Acta Pharm. 69 (2019) 87-97

 

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Original research paper

 

Comparison of clinico-pathological characteristics and survival of recurrent ovarian cancer patients on seven different chemo-protocols

SAIMA SATTAR, MOBASHER AHMAD, HAMID SAEED, ZIKRIA SALEEM, ZEESHAN DANISH and MUHAMMAD AKHLAQ

hamid.pharmacy@pu.edu.pk

1 Section of Clinical Pharmacy, University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Allama Iqbal Campus, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan

2 Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Accepted July 16, 2018

Published online August 10, 2018

 

Despite growing prevalence of ovarian cancer (OC) in Pakistan, no literature evidence exists regarding its clinic-pathological characteristics, survival and compliance of patients with recurrent ovarian cancer on various chemo-protocols. An observational study was conducted by enrolling 251 recurrent OC patients on 7 different chemo-protocols, from a specialized cancer care hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, using convenient judgmental sampling. The study was conducted for a period of 6 months. Most of the patients were between 18 and 70 years of age, with IIIC FIGO stage and papillary serous histological grade. As per RECIST, improved partial response (PR) (63.3 %) and complete response (CR) (52.1 %) was observed in the CP (carboplatin + paclitaxel) arm, substantiated by improved median progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in CP and CD (carboplatin + docetaxel) arms, respectively, yet with no significant differences in survival curves, PFS (p = 0.12) and OS (p = 0.22). Interestingly, the highest and the lowest patient non-compliance were observed in CG (carboplatin + gemcitabine) (81.6 %) and paclitaxel (4.5 %) arms, resp. As per the hazard model for survival, topotecan showed significant association with the therapy related events/deaths compared to other protocols. These data suggest that CP regimen exhibited improved clinical efficacy and decreased toxicity related non-compliance in recurrent ovarian cancer patients of Lahore.

 

Keywords: ovarian cancer, carboplatin plus paclitaxel, topotecan, bevacizumab, docetaxel