Efficacy of amrubicin for non-small cell lung cancer after failure of two or more prior chemotherapy regimens.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:No investigation of amrubicin monotherapy in pre-treated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients has yet been reported. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The records were reviewed of NSCLC patients who had received amrubicin monotherapy between 2003 and 2007 with the following eligibility criteria:previously treated with at least two regimens including platinum and docetaxel for non-adenocarcinoma patients and platinum, docetaxel and epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKI) for adenocarcinoma patients. Amrubicin was administered to both groups at 35 mg/m2 or 40 mg/m2 for 3 consecutive days, every 3 weeks. RESULTS:Thirty-nine patients were registered. The median number of prior chemotherapy regimens was three (range: 2 to 7). The median number of courses per patient was three (range one to 9). The toxicity profile was acceptable with no grade 3 or higher non-hematological toxicity. The overall response rate was 10.2%. The median survival time was 4.8 months. CONCLUSION:Amrubicin exhibits activity and acceptable toxicity as third or subsequent line of chemotherapy for advanced NSCLC.

journal_name

Anticancer Res

journal_title

Anticancer research

authors

Igawa S,Takahashi T,Nakamura Y,Tsuya A,Ono A,Shukuya T,Murakami H,Endo M,Yamamoto N

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-11-01 00:00:00

pages

3855-8

issue

6B

eissn

0250-7005

issn

1791-7530

journal_volume

28

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