Front-Line Window Therapy with Temozolomide and Irinotecan in Patients with Primary Disseminated Multifocal Ewing Sarcoma: Results of the ISG/AIEOP EW-2 Study.

ABSTRACT: The main objective was to evaluate the activity and tolerability of TEMIRI as a front-line treatment in primary disseminated Ewing sarcoma (PDMES) using the RECIST 1.1 criteria. The secondary objectives included the assessment of toxicity and the performance status/symptom changes. Between 2012 and 2018, patients with PDMES received two courses of temozolomide 100 mg/sqm/day + irinotecan 50 mg/sqm/day for 5 days every 3 weeks as an amendment to the Italian Sarcoma Group/Associazione Italiana EmatoIogia ed Oncologia Pediatrica (ISG/AIEOP) EW-2 protocol (EUDRACT#2009-012353-37, Vers. 1.02). Thirty-four patients were enrolled. The median age at diagnosis was 19 years (range 3-55). After TEMIRI, the RECIST response was as follows: a partial response in 20 (59%) patients, stable disease in 11 (

SUBMITTER: Asaftei SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8234176 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature