Phase II study of miltefosine (hexadecylphosphocholine) in advanced soft tissue sarcomas of the adult--an EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group Study

Eur J Cancer. 1993;29A(2):208-9. doi: 10.1016/0959-8049(93)90177-h.

Abstract

The EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group conducted a phase II study with oral miltefosine at a dose of 50 mg thrice daily in patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcomas. No responses were seen in 18 evaluable patients. Toxicity consisted mainly of nausea/vomiting. It is concluded that oral miltefosine has no activity in soft tissue sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Clinical Trial, Phase II

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nausea / chemically induced
  • Phosphorylcholine / administration & dosage
  • Phosphorylcholine / adverse effects
  • Phosphorylcholine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Sarcoma / drug therapy*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Vomiting / chemically induced

Substances

  • Phosphorylcholine
  • miltefosine