Pirarubicin in Advanced Breast Cancer: A French Cooperative Phase II Study

1990 
Abstract 79 patients with advanced breast cancer were given Pirarubicin 20–25 mg/m 2 during 3 consecutive days every 3 or 4 weeks. 78 were evaluable for response (41 without previous chemotherapy and 37 with only one previous regimen). The overall response rate was 35% (95% CI 24–45) and the complete response rate was 8%. In previously untreated patients, the response rate reached 41.5%. The limiting toxicity was a non-cumulative granulocystopenia, sometimes severe at these high doses, with a prompt recovery. The non-haematological toxicities were mild, and included 13% with grade 3 alopecia.
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