Browsing by Subject "Area under curve"
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Docetaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy as outpatient palliative therapy in carcinoma of unknown primary: A multicentre Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group phase II study
(2008)Introduction. Taxane/platinum combinations exhibit synergistic cytotoxicity and activity against a broad range of solid tumours. We sought to optimise the regimen as a suitable outpatient palliative treatment for cancer ...
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Multicentre phase II pharmacological evaluation of rhizoxin
(1996)Rhizoxin is a macrocyclic lactone compound that binds to tubulin and inhibits microtubule assembly. Rhizoxin demonstrated preclinical anti-tumour activity against a variety of human tumour cell lines and xenograft models. ...
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Paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) plus carboplatin (6 AUC) versus paclitaxel (225 mg/m2) plus carboplatin (6 AUC) in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A multicenter randomized trial
(2000)Purpose: The combination of paclitaxel and carboplatin has become a widely used regimen in NSCLC due to phase II reports of moderate toxicity, reasonable activity and easy outpatient administration. Purpose of our present ...
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Paclitaxel with carboplatin versus paclitaxel with carboplatin alternating with cisplatin as first-line chemotherapy in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: Preliminary results of a Hellenic Cooperative Ontology Group study
(1997)Ninety previously untreated patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stages IIC, III, and IV) were randomized, after initial cytoreductive surgery, to receive ...
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Pharmacodynamics of non-break weekly paclitaxel (Taxol) and pharmacokinetics of Cremophor-EL vehicle: Results of a dose-escalation study
(2002)We characterized the toxicity and determined the maximum tolerated dose of non-break weekly paclitaxel (Taxol) in chemotherapy-naive cancer patients, and studied pharmacokinetics of the formulation vehicle Cremophor-EL ...
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Pharmacokinetics of imatinib mesylate in end stage renal disease. A case study
(2005)Aim: To evaluate the pharmacokinetics of imatinib mesylate (Glivec) and its main metabolite (CGP74588) in a patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis and compare it with published data from subjects with normal ...
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Population pharmacokinetic and dynamic analysis of the topoisomerase I inhibitor lurtotecan in phase II studies
(2002)Population pharmacokinetic-dynamic analysis was prospectively integrated in a broad phase II program of lurtotecan (GI147211), a novel camptothecin derived topoisomerase I inhibitor, to determine the population pharmacokinetic ...
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Population pharmacokinetics and dynamics in phase II studies of the novel bioreductive alkylating cytotoxic indoloquinone EO9
(2001)Population pharmacokinetic-dynamic analysis was prospectively integrated in the clinical phase II programme of EO9 to determine the population pharmacokinetic profile in a larger population of patients, to estimate individual ...
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Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide in breast cancer patients: A study by the EORTC-PAMM-NDDG
(2007)Aims: To investigate the population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide in breast cancer patients. Patients and methods: Sixty-five female patients with early or advanced breast cancer ...
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Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of paclitaxel and carboplatin in ovarian cancer patients: A study by the European organization for research and treatment of cancer-pharmacology and molecular mechanisms group and new drug development group
(2007)Purpose: Paclitaxel and carboplatin are frequently used in advanced ovarian cancer following cytoreductive surgery. Threshold models have been used to predict paclitaxel pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamics, whereas the time ...