Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the toxicityand activity of thalidomide in patientswith advanced metastatic renal cell cancerand to measure changes of one angiogenicfactor, vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)165, with therapy.
Patients and methods: 29 patients were enrolled on astudy of thalidomide using an intra-patientdose escalation schedule. Patients beganthalidomide at 400 mg/d and escalated astolerated to 1200 mg/d by day 54.Fifty-nine per cent of patients had hadprevious therapy with IL-2 and 52% wereperformance status 2 or 3. Systemic plasmaVEGF165 levels were measured by dualmonoclonal ELISA in 8 patients.
Results: 24 patients were evaluable forresponse with one partial response of 11months duration of a patient with hepaticand pulmonary metastases (4%), one minorresponse, and 2 patients stable for over 6months. Somnolence and constipation wereprominent toxicities and most patientscould not tolerate the 1200 mg/day doselevel. Systemic plasma VEGF165 levels didnot change with therapy.
Conclusion: These results are consistent with a lowlevel of activity of thalidomide in renalcell carcinoma. Administration of dosesover 800 mg/day was difficult to achieve inthis patient population, however lowerdoses were practical. The dose-responserelationship, if any, of thalidomide forrenal cell carcinoma is unclear.
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Minor, D.R., Monroe, D., Damico, L.A. et al. A Phase II Study of Thalidomide in Advanced Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Invest New Drugs 20, 389–393 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020669705369
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