Abstract
PURPOSE: A phase III trial, Cisplatin and Tirapazamine in Subjects with Advanced Previously Untreated Non–Small-Cell Lung Tumors (CATAPULT I), was designed to determine the efficacy and safety of tirapazamine plus cisplatin for the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with previously untreated NSCLC were randomized to receive either tirapazamine (390 mg/m2 infused over 2 hours) followed 1 hour later by cisplatin (75 mg/m2 over 1 hour) or 75 mg/m2 of cisplatin alone, every 3 weeks for a maximum of eight cycles. RESULTS: A total of 446 patients with NSCLC (17% with stage IIIB disease and pleural effusions; 83% with stage IV disease) were entered onto the study. Karnofsky performance status (KPS) was ≥ 60 for all patients (for 10%, KPS = 60; for 90%, KPS = 70 to 100). Sixty patients (14%) had clinically stable brain metastases. The median survival was significantly longer (34.6 v 27.7 weeks; P = .0078) and the response rate was significantly greater (27.5% v 13.7%; P < .001) for patients who received tirapazamine plus cisplatin (n = 218) than for those who received cisplatin alone (n = 219). The tirapazamine-plus-cisplatin regimen was associated with mild to moderate adverse events, including acute, reversible hearing loss, reversible, intermittent muscle cramping, diarrhea, skin rash, nausea, and vomiting. There were no incremental increases in myelosuppression, peripheral neuropathy, or renal, hepatic, or cardiac toxicity and no deaths related to tirapazamine. CONCLUSION: The CATAPULT I study shows that tirapazamine enhances the activity of cisplatin in patients with advanced NSCLC and confirms that hypoxia is an exploitable therapeutic target in human malignancies.
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von Pawel, J., von Roemeling, R., Gatzemeier, U., Boyer, M., Elisson, L. O., Clark, P., Talbot, D., Rey, A., Butler, T. W., Hirsh, V., Olver, I., Bergman, B., Ayoub, J., Richardson, G., Dunlop, D., Arcenas, A., Vescio, R., Viallet, J., & Treat, J. (2000). Tirapazamine Plus Cisplatin Versus Cisplatin in Advanced NonâSmall-Cell Lung Cancer: A Report of the International CATAPULT I Study Group. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 18(6), 1351â1359.
Authors
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Joachim von Pawel
(first)
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Reinhard von Roemeling
(additional)
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Ulrich Gatzemeier
(additional)
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Michael Boyer
(additional)
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Lars Ove Elisson
(additional)
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Peter Clark
(additional)
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Denis Talbot
(additional)
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Augustin Rey
(additional)
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Thomas W. Butler
(additional)
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Vera Hirsh
(additional)
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Ian Olver
(additional)
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Bengt Bergman
(additional)
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Joseph Ayoub
(additional)
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Gary Richardson
(additional)
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David Dunlop
(additional)
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Anthony Arcenas
(additional)
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Robert Vescio
(additional)
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Jean Viallet
(additional)
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Joseph Treat
(additional)
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Dates
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Created | 8 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 24, 2017, 2:16 a.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 3 months ago (May 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 week, 3 days ago (Aug. 21, 2025, 1:57 p.m.) |
Issued | 25 years, 5 months ago (March 13, 2000) |
Published | 25 years, 5 months ago (March 13, 2000) |
Published Print | 25 years, 5 months ago (March 13, 2000) |
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