| Abstract: | A combined chemotherapy with cisplatin, ifosfamide and adriamycin (CIA therapy) was performed in 20 patients with advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract. Adriamycin 30mg/m2 and ifosfamide 1.5g/m2 were administered on day 1 and cisplatin 50 mg/m2 on day 2, which was repeated at intervals of 3 weeks, in principle. According to Koyama and Saito's response criteria, complete response (CR), partial response (PR) and minor response (MR) were obtained in 1, 4 and 5 cases, respectively; CR+PR+MR in 10 cases out of 18 evaluable cases (56%). The duration of response was 2 to 14 months (median; 4 months) in the cases with CR and PR. The survival time of the responders ranged from 3 to 23 months (median; 11 months), being significantly longer than that of the non-responders (p less than 0.05, Generalized Wilcoxon test). Adverse reactions observed were of a slight or moderate degree, with only a few cases of damage to renal function. |
