Abstract
Twelve patients with endemic Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) were entered into a clinical trial of vincristine (VCR) infusion. Patients received 5-day courses of VCR, 0.25 mg/m2/day by continuous infusion, after an 0.5 mg intravenous bolus injection. Courses were repeated every four weeks. Stabilization of disease occurred in nine patients and could be maintained for a mean of 3 months (range: 2-7 months). Complete or partial remissions were not achieved with this protocol. Complications of therapy consisted of development of moderate neurotoxicity and paralytic ileus in one patient. Two patients developed opportunistic infections while on therapy. Hematologic toxicity, nausea or emisis did not occur. Single agent VCR by infusion is well tolerated by patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) but appears to have only limited activity in the treatment of AIDS-related KS.
| Translated title of the contribution | Single agent vincristine by infusion in endemic Kaposi's sarcoma |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 239-242 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| State | Published - 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |