[Randomized controlled study on adjuvant immunochemotherapy with carmofur (HCFU) for noncuratively resected and unresected gastric cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1996 Feb;23(3):327-31.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

To evaluate the efficacy of adjuvant immunochemotherapy, especially the long-term administration of HCFU to patients with noncuratively resected and unresected gastric cancer, a randomized controlled study was conducted by 16 institutions in Hokkaido. After surgery, 185 patients were divided into two groups using the envelope method; group A (84 patients) treated by MMC (4 mg, twice a week, total 1 mg/kg)+OK-432 (or PSK): group B (101 patients) treated with MMC+OK-432+HCFU (600 mg, per day). The 5- and 10-year survival rates were 9.8 and 3.1% in group A, and 11.1 and 11.1% in group B (p=0.062). Better survival rates were obtained in those cases with unresected, S3, or peritoneal dissemination in group B. These results suggested the long-term administration of HCFU was effective for noncuratively resected and unresected gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy*
  • Japan
  • Mitomycin / administration & dosage
  • Picibanil / administration & dosage
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Picibanil
  • Mitomycin
  • carmofur
  • Fluorouracil