Table 3.
Cytotoxic chemotherapy in advanced ACC
Study | Regimen | Number of Evaluable patients |
Obje ctive resp onse (%) |
Response duration (median, mo) |
Median surviva l(mo) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bukowski (29) Phase II |
Cisplatin/Mitotane | 37 | 30 | 7.9 | 11.8 |
Berruti (27) Phase II |
EDP-M | 28 | 53.5 | 24.4 (TTP in responding pts) |
NR |
Khan (20) Phase II |
Sz-M | 23 * | 34.8 | NR | 16** |
Williamson Phase II(30) |
Cisplatin/VP16-> Mitotane at disease progression |
45 | 11 | NR | 10 |
Abraham (31) Phase II |
Doxorubicin/VP16/Vincris tine/Mitotane |
35 | 22† | 12.4 (mean) | 13.5 |
Sperone (32) Phase II |
Gemcitabine/metronomic 5FU or Cape |
28 | 7.1 | 5.3 (TTP) | 9.8 |
Fassnacht (28) Phase III |
EDP-M v Sz-M | 304 151 (EDP- M) 153 (Sz- M) |
23.2 v 9.2 (p<0.001) |
5 v 2.1(PFS) (p<0.001) |
14.8 v 12 (p 0.07) |
11 patients underwent radical surgery and received Sz-M on recurrence or when they developed metastatic disease, 12 patients had recurrent/metastatic disease at diagnosis;
in patients with advanced disease at diagnosis;
includes minor responses; TTP=time to progression; mo=months