Feldmann 1992.
Methods | Method of randomisation not clear. |
Participants | 155 participants (median age 66 years; sex: see notes) with advanced small cell lung cancer treated with doxorubicin containing chemotherapy (cumulative dose nm; peak dose (i.e. maximal dose received in 1 week) 50 mg/m2; infusion duration nm). Prior anthracycline therapy nm. Prior cardiac radiotherapy nm. Prior cardiac dysfunction nm. |
Interventions | Dexrazoxane (10:1 ratio of study drug to doxorubicin; within 30 minutes prior to doxorubicin by IV bolus) versus placebo (number of participants in each group nm). |
Outcomes | Heart failure (defined as cardiac events): difference in favour of the dexrazoxane group. Other toxicities and tumour response rate: level of significance not mentioned. |
Notes | Unclear if this is an ongoing or completed study. Length of follow‐up nm. Cumulative anthracycline dose per treatment group nm. Median age in both treatment groups 66 years. 70% of dexrazoxane participants were male and 62% of the control participants. 105 participants were evaluable: 43 in the intervention group and 62 in the control group. |