63letý pacient, hypertonik, celoživotní kuřák, byl na kliniku TRN FN Plzeň přijat pro tumor pravé plíce zjištěný pro bolesti v pravém hemitoraxu. Na základě stážování byla stanovena diagnóza adenokarcinomu pravé plíce s generalizací do obou plic a levé nadledviny, st. IV. Byla zahájena chemoterapie Paclitaxel (200 mg/m2) – Carboplatina (AUC) – Avastin (15 mg/kg) v rámci studie SAIL firmy Roche s velmi dobrou tolerancí. Po 3. cyklu chemoterapie byla potvrzena parciální remise dle CT hrudníku, dále pokračováno ve stejném schématu chemoterapie s Avastinem do 6. cyklu. Kontrolní CT hrudníku prokázalo další regresi tumoru. Vzhledem k velmi dobrému efektu podávané léčby bylo dále pokračováno v monoterapii Avastinem v třítýdenních intervalech zatím do 22 cyklů. Po 22 měsících léčby s Avastinem bylo dosaženo trvající parciální remise nálezu dle PET/CT trupu, pacient je klinicky zcela bez potíží, neomezen v běžném životě, tedy s velmi dobrou kvalitou života (KS 90 bodů), bez vedlejších nežádoucích účinků Avastinu. Chemoterapie již nemá potenciál pro další prodlužování přežití, je tedy potřebné hledání nových léčebných strategií. Avastin jako inhibitor angiogeneze vede poprvé k prodloužení celkového přežití nad 12 měsíců. Významné prodloužení přežití bez progrese onemocnění (PFS) umožňuje delší přežití bez zhoršení symptomů., A 63-year-old hypertensive patient, a life-long smoker, presented to the Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease of the Plzeň Teaching Hospital with a right-lung tumour detected due to pain in the right hemithorax. Based on staging, a diagnosis of stage IV right lung adenocarcinoma with generalization into both lungs and the left adrenal gland was made. Chemotherapy with Paclitaxel (200 mg/m2) – Carboplatin (AUC) – Avastin (15 mg/kg) was initiated within the SAIL study of the Roche company with very good tolerance. Following the third chemotherapy cycle, partial remission was confirmed based on CT of the chest; the same chemotherapy regimen with Avastin was continued for six cycles. Follow-up CT of the chest revealed further tumour regression. Given the very good effect of the treatment administered, monotherapy with Avastin was continued in three-week intervals for 22 cycles so far. Following 22 months of Avastin treatment, sustained partial remission was achieved according to PET/CT of the trunk; the patient is clinically free of complaints, without limitations in everyday life, thus with a very good quality of life (KS of 90) and free of adverse effects of Avastin. Chemotherapy has no more potential for further extension of survival; therefore, new therapeutic strategies have to be looked for. As an angiogenesis inhibitor, Avastin leads to an extension of overall survival beyond 12 months. A significant extension of progression-free survival (PFS) enables longer survival without deterioration of symptoms., Radka Bittenglová, Miloš Pešek, and Lit.: 2
Motivation Until recently it was considered that 65 years is cutoff for defining patients as elderly, but newer reports indicate that this age limit shift to 70 years of age. Elderly patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer, associated comorbidities and poor performance status represent a specific population and a challenge for use of chemotherapy. Primary aim was to evaluate the impact of mono therapy with oral etoposide on overall survival in elderly patients (≥ 70 years of age) with advanced non small cell lung cancer and poor performance status (PS) ≥ 2 (clinical stage IIIb and IV ), and as well to evaluate tolerability of this therapy. Secondary aim was to evaluate response rate. Methods Retrospectively, medical records of 79 female and male patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer and poor performance status treated with oral etoposide (2x25 mg 20 days/10 days pause) in period from 2007 till 2010 were checked for relevant data. Data regarding demographics, performance status, overall survival, response rates and drug toxicity were collected. For statistical analysis we used Pearson chi-square test, T-test, Kaplan-Meier product limited method and Cox regression. Results Median overall survival (OS) was 31 weeks, in patients with PS 2 overall survival was 34 weeks, and in group with PS 3 was only 24 weeks. Partial response was registered in 20.2% of patients, stable disease in 41.85 % and disease progression in 38% of patients. Treatment was well tolerated, febrile neutropenia and toxic deaths were not registered. Toxic effects didn't have statistically significant influence on OS. Conclusion Oral etoposide used as mono therapy has been shown as moderate effective and very safe in treating elderly patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer and poor performance status so it represents a good therapy option for treating this specific population., Zoran Andrić, Vladimir Kovčin, Slobodanka Crevar, Zafir Murtezani, Sanja Kostić, and Literatura
Erlotinib patří v současnosti k perorálním nízkomolekulárním inhibitorům tyrozinkinázové aktivity, který je v České republice již několik let používán v léčbě pokročilého nemalobuněčného karcinomu (NSCLC) napříč všemi liniemi. Kromě teoretických poznatků týkajících se mechanizmu účinku jednoho z léků cílené biologické léčby se autoři zabývají vlastními klinickými zkušenostmi v léčbě 170 nemocných s pokročilým NSCLC léčených erlotinibem, na naší klinice od r. 2005, a srovnávájí své výsledky s výsledky jiných onkologických center tak, jak byla data o těchto nemocných shromažďována a zpracována v rámci registru Tarceva., Erlotinib is one of the peroral low molecular-weight tyroxine-kinase inhibitors used in the treatment of patiens with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Czech Republic. In addition to theoretic data about its mechanism and characteristic we concern with group of 170 patiens with advanced NSCLC treated with erlotinib from the year 2005 in our department. We compare our knowledges and results of treatment with statistical data published from another oncological center from Czech Republic within the framework of Tarceva Register., Marcela Tomíšková, Jana Skřičková, Michal Štícha, and Lit.: 13