marked inhibition of cellular enzymes catalysing hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate (FDA). More potent inhibition was seen for the carbamoylating CNUs, whereas alkylating agents were large...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Dive C,Workman P,Watson JV

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the activity and tolerance of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in combination with vinorelbine in pretreated patients with metastatic breast cancer. PATIENTS AND TREATMENT:Thirty-six women with metastatic breast cancer were enrolled. The median age was 64 years, 80% of the patients had a performa...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Ardavanis A,Mavroudis D,Kalbakis K,Malamos N,Syrigos K,Vamvakas L,Kotsakis A,Kentepozidis N,Kouroussis C,Agelaki S,Georgoulias V,Breast Cancer Committee of the Hellenic Oncology Research Group.

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New active drugs are needed for the treatment of primary brain tumors in both children and adults. S16020 is a cytotoxic olivacine derivative that inhibits topoisomerase II. The aim of the study was to determine its antitumor activity in athymic mice bearing subcutaneous medulloblastoma (IGRM33, 34, 57) and glioblasto...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Vassal G,Merlin JL,Terrier-Lacombe MJ,Grill J,Parker F,Sainte-Rose C,Aubert G,Morizet J,Sévenet N,Poullain MG,Lucas C,Kalifa C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nephrotoxic interaction between cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (CDDP) and amikacin (AMI) was studied in rats. Following a single dose of CDDP (5 mg/kg i.v.), AMI (60 mg/kg s.c.) was given for 14 days. When given alone CDDP caused a 40% fall in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), whereas AMI alone had no effect on ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Jongejan HT,Provoost AP,Molenaar JC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This phase II study was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of cisplatin/pemetrexed combined with 15 mg/kg of bevacizumab followed by pemetrexed/bevacizumab maintenance therapy as first-line chemotherapy in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) limited to epidermal growth factor rec...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Fukushima T,Wakatsuki Y,Kobayashi T,Sonehara K,Tateishi K,Yamamoto M,Masubuchi T,Yoshiike F,Hirai K,Hachiya T,Koizumi T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with carcinoid syndrome usually die from carcinomatosis, rather than the pharmacological effects of the tumour. Functioning carcinoid tumours are resistant to radiotherapy. Twenty-four different cytotoxic drugs or combinations have been used to treat the carcinoid syndrome, but only actinomycin D, cyclophosph...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Harris AL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) do not derive benefit from molecular-targeted treatments such as endocrine therapy or anti-HER2 therapy because they lack those molecular targets. On the other hand, TNBCs have been shown to respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). In this study, we analyzed TNBC patient...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Masuda H,Masuda N,Kodama Y,Ogawa M,Karita M,Yamamura J,Tsukuda K,Doihara H,Miyoshi S,Mano M,Nakamori S,Tsujinaka T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel is used as a single agent, and in combination with other drugs, as a standard of care in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). However, the use of paclitaxel for therapy of SCCHN may be accompanied by serious side effects. Paclitaxel is a known cytotoxic inhibitor of cell pr...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Jaglowski JR,Zagon IS,Stack BC Jr,Verderame MF,Leure-duPree AE,Manning JD,McLaughlin PJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:STAT3 overexpression has been detected in several cancers including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Previous studies using intratumoral administration of a STAT3 decoy oligonucleotide that abrogates STAT3-mediated gene transcription in preclinical cancer models have demonstrated antitumor effi...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Sen M,Tosca PJ,Zwayer C,Ryan MJ,Johnson JD,Knostman KA,Giclas PC,Peggins JO,Tomaszewski JE,McMurray TP,Li C,Leibowitz MS,Ferris RL,Gooding WE,Thomas SM,Johnson DE,Grandis JR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy is limited by the development of dose-dependent left ventricular dysfunction and congestive heart failure caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Uncoupling proteins (UCP) can inhibit mitochondrial ROS production as well as decrease myocyte damage from exogenous ROS. Prior studie...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Bugger H,Guzman C,Zechner C,Palmeri M,Russell KS,Russell RR 3rd

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors like temsirolimus may result in undesirable AKT upregulation. Metformin inhibits mTOR through different mechanisms and may enhance temsirolimus's antitumor activity. We conducted an open-label phase I dose escalation trial of this drug combination in patients with...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Khawaja MR,Nick AM,Madhusudanannair V,Fu S,Hong D,McQuinn LM,Ng CS,Piha-Paul SA,Janku F,Subbiah V,Tsimberidou A,Karp D,Meric-Bernstam F,Lu KH,Naing A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the clinical activity and toxicity of a combination chemotherapy regimen of S-1 and cisplatin in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in a retrospective study. METHODS:A total of 49 patients were treated in an outpatient setting with S-1 80 mg/m(2) o...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Kim HS,Kim HR,Kim GM,Kim HS,Koh YW,Kim SH,Choi EC,Hong YK,Sung JH,Kim SM,Kim JH,Cho BC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Efforts are underway in improving the informed consent process. The success of these efforts to improve quality of informed consent forms (ICFs) for phase I oncology trials has not been previously measured. METHODS:We reviewed and compared ICFs of all phase I trials for metastatic cancer conducted between 1986...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Malik L,Cooper J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A B16 melanoma cell line in which resistance to doxorubicin (Dx) had been induced by in vitro exposure to the drug, was found not to be cross-resistant with 4'-deoxy-4'-iodo-doxorubicin (4'-I-Dx), a new Dx derivative. Dx was 200 times less active in resistant than in sensitive cells, whereas the iodo derivative compou...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Supino R,Mariani M,Prosperi E,Parmiani G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The chimeric BR96-doxorubicin (DOX) immunoconjugate, BMS 182248, has induced remissions and cures of human lung adenocarcinoma (L2987) implanted in athymic mice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the biodistribution of DOX after BMS 182248 administration to tumor-bearing mice and to evaluate the ability...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Mosure KW,Henderson AJ,Klunk LJ,Knipe JO

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemoresistance is a common problem for cancer treatment worldwide. Circulating exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) have been considered as promising biomarkers of cancers. However, few studies have assessed the relationship between serum/plasma exosomal microRNAs and chemoresistance in colorectal cancer (CRC). MET...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Jin G,Liu Y,Zhang J,Bian Z,Yao S,Fei B,Zhou L,Yin Y,Huang Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model incorporating recent information regarding the specificity of a high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for "active" platinum in plasma ultrafiltrate, and the concept of mobile and fixed metabolites, was developed for cancer patients treated with cisplatin. Model parameters were determined using plasma a...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Reece PA,Stafford I,Russell J,Khan M,Gill PG

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The platinum agent oxaliplatin could be useful in treatment of cancer in pregnant women, but it is fetotoxic in rats and its effect on the human fetus is unknown. METHODS:Oxaliplatin was administered to a 25-year-old pregnant woman with metastatic rectal cancer from 20 to 30 weeks gestational age as part of th...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Gensheimer M,Jones CA,Graves CR,Merchant NB,Lockhart AC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Inhibitors of DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferases (DNMT) are active antineoplastic agents. We conducted the first-in-human phase I trial of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxycytidine (FdCyd), a DNMT inhibitor stable in aqueous solution, in patients with advanced solid tumors. Objectives were to establish the safety, maximum tol...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Newman EM,Morgan RJ,Kummar S,Beumer JH,Blanchard MS,Ruel C,El-Khoueiry AB,Carroll MI,Hou JM,Li C,Lenz HJ,Eiseman JL,Doroshow JH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N2,N4,N6-Trihydroxymethyl-N2,N4,N6-trimethylmelamine (Trimelamol) is a water-soluble synthetic s-triazine which, unlike hexamethylmelamine (HMM) and pentamethylmelamine (PMM), does not require metabolic activation. The physico-chemical characteristics of Trimelamol were studied with the aim of overcoming the problems ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Rutty CJ,Judson IR,Abel G,Goddard PM,Newell DR,Harrap KR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Hypericin, a polycyclic aromatic dianthroquinone, is a natural pigment derived from the plant Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort). The compound has been synthesized and shown to inhibit the growth of malignant glioma cell lines in vitro via inhibition of protein kinase C. Oral hypericin has entered clinica...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Fox E,Murphy RF,McCully CL,Adamson PC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study evaluated mechanistic differences of pralatrexate, methotrexate, and pemetrexed. METHODS:Inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) was quantified using recombinant human DHFR. Cellular uptake and folylpolyglutamate synthetase (FPGS) activity were determined using radiolabeled pralatrexate, methot...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Izbicka E,Diaz A,Streeper R,Wick M,Campos D,Steffen R,Saunders M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although treatment of melanoma with BRAF inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors achieves a high response rate, a subset of melanoma patients with intrinsic and acquired resistance are insensitive to these therapeutics, so to improve melanoma therapy other target molecules need to be found. Here, we screene...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Aida S,Sonobe Y,Yuhki M,Sakata K,Fujii T,Sakamoto H,Mizuno T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although irinotecan monotherapy is often used in third-line treatment after the failure of taxanes in Japanese clinical practice, its survival benefit is still unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of irinotecan monotherapy as third-line treatment. METHODS:Clinical data from ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Kawakami T,Machida N,Yasui H,Kawahira M,Kawai S,Kito Y,Yoshida Y,Hamauchi S,Tsushima T,Todaka A,Yokota T,Yamazaki K,Fukutomi A,Onozawa Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of alkaline elution was employed to study the interactions of methylene dimethane sulphonate (MDMS) and formaldehyde (HCHO) with DNA from Yoshida lymphosarcoma cells treated with these agents. MDMS and HCHO produced a proteinase sensitive filter retention which indicated the presence of DNA-protein cross...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： O'Connor PM,Fox BW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This exploratory phase II clinical trial evaluated the antitumor activity, safety profile and pharmacokinetics of PM00104 (Zalypsis(®)) 3 mg/m(2) 1 h every 3-week intravenous infusion in patients with advanced and/or metastatic urothelial carcinoma progressing after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. METH...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Castellano DE,Bellmunt J,Maroto JP,Font-Pous A,Morales-Barrera R,Ghanem I,Suarez C,Martín Lorente C,Etxaniz O,Capdevila L,Coronado C,Alfaro V,Siguero M,Fernández-Teruel C,Carles J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the activity of combination chemotherapy with ifosfamide, 5-fluorouracil, etoposide and cisplatin in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer. METHODS:A group of 29 patients were treated with 2000 mg/m2 ifosfamide, 750 mg/m2 5-fluorouracil, 100 mg/m2 etoposide and 20 mg/m2 cisplatin. All four ...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Fukui I,Yonese J,Tsukamoto T,Yoshida T,Kim T,Tohma T,Ishiwata D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DDMP, a diaminopyrimidine folate antagonist, was given to 26 tumor patients in a dosage of 50 mg/m2 per week orally, simultaneously with 3 mg CF i.m. or i.v. The CF dose was increased to 30 mg in patients showing evidence of toxicity, and withdrawn in the absence of toxicity. The dose-limiting toxicity was seen in mye...

journal_title：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology

authors： Alberto P,Peytremann R,Medenica R,Beretta-Piccoli M

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00