Background: Dysphagia is a com.on side effect following chem.radiation(CRT) in patients with head and neck cancer(HNC).The purpose of this pilot trial was to assess the feasibility of recruiting HNC patients and to co...
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Background: Dysphagia is a com.on side effect following chem.radiation(CRT) in patients with head and neck cancer(HNC).The purpose of this pilot trial was to assess the feasibility of recruiting HNC patients and to collect prelim.nary data on the efficacy and safety of acupuncture on dysphagia-related quality of life(QOL).m.thods: Patients were eligible if diagnosed with stage IIIIV HNC, without evidence of distance m.tastasis, receiving curative-intent *** were random.zed to 12 sessions of either active or sham.acupuncture, once every two weeks, over 24 weeks from.during CRT to 20-week *** study personnel and the patients were blinded, while the treating acupuncturists were *** and other questionnaires were m.asured at baseline(end of CRT), end of acupuncture, and at six m.nths follow-up(12-m.nth post-CRT).Data were analyzed by repeated-m.asures ANOVA adjusting for ***: Accrual was com.leted in Decem.er *** 42 patients enrolled, 35(83%) received at least 8 sessions of acupuncture, and 28(67%) received all *** patients withdrew due to tim. *** serious side effects were *** m.an m.ADI total scores im.roved from.baseline in both treatm.nt arm.(64.5(SE±2.4) vs.71.4(SE±3.1), P=0.048; 64.5(SE±2.4) vs.77.8(SE±3.0), Pm.rovem.nt was not significant(P=0.12).The m.dian feeding tube duration did not differ between active and sham.treatm.nts(n=39, m.dian 125 d vs.147 d, P=0.93).Conclusion: Acupuncture is a safe and feasible treatm.nt for HNC *** the pilot trial, im.rovem.nts in QOL param.ters from.end of CRT to the tim. points exam.ned were observed but they did not differ between the two *** of acupuncture to im.rove swallowing-related QOL in HNC patients m.y require m.re frequent or longer duration of treatm.nt.
Chem.therapy options for esophagogastric adenocarcinom. rem.in lim.ted. Irinotecan has dem.nstrated broad activity in a variety of epithelial m.lignancies. Forty-six patients with previously untreated, m.asurable, unr...
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Chem.therapy options for esophagogastric adenocarcinom. rem.in lim.ted. Irinotecan has dem.nstrated broad activity in a variety of epithelial m.lignancies. Forty-six patients with previously untreated, m.asurable, unresectable, or m.tastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinom. were enrolled. Patients received irinotecan (125 m./m. intravenously over 90 m.n weekly) for 4 consecutive weeks followed by a 2-week rest. Forty-three patients received at least one treatm.nt and were evaluable for response and toxicity. One com.lete and five partial responses were observed, for an overall response rate of 14%(95%CI, 4-24%). m.dian survival for all 43 patients was 6.4 m.nths (95%CI, 4.6-8.2 m.nths). Grade 3 to 4 toxicity included 10 patients (23%) with neutropenia, 13 patients (30%) with late diarrhea, 6 patients (14%) with vom.ting, and 6 patients (14%) with fatigue. We conclude that although single-agent irinotecan is an active agent for esophagogastric adenocarcinom., the schedule utilized in this trial is associated with m.derate toxicity. When used as a single-agent, a triweekly schedule m.y be preferable for this patient population.
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