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Objective To evaluate the anti-tumor effect and toxicity of gemcitabine combined with platinum chemotherapy on recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer.Methods Phase Ⅱ study of gemcitabine combined with platinum chemotherapy was carried out in 22 patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. Median age of patients was 50. 5 years old. Seven patients were platinum-sensitive and 15 patients were platinum-resistant or -refractor. All patients received gemcitabine combined with carboplatin or oxaliplatin chemotherapy. Patients' response rate (RR) and toxicity of gemcitabine combined with platinum chemotherapy were evaluated.Results A total of 98 gemcitabine-based chemotherapy cycles were performed. Total RR was 36.4%, RR of platinum-sensitive patients was 4/7 and platinum-resistant and -refractory patients was 4/15. The estimated median survival time was 10. 0 months (95% CI: 7.0-13.0) after initiation of gemcitabine combined with platinum chemotherapy.There was no significant difference in survival time between platinum-resistant/refractory group and platinum-sensitive group (P = 0. 061 ). Side effects of gemcitabine combined with platinum chemotherapy were observed in 81.8 % of patients. Grade Ⅱ/Ⅲ anemia (54.5%) and grade Ⅲ/Ⅳ neutropenia (54.5%) were most common toxicities. Ten (45.5%) patients had to delay their chemotherapy cycles or reduce the dose of chemotherapeutic drugs because of the severe side effects. Fourteen (63.6%) patients received granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to relieve neutropenia,and 8 (36. 4% ) patients received component blood transfusion to treat anemia or thrombocytopenia. There was no treatment-associated death.Conclusion Gemcitabine combined with platinum chemotherapy appears to be an effective and well-tolerant treatment for recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, including platinum-resistant or -refractory diseases.