Skip to main content

Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin (GEMOX) in pretreated patients with advanced ovarian cancer: a multicenter phase II study of the Hellenic Oncology Research Group (HORG)

Anticancer Res. 2008 Jan-Feb;28(1B):495-500.

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and activity of a gemcitabine-oxaliplatin combination (GEMOX) regimen in pretreated patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Twenty-seven platinum-refractory/resistant and 14 platinum-sensitive patients received gemcitabine 1500 mg/m2 intravenously in days 1+8 and oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2 in day 8 every 21 days. Ten responses (one complete, nine partial) were observed; five in platinum-sensitive and five in platinum-resistant tumors. Grade 3-4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia were observed in 17 and 10 patients, respectively. There were two treatment-related deaths due to thrombocytopenia and non-neutropenic sepsis. The GEMOX regimen has moderate activity in both platinum-sensitive and resistant ovarian cancer and a toxicity profile that can be significant and therefore requires careful monitoring.

PMID:18383891

The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and activity of a gemcitabine-oxaliplatin combination (GEMOX) regimen in pretreated patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Twenty-seven platinum-refractory/resistant and 14 platinum-sensitive patients received gemcitabine 1500 mg/m2 intravenously in days 1+8 and oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2 in day 8 every 21 days. Ten responses (one complete, nine partial) were observed; five in platinum-sensitive and five in platinum-resistant tumors. Grade 3-4…

Antonia Kalykaki, Pavlos Papakotoulas, Sofoklis Tsousis, Ioannis Boukovinas, Kostas Kalbakis, Lambros Vamvakas, Athanasios Kotsakis, Nikolaos Vardakis, Persefoni Papadopoulou, Vassilis Georgoulias, Dimitris Mavroudis, Hellenic Oncology Research Group

2008-04-04

Anticancer research

View Publication