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O Abe

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A randomized controlled comparative study of oral medroxyprogesterone acetate 1,200 and 600 mg in patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer.

A randomized controlled comparative study of oral medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) 1,200 mg (arm I) and 600 mg (arm II) was conducted in 80 patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer. There were no significant differences between arm I and arm II in terms of response rate, duration of response and survival, or in terms of incidence and severity of adverse reactions. The lowest serum MPA concentration in responders tended to be higher than that in nonresponders. In the cohort of this study, the lowest concentration in partial response was 17.4 ng/ml, suggesting that this level may be the required minimum serum concentration.

Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal↗

Avulsion injury of cervical nerve roots: enhanced intradural nerve roots at MR imaging.

PURPOSE: To study the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of intradural nerve roots in avulsion injury of the cervical nerve roots. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Presurgical gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging was performed in 27 consecutive patients. The images were evaluated for enhancement of the intradural nerve roots and enhancement of the spinal cord surface at the root entry zone ("root stump" enhancement) by two radiologists, who were blinded to the clinical information. Intradural nerve roots were classified as enhanced, normal, or not visible. Root stumps were classified as enhanced or normal. The results were compared with the results of nerve root continuity studies (exploratory surgery with intraoperative recording of somatosensory evoked potentials or neurologic examination). RESULTS: At the 250 nerve levels (500 nerve roots) studied, 12 enhanced nerve roots and 42 enhanced root stumps were found. Seven enhanced nerve roots and 38 enhanced root stumps were related to preganglionic injury. Results of the kappa test for interobserver concordance on findings of intradural nerve roots and root stumps were 0.55 and 0.93, respectively. CONCLUSION: Although visualization of nerve roots is a problem, enhanced MR imaging is a noninvasive means of obtaining anatomic information and unique physiologic information on injured intradural nerve roots.

Adolescent↗

[Phase I study of TAT-59 (a new antiestrogen) in breast cancer. TAT-59 Study Group].

Phase I study of TAT-59 (Miproxifen), an antiestrogen developed in Japan for breast cancer, was conducted with the collaboration of 12 hospitals. A single dose of 1.25, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg, or 5 consecutive daily doses of 1.25, 5, 10, 20 and 40 mg/day, were given orally. After single dosing, no clinical adverse effects were found. Decrease of serum Na, Cl, Ca level and increase of serum LDH level were observed in one patient after a single dose of 5 mg of TAT. An increase in the serum LDH level was also observed in one patient after a single dose in the of 10 mg of TAT. An increase in the serum LDH level and total bilirubin, increase of eosinophil, K and milky serum were also observed in one patient after a single dose of 40 mg of TAT, respectively. All of these abnormal values returned to the normal level within 26 days after final administration of TAT. No adverse clinical findings nor abnormal laboratory findings were observed after consecutive administration of TAT. After postprandial single dosing, the time to reach the maximum serum concentration (Tmax) of DP-TAT, dephosphorylated metabolite of TAT, and its demethylated metabolite, DMDP, ranged from 5.0 to 7.3 hr and from 17.0 to 42.8 hr, respectively. The maximum serum concentration (Cmax) and AUC of DP and DMDP elevated in a dose-dependent manner. T1/2 of DP and DMDP ranged from 24.2 to 41.5, and from 91.9 to 214.7 hr, respectively. There were no significant differences between pharmacokinetics of TAT before and after food intake. Based on the above results, we concluded that a Phase II study should be conducted to evaluate the efficacy, safety and optimal dose of TAT.

Administration, Oral↗

[Early phase II study of TAT-59 in patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer--a multicenter dose finding study].

A dose finding early phase II study of TAT-59, a new triphenylethylene derivative, was performed in patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer. TAT-59 was given orally for over 8 weeks at a daily dose of 10 mg, 20 mg or 40 mg/day. Thirty-six, 38 and 35 patients were eligible in the group treated with 10, 20 and 40 mg of TAT-59, respectively. The proportion of patients obtaining a complete or partial response with 10 mg/day, 20 mg/day and 40 mg/day of TAT-59 was 28.6% (10/35), 28.6% (10/35) and 25.8% (8/31) in the evaluable cases, respectively. The median duration of initial response with TAT-59 was 38.5 days, 26.5 days and 25.6 days, respectively. The frequent adverse reactions observed in all dosing groups included hot flashes, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, sweating, and abnormal values in liver function tests. In these adverse reactions, the incidence of hot flashes, which might be caused by the pharmacologic function of TAT-59 was 0.0% (0 of 35), 2.9% (1 of 35) and 10.0% (3 of 30) in the evaluable cases receiving 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg of TAT-59, respectively. In conclusion, it was recommended that the optimal dose in terms of efficacy and adverse reactions should be 20 mg/day.

Adult↗

[Late phase II study of TAT-59 (miproxifene phospate) in advanced or recurrent breast cancer patients (a double-blind comparative study with tamoxifen citrate)].

The efficacy and safety of TAT-59 (miproxifene phospate) were compared with tamoxifen citrate (TAM) in ER-positive or ER-unknown patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer, using the double-blind method. TAT-59 and TAM were both given 20 mg/body orally for over 12 weeks in daily doses. Eligible cases were 93 in the TAT-59 group and 102 patients in the TAM group. The response rate was shown to be 30.1% (28/93) in the TAT-59 group and 26.5% (27/102) in the TAM group. Statistical equivalence between both treatments was proven at 90% confidence interval (-8.5% < or =, < or = 12.8%). Adverse reactions observed in the patients receiving TAT-59 were hot flush, nausea and vomiting, sweating, anorexia, abnormal values in liver function tests, and anemia, showing no differences from the TAM group. Leukopenia (4.9%) and thrombopenia (2.9%) reactions were found only in the TAM group. Two patients in the TAT-59 group and three in the TAM group discontinued treatment due to adverse reactions. However, these adverse reactions were reversible in both groups. In conclusion, TAT-59 was showed comparable efficacy and safety with TAM in ER-positive or ER-unknown patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer.

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[Steady state and disappearance of the metabolites of miproxifene phosphate in the treatment of breast cancer].

We gave miproxifene phosphate to six patients with recurrent breast cancer and to one patient with advanced breast cancer. This drug was orally administered at a daily dose of 20 mg in the morning, and serial blood samples were obtained just before the drug administration. Treatment was discontinued in 16 days in the patient with advanced breast cancer. Tumor response was 2 PR and 4 NC (3MR) with an efficacy rate of 29%. Adverse effects of grade 2, such as anorexia, nausea or vomiting and fatigue with grade 3 flushing and chilling were observed in the one patient with advanced breast cancer. This climacteric syndrome disappeared after cessation of administration. In one of the patients with recurrent breast cancer, a calf muscle cramp was observed. Steady plasma levels were observed in one week or two for miproxifene and in 2 to 8 weeks for desmethyl miproxifene, which were active metabolites of miproxifene phosphate. The half lives of these metabolites for disappearance were calculated in three patients. That of miproxifene was 27 to 36 hours and that of desmethyl miproxifene was 156 to 202 hours. Miproxifene phosphate is a promising drug for breast cancer, and the results of pharmacokinetics of active metabolites will suggest the time to obtain maximum efficacy and for it to disappear.

Adult↗

Meta-Analysis of the Second Collaborative Study of Adjuvant Chemoendocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer (ACETBC) in Patients with Stage II, Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer.

The second 5-year study of postoperative adjuvant therapy in patients with breast cancer between 1985 and 1988 was performed by the Study Group for Adjuvant Chemoendocrine Therapy for Breast Canecr (ACETBC). This report describes the results of a meta-analysis of the outcome. A total of 3012 patients with stage II, estrogen-receptor-positive primary breast cancer who underwent radical surgery (total mastectomy with at least axillary dissection) were eligible for the analyses. On the day of surgery, all patients received 13 mg/m(2) of mitomycin C (MMC) intravenously. Patients were then given one of two adjuvant chemoendocrine therapies for 2 years:regimen A, consisting of tamoxifen citrate (TAM) 30 mg/day, or regimen B, consisting of TAM 30 mg/day plus tegafur (Futraful, FT)600 mg/day. The results from all eligible patients were included in a meta-analysis according to the method of Peto et al. The odds reduction rate was 12 +/-13% (log-rank test, P= 0.35)for the 5-year survival rate and 16 +/- 10% (log-rank test, P=0.093)for the 5-year non-recurrence rate. In terms of the 5-year non-recurrence rate. regimen B(with FT)yielded slightly, but not significantly, better results than regimen A. In addition, stratified analyses were carried out with respect to the 5-year non-recurrence rate. Regimen B(with FT)yielded significantly better results than regimen A in patients with four or more positive axillary nodes (log-rank test, P= 0.039) and yielded slightly, but not significantly, better results than regimen A in premenopausal patients (log-rank test, P= 0.079).

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Efficacy of Post-operative Adjuvant Therapy for Stage IIIa Berast Cancer: Futraful vs Futraful+Tamoxifen for ER-positive Patients and Futraful vs Futraful+Adriamycin for ER-negative Breast Cancer.

A multi-center, randomized controlled collaborative study was conducted in 310 institutions located thruoughout Japan for 3 years and 9 months from February 1985 until October 1988 to evaluate the efficacy of post-operative adjuvant therapy for patients who had previously undergone curative surgery for treatment of Stage III a breast cancer. Patients with estrogen receptor-positive [ ER(+)] breast cancer were treated with two types of regimens, ie, cyclophosphamide+adriamycin+fluorouracil (CAF; 2 cycles) +Futraful(FT) or CAF (2 cycles+FT+tamoxifen (TAM), and the clinical benefit of additional use of TAM was evaluated. Of the 509 ER(+) patients registered for the trial, 473 patients (92.9%) were eligible for evaluation.The 5-year survival rate was 77.2% for the CAF+FT group and 74.6% for the CAF+FT+TAM group, and the 5-year disease-free survival rate was 56.7% for the CAF+FT group and 59.2% for the CAF+FT+TAM group. Neither the survival rate nor the disease-free survival rate differed significantly between the groups. Analyses by factor revealed that the 5-year disease-free rate for lymph node-negative patients in the CAF+FT+TAM group was significantly higher than that for the corresponding patients in the CAF+FT group. No differences were noted in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two treatment groups, other than an increase in LDH (the frequency of which was higher in the CAF+FT+TAM group than in the CAF+FT group). Patients with estrogen receptor-negative [ ER(-)]breast cancer were treated with two types of regimens, ie, CAF+FT or CAF+FT+adriamycin(ADR), and the clinical benefit of the combined use of intermittent doses of ADR was evaluated. Of the 514 ER(-) patients registered in the trial, 478(93.0%) were eligible for evaluation. The 5-year survival rate was 64.9% for the CAF+FT group and 63.0% for the CAF+FT+ADR group, and the 5-year disease-free survival rate was 59.2% for both CAF+FT and CAF+FT+ADR groups. Neither the survival rate nor the disease-free survival rate differed significantly between the groups. There were no significant differences between these groups in analyses by nodal or menopausal status. The incidences of adverse reactions including anorexia, nausea/vomiting and alopecia were higher in the CAF+FT+ADR group than in the CAF+FT group.

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Technical report: coaxial catheter: a new technique for sequential spiral CT during arterial portography and hepatic arteriography.

PURPOSE: To evaluate a coaxial catheter method to sequentially acquire spiral-computed tomography (CT) during arterial portography (CTAP) and hepatic arteriography (CTA) at a single transfer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Sixteen patients with malignant hepatic tumours (12 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, four with metastases) were studied using spiral CT. Depending upon the vascular anatomy revealed by conventional coeliac and superior mesenteric arteriography, an outer and inner catheter were selectively placed to perform CTA and CTAP, respectively. CTAP images were obtained first, while injecting contrast material through an inner catheter followed by the acquisition of the CTA images during injection through an outer catheter. In three patients, the resected specimens were available for comparison with the imaging findings. RESULTS: In 12 patients with standard hepatic arterial anatomy, high quality images of CTAP and CTA were obtained. More lesions were detected by the combination of CTAP and CTA than by CTAP or CTA alone in five patients. In one patient with breast carcinoma and a left hepatic artery arising from the left gastric artery, numerous hepatic metastases were delineated on both sets of images. In three patients with replaced or accessory right hepatic arteries, evaluation of the whole liver was difficult on CTA. These procedures were well tolerated by all 16 patients and no complication or technical failure was experienced. CONCLUSION: These preliminary data support this new technique as a promising method of performing CTA and CTAP in patients with standard hepatic arterial anatomy with a single catheter insertion.

Aged↗

Release of superoxide anion from polymorphonuclear leukocytes stimulated by rubella viral antigen-antibody complex in vitro.

Using a highly sensitive and specific chemiluminescence (CL) method, we detected the release of superoxide anion (O2-.) from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) stimulated by rubella viral antigen-antibody complex (VAAC) adsorbed on latex particles. The amount of superoxide anion produced by PMNLs was proportional to the amount of VAAC. Neither rubella virus alone nor antibody alone, adsorbed on latex particles, stimulated production of superoxide anion by PMNLs. It is likely that rubella virus requires the presence of antibody in order to be recognized by PMNLs, and that the superoxide anion is somehow involved in the disease process of rubella.

Antibodies, Viral↗

Mg/Ca Thermometry in Coral Skeletons

The magnesium-to-calcium (Mg/Ca) ratio of coral skeletons from Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, closely tracked sea surface temperature (SST) over an 8-year period. Measurements were made with the fast technique of inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. The variation of the coral Mg/Ca ratio with SST change is about four times that of the current, widely used coral strontium-to-calcium ratio. The temporal and geographic variation of the seawater Mg2+/Ca2+ ratio probably has little influence on coral Mg/Ca variation. Results indicate that the coral Mg/Ca ratio has the potential to provide fast, precise, high-resolution proxies for past tropical SSTs.

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[A randomized controlled study of maintenance therapy with (2"R)-4'-O-tetrahydropyranyladriamycin for advanced and recurrent breast cancer. Clinical Study Group of THP for Breast Cancer in Japan].

We conducted a randomized controlled study to evaluate the clinical usefulness of (2"R) -4'-O-Tetrahydropyranyladriamycin (THP)-based combination therapy subsequent to induction therapy which was consisted with THP, 5'-DFUR, and CPA in the treatment of advanced or recurrent breast cancer. In maintenance therapy, Arm C received CPA and TAM, and Arm T received these two drugs plus THP. Survival time of 50% for all cases in which maintenance therapy was conducted was 26.9 months in Arm T and 20.9 months in Arm C, showing no significant difference by the log-rank test (p = 0.64). Survival time in all cases in which therapy had been completed was 54.6 months in Arm T and 28.1 months in Arm C, showing a significant difference by the log-rank test (p = 0.03) although the number of cases was few. A few cases showed a decrease in total leukocyte count to below 2,000/mm3 at the time of induction therapy, but this was transient in all cases. No significant difference in count was noted between two arms at the time of maintenance therapy. However, many cases in Arm T showed decreased total leukocyte count and hemoglobin content, and thrombocytopenia. These results suggest that combination therapy including THP conducted as maintenance therapy after induction is useful in the prolongation of survival time in patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer.

Adult↗

[Efficacy of implantable injection port for advanced breast cancer patients].

After breast cancer surgery, it is important to avoid drawing blood sample or injecting chemotherapeutic agents from the involved arm, because severe lymphedema and infection sometimes occurs. Adriamycin, one of the most effective drugs for breast cancer, frequently causes peripheral thrombophlebitis. Therefore, it is often difficult for advanced breast cancer patients to secure IV line and to finish the entire course of chemotherapy. For these reasons, an implantable injection port was applied in 26 breast cancer patients. The status of these patients was metastatic (9 patients), locally advanced (7 patients) and bilateral (10 patients). The average dwell time was 535.8 days with a range of 35 to 1,524 days. The complication events occurred at 0.047/100 catheter days. The results of this study indicate that the implantable injection port provides safe and reliable central venous access and improves the QOL of advanced breast cancer patients.

Adult↗

Effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate therapy on advanced or recurrent breast cancer and its influences on blood coagulation and the fibrinolytic system.

The effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) therapy on advanced or recurrent breast cancer and its influence on blood coagulation and the fibrinolytic system were compared among three different therapy regimens consisting of cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, and 5-fluorouracil (CAF) + MPA and CAF or MPA alone. A clinical response was observed in 42.9% (9/21) of the patients for CAF + MPA, 36.4% (8/22) for CAF and 23.8% (5/21) for MPA alone. No marked thrombosis or its prodromal condition was observed in any group. The effects on the test values for blood coagulation and the fibrinolytic system did not significantly change in the CAF group. However, both AT-III and protein C significantly increased above the normal ranges in the CAF+MPA and MPA groups. Increases in factor X, plasminogen, and alpha 2-plasmin inhibitor/plasmin complex (PIC) and decreases in fibrinogen, tissue plasminogen activator, and D-dimer, were all observed in the MPA and CAF + MPA groups, especially in the MPA group, although these changes remained within the normal ranges. The data indicated that MPA has various influences on blood coagulation and the fibrinolytic system, but these changes did not suggest activation of the blood coagulation system.

Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal↗

[Epidemiological study of tsutsugamushi disease in Gunma prefecture. A special field study and serotype].

An epidemiologically investigated of invasion of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, inhabitant of mites and serum sample from patients with Tsutsugamushi disease in Gunma prefecture from 1984 to 1994 was made. Our data clearly indicated that Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was not located but widely spreaded throughout the Prefecture. Mites on rodents, were classified into 4 genus and 12 species and about 15% of them were Leptotrombidium pallidum and Leptotrombidium scuttellare, well known virulent vectors. The highest incidence rate of this disease was observed in the northwest area of the Prefecture from October to December, while a smaller number of patients occurred in other areas and in other months. About fifty percent of the serum samples from the patients were positive to the Karp strain. These results suggest that the major cause of this disease is the Karp strain and the disease could occur potentially in various areas of the Prefecture.

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Potential of the histoculture drug-response assay to contribute to cancer patient survival.

The histoculture drug-response assay (HDRA) was recently evaluated in a retrospective clinical trial and was found to correlate to drug sensitivity, resistance, and patient survival. To further investigate the potential of HDRA to contribute to patient survival, 215 patients with gastric cancer from 45 medical centers were tested with the HDRA in a blinded study after resection of the primary lesion. One hundred sixty-eight patients received at least 20 mg/m2 of mitomycin C and a minimum of 30 g UFT, a mixture of tegafur and uracil at a molar ratio of 1:4, thereby making them eligible for the study. Of these cases 128 were evaluable by the HDRA. The evaluable patient tumors were tested by the HDRA with the [3H]thymidine incorporation end point measured by microautoradiography to be drug "sensitive" or "resistant." The in vitro conditions for distinguishing sensitivity and resistance that matched the response rates for historical controls for gastric carcinoma were 90% inhibition rate and 0.12 microgram/ml for mitomycin C and 70% inhibition rate and 1 microgram/ml for 5-fluorouracil, respectively. Most importantly in the blinded study, the overall and disease-free survival rates of the HDRA-sensitive group were found to be significantly higher than those of the HDRA-resistant group tested under the above conditions. The data further indicate the importance of three-dimensional tumor culture for obtaining accurate clinical information. The results demonstrate that the HDRA response correlates to patient survival, which suggests the potential of the HDRA to contribute to patient survival in gastric cancer when used prospectively.

Adult↗

The Role of Chemoendocrine Agents in Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Meta-analysis of the First Collaborative Studies of Postoperative Adjuvant Chemoendocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer (ACETBC).

The first collaborative studies of postoperative adjuvant chemoendocrine therapy for breast cancer (ACETBA) were carried out in 6 regions of Japan from 1982 to 1985, and the results were subjected to meta-analysis. Subjects consisted of stage II and IIIa cases who underwent radical mastectomy with Brt + Ax or more extensive resection for primary breast cancer. Regimen A consisted of tegafur (Futraful:FT) alone at 600 mg/day, and regimen B of FT at 600 mg/day with tamoxifen (TAM) at 20 mg/day. The duration of the treatment was one year in the Tohoku and Kinki regions, and 2 years in the other 4 regions. Meta-alalysis by Peto's method showed an odds reduction of 20+/- 7% (logrank test: P = 0.0069) for the 5-year overall survival rate in 4740 eligible patients, and 25 +/- 6%(logrank test: P <0.0001)for the 5-year disease-free survival rate. The odds reductions were both statistically significant, indicating that the adjuvantchemoendocrine therapy was effective. Subset analysis of data on 5-year disease-free survival showed that FT plus TAM therapy was better in ER-positive and post-menopausal patients, whether axillary lymph nodes were positive or negative.

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