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Introduction: Pemetrexed has established efficacy, and is the backbone for chemotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). An International Expanded Access Program provided >3000 mesothelioma patients with access to single-agent pemetrexed or pemetrexed plus platinum analogs (cisplatin or carboplatin) in 13 countries. In this article, we report the safety and efficacy data of MPM patients who were treated with single-agent pemetrexed (n = 812). Methods: Patients with histologically confirmed MPM, not amenable to curative surgery, received pemetrexed (500 mg/m(2)) once (day 1) every 21 days with standard premedication and vitamin supplementation. Investigator-determined response and survival data were recorded at the end of study participation. Myelosuppression data were also collected. Results: All 812 MPM patients (319 chemonaive; 493 pretreated) received single-agent pemetrexed (>= 1 dose) and were evaluated for safety. A total of 643 patients (247 chemonaive, 396 pretreated) were evaluated for efficacy. Of the chemonaive patients evaluated for efficacy (n = 247), the overall response rate was 10.5%, median time to progressive disease (TTPD) was 6.0 months, and median survival was 14.1 month. Of the pretreated patients evaluated for efficacy (n = 396), the overall response rate was 12.1%, median TTPD was 4.9 months, and the median survival was not estimable due to high censoring. Common terminology criteria grade 3/4 hematologic toxicity was mild in both groups, with neutropenia (= 54.7%, and mild hematologic toxicity.
Author(s): Taylor P, Castagneto B, Dark G, Marangolo M, Scagliotti GV, van Klaveren RJ, Labianca R, Serke M, Schuette W, van Meerbeeck JP, Heigener D, Liu Y, Adachi S, Blatter J, von Pawel J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Year: 2008
Volume: 3
Issue: 7
Pages: 764-771
ISSN (print): 1556-0864
ISSN (electronic): 1556-1380
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c73ec
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c73ec
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