Anuradha Chakravarthy
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A phase I trial of outpatient weekly irinotecan/carboplatin and concurrent radiation for stage III unresectable non small-cell lung cancer: a Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Affiliate Network Trial.

Chakravarthy A, Choy H
Clin Lung Cancer. 2000 1 (4): 310-1

PMID: 14733637 · DOI:10.3816/clc.2000.n.014

Irinotecan (CPT-11), a topoisomerase I inhibitor, has been shown in preclinical studies to be a potent radiosensitizer. Carboplatin, a known radiosensitizer with single-agent activity in non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), is felt to be a rational choice in combination with irinotecan. We have completed the initial portion of a phase I study, in patients with locally unresectable lung cancer, combining irinotecan with thoracic radiation. Thirteen patients have been entered onto this study through three dose levels (30 to 50 mg/m2/week) of irinotecan. There were seven partial responses in 12 evaluable patients, for an over-all response rate of 58%. Nausea, vomiting, and esophagitis were the principal toxicities of weekly irinotecan and concurrent thoracic radiation. As the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of irinotecan with radiation has been established at 40 mg/m2/week, we are currently accruing patients to the second phase of this study with the addition of carboplatin (AUC = 2). Thus far toxicity has primarily been esophagitis.

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