1996
A phase III randomized prospective trial of external beam radiotherapy, mitomycin C, carmustine, and 6-mercaptopurine for the treatment of adults with anaplastic glioma of the brain
Halperin E, Herndon J, Schold S, Brown M, Vick N, Cairncross J, Macdonald D, Gaspar L, Fischer B, Dropcho E, Rosenfeld S, Morowitz R, Piepmeier J, Hait W, Byrne T, Salter M, Imperato J, Khandekar J, Paleologos N, Burger P, Bentel G, Friedman A. A phase III randomized prospective trial of external beam radiotherapy, mitomycin C, carmustine, and 6-mercaptopurine for the treatment of adults with anaplastic glioma of the brain. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 1996, 34: 793-802. PMID: 8598355, DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02025-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBrain NeoplasmsCarmustineCombined Modality TherapyFemaleGlioblastomaHumansKarnofsky Performance StatusMaleMercaptopurineMiddle AgedMitomycinProspective StudiesQuality Assurance, Health CareSurvival RateConceptsExternal beam radiotherapyKarnofsky performance statusMedian survivalSurvival benefitERT groupAnaplastic gliomasBeam radiotherapyMitomycin CVs. 11.4 monthsProportion of patientsSignificant survival benefitPossible survival benefitTreatment of adultsYears of ageBCNU groupPerformance statusProspective trialHistologic diagnosisMalignant gliomasMito groupStereotactic biopsyPatientsGreater riskFourth weekThird day
1990
The effect of calmodulin inhibitors with bleomycin on the treatment of patients with high grade gliomas.
Hait W, Byrne T, Piepmeier J, Durivage H, Choudhury S, Davis C, Gates J. The effect of calmodulin inhibitors with bleomycin on the treatment of patients with high grade gliomas. Cancer Research 1990, 50: 6636-40. PMID: 1698540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBleomycinBrain NeoplasmsCalmodulinDrug EvaluationFemaleGlioblastomaHumansMaleMiddle AgedTrifluoperazineConceptsCentral nervous systemClinical trialsNormal brainNervous systemPhase II clinical trialPhase I clinical trialFatal pulmonary toxicityObjective tumor responseTreatment of patientsHigh-grade gliomasComplete responseCombination therapyPulmonary toxicityTumor responseFatal malignancyMalignant gliomasPreclinical modelsPharmacological characteristicsGrade gliomasGlioblastoma multiformePatientsGliomasRat cerebrumCalmodulin inhibitorsBleomycin