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The maximum tolerated dose for a combination chemotherapy regimen of Thiotepa, Mitoxantrone and Methotrexate (TMM) administered intravenously every three weeks to twelve patients with metastatic breast cancer was: Thiotepa: 15mg/m2, Mitoxantrone: 10mg/m2 and Methotrexate: 30mg/m2. The major toxicities from the combination related to myelosuppression. Partial response was seen in 5 patients, ranging in duration from 1.25 to 10 months. Four out of eight patients who had received prior doxorubicin responded. The results are encouraging and warrant further study of this combination.
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PMID:A pilot trial of TMM (thiotepa, mitoxantrone and methotrexate) chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer. 212 30

We evaluated the feasibility of administering, in an out-patient setting, a sequential high dose alkylating regimen with hematopoietic growth factor (HGF) and stem cell support to patients with advanced breast cancer. Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) were previously collected after chemotherapy and HGF. Two consecutive cycles of alkylating agents were planned: Thiotepa (T) then, 15 days later, BCNU (B). Three dose levels of each agent were administered in cohorts of consecutive patients: 400, 500 and 600 mg/m2 respectively. HGF and reinfusion of PBSC followed both cycles. Toxicity and response were evaluated according to the WHO recommendations. From April 1996 to August 1988, 30 women were enrolled: 8 in the first, 12 in the second and 10 in the third dose level. In all cases, B was administered after T with a median delay of 25 days because of grade 3/4 hematological toxicity. 4 patients did not receive B because of previous lung radiotherapy, persistent tricytopenia or insufficient PBSC collection. 19 patients with measurable lesions were considered for response. The objective response rate was 48% (11% CR, 37% PR). We recommended T and B at a dose of 600 mg/m2 to conduct a phase II study in metastatic breast cancer and even to administer B before T.
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PMID:Outpatient sequential high dose alkylation with stem cell support for patients with advanced breast cancer: a phase I-II study. 1092 47

An obese 53-year-old woman (height 167 cm, weight 130 kg) with metastatic breast cancer received high-dose chemotherapy comprising cyclophosphamide, thiotepa and carboplatin (CTC). The cyclophosphamide (1 g/m(2) per day) and thiotepa (80 mg/m(2) per day) doses were based on body surface area (BSA) calculated using total body weight (TBW). The daily carboplatin dose was calculated based on the Calvert formula, using a target area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) value of 3.25 mg.min/ml and applying the Cockcroft-Gault equation to estimate the glomerular filtration rate. The patient received the three agents as short infusions over four consecutive days. For therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), blood samples were collected on day 1. Thiotepa and its main metabolite tepa, ultrafilterable platinum, cyclophosphamide and its activated metabolite 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide were determined. Individual pharmacokinetics were assessed using Bayesian analysis. Exposure to the individual compounds was determined by calculating the AUC. Exposures to 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide, the combination of thiotepa/tepa and carboplatin were 94%, 117% and 71% higher than the median respective exposures in a non-obese population of patients ( n=24) receiving similar doses. Because high AUCs of 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide, thiotepa/tepa and carboplatin correlate with increased toxicity, the treatment risk in this obese patient was significantly increased. Therefore doses were adapted on the 3rd day of the course. It is concluded that cyclophosphamide and thiotepa in obese patients should not be dosed on the basis of BSA incorporating TBW since the patient will be overexposed. Moreover, applying the Cockcroft-Gault equation to obese patients leads to an overprediction of creatinine clearance and, when used in the Calvert equation, consequently to a carboplatin dose that is too high. Obese patients represent a unique group of patients in which TDM is extremely valuable in optimizing dosing, particularly in high-dose chemotherapy.
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PMID:Extremely high exposures in an obese patient receiving high-dose cyclophosphamide, thiotepa and carboplatin. 1220 8

Metastatic breast cancer is an incurable disease even with high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Even though phase III studies have not shown a survival advantage for this group as a whole, it is possible that a small subset of patients may benefit from HDC/ASCT with careful patient selection. A total of 198 patients from three different institutions were treated with HDC/ASCT. After complete staging, patients with central nervous system or bone marrow involvement were excluded. The HDC regimen consisted of: Carboplatin 600 mg/m(2) IV infusion over 48 hours, Thiotepa 300 mg/m(2) IV infusion over 2 hours, and Cytoxan 60 mg/kg IV infusion given over 2 hours x3 days. The median age at the time of transplant was 46 (24-62) years and median follow-up was 20 months. Hormone receptor status was known in 148 patients, of whom 84 had estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progestrone receptor (PgR)-positive tumors. Eighty patients had no evidence of disease at the time of HDC/ASCT (CR1). At the completion of HDC and ASCT, complete responses (CR) were seen in an additional 57 patients (CR2). Using Kaplan-Meier analysis, the median relapse-free survival (RFS) for the entire group was 15 months and overall survival (OS) was 27 months. The patients in CR1 had a median RFS and OS of 20.7 and 50.6 months, respectively. This was very similar to the RFS and OS in patients achieving CR2 after HDC/ASCT (p < 0.001; median: 19 and 40 months, respectively). In contrast, the patients with persistent residual disease had an RFS and OS of 7 and 12 months (p < 0.001). These data show that patients achieving a CR after HDC/ASCT have a better relapse-free and OS, when compared to patients with persistent residual disease after HDC/ASCT. This study suggests that a subset of patients with residual metastatic breast cancer after standard chemotherapy can achieve CR with HDC and ASCT which may result in better long-term outcome.
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PMID:Complete response after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hemopoietic stem cell transplatation in metastatic breast cancer results in survival benefit. 1723 82