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Pemetrexed

Pemetrexed Am J Cancer 2003; 2 (5): 371-372 GUEST COMMENTARIES 1175-6357/03/0005-0371/$30.00/0 © Adis Data Information BV 2003. All rights reserved. combination with carboplatin. A logical step for a registration study was therefore a large randomized clinical trial in combina- A Viewpoint by Pieter E. Postmus tion with a platinum analog versus a platinum analog alone. One Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The might question the value of using a platinum analog as the Netherlands ‘standard’ treatment in the comparator arm of the MPM trial, but Pemetrexed (initially called ‘multi-targeted antifolate’) is a new better chemotherapeutic options are not available, and therefore a drug affecting pyrimidine and purine nucleotide synthesis, which single-agent platinum analog (in this case, cisplatin) was consid- has been evaluated in two large phase III studies. In the initial ered an acceptable comparator. phase I and phase II studies, pemetrexed demonstrated promising The completed phase III trial in patients with MPM demonstra- activity against tumors without a known effective treatment, espe- ted the superiority of the combination of cisplatin with pemetrexed cially relapsed non-small-cell lung cancer and malignant pleural compared with cisplatin monotherapy. Survival time, progression mesothelioma (MPM). Furthermore, pemetrexed could be easily free survival, and response rates http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Cancer Springer Journals

Pemetrexed

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Am J Cancer 2003; 2 (5): 371-372 GUEST COMMENTARIES 1175-6357/03/0005-0371/$30.00/0 © Adis Data Information BV 2003. All rights reserved. combination with carboplatin. A logical step for a registration study was therefore a large randomized clinical trial in combina- A Viewpoint by Pieter E. Postmus tion with a platinum analog versus a platinum analog alone. One Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The might question the value of using a platinum analog as the Netherlands...
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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Adis Data Information BV
Subject
Pharmacy; Pharmacy
ISSN
1175-6357
DOI
10.2165/00024669-200302050-00012
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Abstract

Am J Cancer 2003; 2 (5): 371-372 GUEST COMMENTARIES 1175-6357/03/0005-0371/$30.00/0 © Adis Data Information BV 2003. All rights reserved. combination with carboplatin. A logical step for a registration study was therefore a large randomized clinical trial in combina- A Viewpoint by Pieter E. Postmus tion with a platinum analog versus a platinum analog alone. One Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The might question the value of using a platinum analog as the Netherlands ‘standard’ treatment in the comparator arm of the MPM trial, but Pemetrexed (initially called ‘multi-targeted antifolate’) is a new better chemotherapeutic options are not available, and therefore a drug affecting pyrimidine and purine nucleotide synthesis, which single-agent platinum analog (in this case, cisplatin) was consid- has been evaluated in two large phase III studies. In the initial ered an acceptable comparator. phase I and phase II studies, pemetrexed demonstrated promising The completed phase III trial in patients with MPM demonstra- activity against tumors without a known effective treatment, espe- ted the superiority of the combination of cisplatin with pemetrexed cially relapsed non-small-cell lung cancer and malignant pleural compared with cisplatin monotherapy. Survival time, progression mesothelioma (MPM). Furthermore, pemetrexed could be easily free survival, and response rates

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American Journal of CancerSpringer Journals

Published: Aug 10, 2012

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