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Docetaxel for Patients With Paclitaxel-Resistant Müllerian Carcinoma

2000; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 18; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1200/jco.2000.18.14.2733

1527-7755

Claire F. Verschraegen, Tul Sittisomwong, Andrzej P. Kudelka, Ernesto de Paula Guedes, M Steger, Tarra Nelson-Taylor, Monique Vincent, Roger Rogers, E. Neely Atkinson, John J. Kavanagh,

Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments

PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy and toxicity of docetaxel in patients with müllerian carcinoma resistant to paclitaxel. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-two patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer who failed paclitaxel-based chemotherapy received either 100 or 75 mg/m 2 of docetaxel every 3 weeks. Resistance to paclitaxel was defined as either progression of disease during treatment, failure to achieve regression of disease after at least four courses, or rapid recurrence (within 6 months) after completion of therapy. RESULTS: Eighteen patients were treated on a formal protocol and fourteen with the commercially available docetaxel. Thirty were assessable for response. Toxicities were thoroughly evaluated in the 18 patients on protocol. Twenty-seven patients (85%) had epithelial ovarian cancer. The overall response rate was 23% (one complete and six partial responses), with a median survival time of 44 weeks (9.5 months). Nine patients had stable disease and 14 progressive disease. Among 19 patients who progressed during prior paclitaxel treatment, two (11%) responded to docetaxel, compared with five (45%) of 11 patients in other paclitaxel-resistance categories. The responders had a median taxane-free interval (ie, the time between the last paclitaxel and first docetaxel treatment) of 73 weeks, compared with 19 weeks for the nonresponder group. Toxic effects were as expected. CONCLUSION: Docetaxel is an active chemotherapeutic agent in patients with müllerian carcinoma previously treated with paclitaxel-based chemotherapy, especially in the patients who had a long taxane-free interval after a previous short response to paclitaxel.