Poor tolerability of thalidomide in end-stage oesophageal cancer.
| Autor: | WILKES, E.A., SELBY, A.L., COLE, A.T., FREEMAN, J.G., RENNIE, M.J., KHAN, Z.H. |
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BODY composition
ANALYSIS of variance ANTHROPOMETRY BLOOD testing CACHEXIA CHI-squared test DRUG toxicity ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay ESOPHAGEAL tumors FISHER exact test HEALTH outcome assessment PALLIATIVE treatment PLACEBOS RESEARCH funding STATISTICAL sampling STATISTICS SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry) THALIDOMIDE U-statistics X-ray densitometry in medicine SAMPLE size (Statistics) DATA analysis PERFORMANCE evaluation RANDOMIZED controlled trials TREATMENT effectiveness EVALUATION |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer Care; Sep2011, Vol. 20 Issue 5, p593-600, 8p |
| Abstrakt: | WILKES E.A., SELBY A.L., COLE A.T., FREEMAN J.G., RENNIE M.J. & KHAN Z.H. (2011) European Journal of Cancer Care 20, 593-600 Poor tolerability of thalidomide in end-stage oesophageal cancer Oesophageal cancer cachexia is a significant clinical problem, resulting in excessive morbidity and mortality. In a pilot study, 10 patients with cachexia due to advanced cancer of the oesophagus gained weight, including lean tissue, after 14-day treatment with thalidomide. Here, we present randomised placebo controlled trial data over a 6-week period to test the hypothesis that thalidomide is superior to placebo in terms of weight gain in patients with cachexia caused by oesophageal cancer. Thalidomide, 200 mg daily, or an identical placebo was given to patients with advanced oesophageal cancer. Total body weight and lean body mass were assessed in addition to drug tolerability and performance indices. Thirty-four patients were recruited. Of these, six given thalidomide and 16 given placebo completed the protocol; all withdrawals were due to adverse drug reactions or complications of disease. Thalidomide showed no benefit over placebo in participants who completed the protocol. These data suggest that thalidomide is poorly tolerated in patients with advanced cancer of the oesophagus and may not ameliorate the progression of cachexia. In the absence of hard supportive evidence, off-licence treatment with thalidomide should be used with great caution as an adjunct to nutritional support in patients with advanced cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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