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A phase II "window" study of topotecan in untreated patients with high risk adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research [Clin Cancer Res] 1998 Nov; Vol. 4 (11), pp. 2677-89. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- To further evaluate the activity of topotecan (TPT) in acute leukemia, TPT was administered (2.1 mg/m2/day for 5 days by continuous i.v. infusion) to adult patients with previously untreated acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with high-risk features (13 patients) or relapsed ALL (1 patient). Patients achieving a partial response or significant hematological improvement received a second course. All patients subsequently received standard treatment for ALL. Because complete response was achieved in only 1 of 14 patients, the study was terminated prematurely. An additional patient achieved minimal response, and a third patient normalized her hemogram despite ongoing leukemia in the marrow. Overall, six patients had significant hematological improvement (normalization of platelet and/or absolute neutrophil count). Two patients expired due to infections during induction chemotherapy. The primary nonhematological toxicities were mucositis and diarrhea. Exposure to TPT did not appear to influence the response to subsequent standard chemotherapy. The mean steady-state TPT plasma concentration, 16.1+/-1 nM, overlapped the range of LD90 values of primary human leukemia specimens. Cellular topo I content varied over a 3-fold range, encompassing levels found previously in relapsed patients. No relationship was found between topo I expression and markers of cellular proliferation or response to therapy. In contrast, low expression of the apoptosis inhibitor Bcl-2 was associated with response to TPT therapy. TPT has significant, albeit modest, single-agent activity against high-risk adult ALL. This study demonstrates the feasibility of evaluating promising new therapeutic agents in untreated patients with acute leukemia at high risk for failure with conventional therapy.
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- Adult
Aged
Antineoplastic Agents adverse effects
Antineoplastic Agents pharmacokinetics
Bone Marrow drug effects
Bone Marrow pathology
DNA Topoisomerases, Type I metabolism
Female
Humans
Leukocyte Count drug effects
Male
Middle Aged
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 antagonists & inhibitors
Risk Factors
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Topotecan adverse effects
Topotecan pharmacokinetics
Treatment Outcome
Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma drug therapy
Topotecan therapeutic use
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1078-0432
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9829730