Phase II trial of 5 day continuous intravenous infusion of 6-thioguanine in patients with recurrent and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

  • Flavio Kruter
  • , Mario Eisenberger
  • , Victoria Sinibaldi
  • , Christine Engstrom
  • , Maria Jacobs
  • , Jeffrey Abrams
  • , Chandra Belani
  • , William Gray
  • , Steven Krasnow

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Abstract

Fifteen patients with recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck received a 5 day continuous I.V. infusion of 6-thioguanine repeated every five weeks. Dose limiting toxicity was primarily hematological with grade III/IV leucopenia and thrombocytopenia seen in seven patients. Nausea and vomiting was moderate and well controlled with antiemetics. No complete or partial responses were observed, with a median time to progression of 58 days and a median survival of 227 + days for the entire group. Based on these results we do not recommend I.V. 6-thioguanine for the treatment of this disease.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)89-91
Number of pages3
JournalInvestigational New Drugs
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1992

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Oncology
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacology (medical)

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