F. Cavalli , O. Klepp , J. Renard , M. Röhrt , P. Alberto , for the E.O.R.T.C. Early Clinical Trials Group
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Abstract
In a disease-oriented phase II study, thirty-three patients with advanced non-seminomatous testicular cancer were treated with oral VP-16-213 175 mg/m2/day for three consecutive days repeated every week. All patients had previously received extensive chemotherapy and twenty patients also had prior radiotherapy, Of 30 evaluable patients, 6 experienced partial remission for a median duration of 3.5 months, whereas minor regression or stabilization of the disease was achieved in 7 patients for a median duration of 2.5 months. Leukopenia was dose-limiting and resulted in dose reduction or treatment delay in 55% of the scheduled courses. The definite antitumor activity of VP-16-213 in non-seminomatous testicular cancer warrants its incorporation into combination chemotherapy for this disease.