NEWS HIGHLIGHTSMedia Articles Related to Ellence (Epirubicin)
Testing Carbon Monoxide In Pregnant Women Not Compulsory, UK Authorities Insist
Source: Pregnancy / Obstetrics News From Medical News Today [2013.05.14]
Despite British media attempts to make it appear that all pregnant women will have to prove they do not smoke by taking a carbon monoxide test, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which provides guidance to ensure quality and value for money in the National Health Service, UK, insists that the "NICE does not call for the test to be made compulsory and ...
New Study Examines How Individuality Develops: How Experience Leads To The Growth Of New Brain Cells
Source: Neurology / Neuroscience News From Medical News Today [2013.05.13]
The DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden - Cluster of Excellence at the TU Dresden (CRTD), the Dresden site of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin played a pivotal role in the study...
In Mouse Model Of Usher Syndrome, Researchers Develop Rx For Deafness, Impaired Balance
Source: Hearing / Deafness News From Medical News Today [2013.02.06]
Jennifer Lentz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology & Biocommunications and a member of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper reporting that hearing and balance can be rescued by a new therapy in a mouse model of Usher syndrome (Usher) that contains the mutation responsible for type 1C Usher...
Metformin Won't Aid Breast Cancer Survival in Diabetics
Source: MedicineNet Breast Specialty [2013.05.15]
Title: Metformin Won't Aid Breast Cancer Survival in Diabetics
Category: Health News
Created: 5/14/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/15/2013 12:00:00 AM
Angelina Jolie Has Double Mastectomy Because Of 87% Breast Cancer Risk
Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.14]
Actress Angelina Jolie, who carries a mutation in her BRCA1 gene, announced that she has had a double mastectomy. Women who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have a significantly higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. According to Angelina Jolie, her lifetime risk of developing breast cancer before having her breasts surgically removed was 87%...
Published Studies Related to Ellence (Epirubicin)
Randomized, phase III trial of sequential epirubicin and docetaxel versus epirubicin alone in postmenopausal patients with node-positive breast cancer. [2011.08.20]
PURPOSE: The Docetaxel Epirubicin Adjuvant (DEVA) trial evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of incorporating docetaxel after epirubicin to create a sequential anthracycline-taxane regimen in early breast cancer... CONCLUSION: These results suggest, within a relatively small trial, that substitution of docetaxel for epirubicin for the last three cycles of chemotherapy results in improved outcome in postmenopausal women with node-positive, early breast cancer compared with six cycles of epirubicin monotherapy.
Epirubicin and paclitaxel with G-CSF support in first line metastatic breast cancer: a randomized phase II study of dose-dense and dose-escalated chemotherapy. [2011.07]
An increased dose-intensity can be achieved by either higher dose of chemotherapy per cycle (dose-escalation) or by shortening the interval between cycles (dose-dense). This multicenter randomized phase II study assessed the efficacy and safety of two different approaches: epirubicin 110 mg/m(2) combined with paclitaxel 200 mg/m(2) every 21 days and epirubicin 75 mg/m(2) combined with paclitaxel 175 mg/m(2) every 10 days, both supported with G-CSF...
Predictive and prognostic impact of TP53 mutations and MDM2 promoter genotype in primary breast cancer patients treated with epirubicin or paclitaxel. [2011.04.27]
CONCLUSION: TP53 and CHEK2 mutations were associated with lack of response to epirubicin monotherapy. In contrast, TP53 mutations and MDM2 309G allele status conferred poor disease-specific survival among patients treated with primary paclitaxel but not epirubicin monotherapy.
A multicenter prospective phase II randomized trial of epirubicin/vinorelbine versus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin/vinorelbine as first-line treatment in advanced breast cancer. A GOIM study. [2011.04.12]
BACKGROUND: To evaluate activity and tolerability of two anthracycline-containing regimens as first-line treatment for anthracycline-naive relapsed breast cancer patients... CONCLUSIONS: Both anthracycline- containing regimens evaluated in the present study seem to be active and with a satisfactory tolerability in anthracycline-naive relapsed breast cancer patients.
Docetaxel and epirubicin compared with docetaxel and prednisone in advanced castrate-resistant prostate cancer: a randomised phase II study. [2011.02.15]
BACKGROUND: This randomised phase II study compared the activity and safety of the combination docetaxel (D)/epirubicin (EPI) with the conventional treatment D/prednisone (P) in advanced castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients... CONCLUSION: The treatment of advanced CRPC with weekly D combined with weekly EPI was feasible and tolerable, and led to superior PFS than the treatment with 3-weekly D and oral P.
Clinical Trials Related to Ellence (Epirubicin)
Adjuvant Epirubicin/Cytoxan Followed By A Taxane VS. Epirubicin/Taxane As Treatment For Node-Positive Breast Cancer [Terminated]
The purpose of this study is to compare two combinations of drugs, epirubicin given with a
taxane (ET) or epirubicin given with cyclophosphamide (cytoxan) and followed by a taxane to
see if one of the combinations is better at preventing or delaying the time for breast cancer
recurrence and death after 3 years. The study will also evaluate the side effects of both
treatment combinations.
Study of Docetaxel in Breast Cancer Patients [Completed]
Primary objectives:
- To compare the disease free survival (DFS) in patients treated with the sequential
epidoxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) regimen to that
in patients treated with the same treatment plus docetaxel given sequentially after
epidoxorubicin
Secondary objectives:
- To compare the DFS in patients treated with the sequential epidoxorubicin, docetaxel and
CMF (only patients with > or = 4 lymph nodes) regimen to that in patients treated with
sequential intensified epidoxorubicin/docetaxel/high dose (HD) cyclophosphamide regimen
- To evaluate the overall survival in each arm
- To evaluate the tolerability of a sequential intensified
epidoxorubicin/docetaxel/HD-cyclophosphamide (arm C)
- To compare the safety of a sequential epidoxorubicin/docetaxel/CMF (arm B) regimen
versus a standard sequential epidoxorubicin/CMF regimen (arm A)
A Phase I, Open-label, Study of Pazopanib in Combination With Epirubicin or Doxorubicin for Advanced Solid Tumors [Recruiting]
This is an open-label, four-arm, Phase I, dose escalation study to evaluate the safety and
tolerability and to determine the optimal tolerated regimen (OTR) of pazopanib in
combination with epirubicin or doxorubicin in patients with advanced solid tumors. Patients
will be enrolled in cohorts of 3 to receive escalating doses of pazopanib and epirubicin or
doxorubicin. Dose escalation schemas for each study arm are described in the protocol. For
each arm, the OTR will be defined as the highest dose combination of the agents where no
more than one out of six patients experiences a dose-limiting toxicity. Six to twelve
additional patients in each arm will be studied with the OTR to evaluate toxicity and
pharmacokinetics. This will allow an assessment of potential drug-drug interactions.
Antitumor activity will be assessed using RECIST criteria.
Epirubicin and Docetaxel Combination (ET) or Epirubicin Followed by Docetaxel (E/T) for Node Negative (N0) High Risk Breast Cancer Patients [Recruiting]
The combination of taxanes, and especially docetaxel, with an anthracycline seems to be an
important part of the chemotherapy regimens used in the adjuvant setting of patients with
early-stage node-positive breast cancer patients. Whether sequential or concurrent
administration of these drugs is preferable is not yet known, especially in patients with
node-negative high risk tumors.
Dinaciclib and Epirubicin Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer [Recruiting]
The purpose of this study is to find the highest tolerable dose of the experimental drug
dinaciclib that can be given in combination with epirubicin (epirubicin hydrochloride) to
patients with metastatic breast cancer
Reports of Suspected Ellence (Epirubicin) Side Effects
Disease Progression (2),
Death (2),
Oesophageal Carcinoma (2),
Orthostatic Hypotension (1),
Pulmonary Embolism (1),
Loss of Consciousness (1),
Cardio-Respiratory Arrest (1),
Dizziness (1),
Pleural Effusion (1),
Myocardial Infarction (1), more >>
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