Dose efficacy study of two schedules of high-dose bolus administration of interleukin 2 and interferon alpha in metastatic melanoma.

Forty-three patients with metastatic melanoma were treated with a 5 day (18 patients) and a 3 day (25 patients) schedule of high-dose IL-2 11.7 MIU m2 and IFN-alpha 3 MIU m2 i.v. by bolus administration every 8 h, repeated every 21 days for a total of three courses. The 5 day schedule resulted in a...

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Autores principales: Kruit, W. H., Punt, C. J., Goey, S. H., de Mulder, P. H., Gratama, J. W., Eggermont, A. M., Bolhuis, R. L., Stoter, G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1996
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2074736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8826864
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Sumario:Forty-three patients with metastatic melanoma were treated with a 5 day (18 patients) and a 3 day (25 patients) schedule of high-dose IL-2 11.7 MIU m2 and IFN-alpha 3 MIU m2 i.v. by bolus administration every 8 h, repeated every 21 days for a total of three courses. The 5 day schedule resulted in a high response rate of 41% (CI 18-67%), but was accompanied by severe cardiotoxicity (41%) and central nervous system toxicity (28%). The 3 day schedule was associated with manageable toxicity, but yielded a moderate response rate of 20% (CI 7-43%).

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