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Wylleman B, Brancato L, Gorbaslieva I, van Zwol E, Mori da Cunha MGMC, Benoit J, Tierny D, Vueghs P, Van den Bossche J, Rudenko O, Janicot M, Bogers J. Tolerability of long-term temperature controlled whole-body thermal treatment in advanced cancer-bearing dogs. Int J Hyperthermia 2021; 39:48-56. [PMID: 34937522 DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2021.2000649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Aim: In oncology, thermal therapy is the application of external heat to fight cancer cells. The goal of whole-body thermal treatment (WBTT) is to raise the patient's core temperature to 39-42 °C, and represents the only thermal treatment modality that can act on both the primary tumor and distant metastases. However, WBTT carries potential risks for toxicity when applied without accurate thermometry and monitoring.Methods: ElmediX has developed a medical device, HyperTherm, to deliver long-term controlled and accurate WBTT (41.5 °C, up to 8 h). The safety of the device and thermal treatment protocol was initially evaluated in minipigs, and we present the confirmation of tolerability of WBTT in dogs with advanced cancer, in combination with a reduced dose of radiotherapy or chemotherapy.Results: Thermometry in liver, rectum, and tumor confirmed a homogeneous heating of these body parts. Monitoring of clinical parameters showed acceptable and reversible changes in liver, cardiac, muscle and coagulation parameters, as was expected. Combination of WBTT with both radiotherapy and chemotherapy only caused some low-grade adverse events.Conclusion: We conclude that our findings support the safe use of HyperTherm-mediated WBTT for canine patients with advanced malignancies. They also tend to support a genuine therapeutic potential for long-term WBTT which needs to be confirmed on a larger dog patient population. Combined with previously reported safety results in minipigs, these contribute to support the ongoing clinical evaluation of WBTT in advanced human cancer patients.
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- Oncovet - Veterinary Cancer Center, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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- Oncovet Clinical Research (OCR), Loos, France
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- ElmediX NV, Mechelen, Belgium.,Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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Ohishi T, Nukuzuma C, Seki A, Watanabe M, Tomiyama-Miyaji C, Kainuma E, Inoue M, Kuwano Y, Abo T. Alkalization of blood pH is responsible for survival of cancer patients by mild hyperthermia. Biomed Res 2009; 30:95-100. [DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.30.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Thrall DE, Larue SM, Powers BE, Page RL, Johnson J, George SL, Kornegay JN, McEntee MC, Levesque DC, Smith M, Case BC, Dewhirst MW, Gillette EL. Use of whole body hyperthermia as a method to heat inaccessible tumours uniformly: a phase III trial in canine brain masses. Int J Hyperthermia 1999; 15:383-98. [PMID: 10519690 DOI: 10.1080/026567399285576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022] Open
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In this study, whole body hyperthermia (WBH) was assessed as a means of heating intracranial tumours uniformly. Twenty-five dogs received radiation therapy and 20 the combination of radiation and WBH. Total radiation dose was randomly assigned and was either 44, 48, 52, 56 or 60 Gy. Because of WBH toxicity, intercurrent disease or tumour progression, seven of the 45 dogs received less than the prescribed radiation dose. For WBH, the target rectal temperature was 42 degrees C for 2h and three treatments were planned. In five of the 20 dogs randomized to receive WBH, only one WBH treatment was given because of toxicity. WBH toxicity was severe in six dogs, and resulted in death or interruption in treatment. Most tumours did not undergo a complete response, making it impossible to differentiate tumour recurrence from brain necrosis as a cause of progressive neuropathy. Therefore, survival was the major study endpoint. There was no survival difference between groups. One-year survival probability (95% CI) for dogs receiving radiation therapy alone was 0.44 (0.25, 0.63) versus 0.40 (0.19, 0.63) for dogs receiving radiation and WBH. There was no difference in the incidence of brain necrosis in the two treatment groups. Results suggest that use of WBH alone to increase the temperature of intracranial tumours as a means to improve radiation therapy outcome is not a successful strategy.
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- D E Thrall
- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA.
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Price GS, Cline JM, Page RL, Riviere JE, Thrall DE. Potential complications associated with normothermic lonidamine infusion and with systemic acidosis in dogs receiving lonidamine during whole body hyperthermia (WBH). Int J Hyperthermia 1998; 14:271-83. [PMID: 9679707 DOI: 10.3109/02656739809018232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The vascular toxicosis of lonidamine (40 mg/h) or vehicle infusion was investigated in six dogs. Vasculitis and thrombosis were observed in veins infused with lonidamine but not in veins infused with vehicle. This finding suggests that it may not be possible to use lonidamine infusion to circumvent therapeutic limitations associated with the oral lonidamine formulation currently used in patients. We also investigated the systemic toxicosis of lonidamine (400 mg/m2; rapid intravenous bolus) or vehicle in six other dogs that developed systemic acidosis (pH < or = 7.0) during whole body hyperthermia (42 degrees C x 90 min). Gross and histologic haemorrhage was observed in all dogs; however, haemorrhagic lesions in acidotic dogs receiving lonidamine + WBH were more severe than changes observed in acidotic dogs receiving vehicle + WBH. These observations confirm the results of in vitro studies which suggest that the combined effect of lonidamine and hyperthermia is enhanced under acidic conditions. Furthermore, these findings indicate that acid-base status of patients receiving lonidamine during WBH must be monitored carefully to avoid serious complications.
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- G S Price
- Department of Companion Animal, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA
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Makino M, Lodato RF, Stephens LC, Strebel FR, Jenkins G, Ohno S, Sakaguchi Y, Kostergaard J, Tomasovic SP, Bull JM. Protective effect of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine against hypotension inducted by combined tumour necrosis factor-alpha and whole body hyperthermia in rats. Int J Hyperthermia 1996; 12:617-34. [PMID: 8886889 DOI: 10.3109/02656739609027670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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We studied: (a) the adverse effects of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) given during whole body hyperthermia (WBH) on mean arterial pressure (MAP) and gut mucosa in anaesthetized rats; (b) the potential protective effect of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMA), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase; and (c) the influence of L-NMA on the antitumour effect of the trimodality therapy, WBH + TNF + Carboplatin (CBDCA). In normothermic rats, TNF alone (10(5) or 10(6) U/kg) did not cause hypotension, but increased MAP (p < 0.05). L-NMA alone (5, 10 and 20 mg/kg) increased MAP moderately and dose-dependently (p < 0.05). WBH (41.5 degrees C for 2 h) increased MAP markedly (from 103 +/- 4 to 161 +/- 4 mm Hg). This increase in MAP was sustained throughout the hyperthermia, but was followed by a transient relative hypotension (MAP = 80 +/- mm Hg) on cessation of WBH and an eventual return to near baseline at 30 min post-WBH (MAP = 94 +/- 5 mm Hg). WBH + TNF (10(5) or 10(6) U/kg) initially increased MAP similarly to WBH alone. During the second hour of WBH, however, MAP decreased towards pre-treatment levels, and cessation of WBH was followed by sustained hypotension. This late hypotensive state was associated with a mortality during the early (first 2 h) post-WBH period of 17 and 100% at TNF dose of 10(5) and 10(6) U/kg TNF, respectively. L-NMA given to rats receiving WBH + TNF (10(6) U/kg) maintained MAP at levels similar to WBH alone during WBH treatment. L-NMA prevented the post-WBH hypotension, and extended the survival beyond the early (first 2 h) post-WBH period. No rat, however, receiving high dose TNF (10(6) U/kg) survived more than 12 h even with L-NMA (totally 40 mg/kg). WBH + TNF (10(5) and 10(6) U/kg) also produced marked histopathological injury to the gut mucosa at 2 h post-treatment. L-NMA substantially protected the gut from this injury. In rats bearing a transplantable fibrosarcoma, L-NMA did not decrease the antitumour effect consisting of WBH + TNF (10(5) U/kg) + CBDCA, while it decreased (p < 0.05) the general toxicity (weight loss, diarrhea and foot oedema) of this combination. We conclude that L-NMA may prevent or ameliorate the early toxicity but not the late lethal effects of WBH + high dose TNF (10(6) U/kg). Additionally, L-NMA reduces some of the toxicity of WBH + TNF (10(5) U/kg) + CBDCA without decreasing the antitumour effect of this trimodality therapy. Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase such as L-NMA may provide a novel approach to overcoming the toxicity of TNF in combination with WBH.
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- M Makino
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, USA
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Hauck ML, Price GS, Ogilvie GK, Johnson J, Gillette EL, Thrall DE, Dewhirst MW, Page RL. Phase I evaluation of mitoxantrone alone and combined with whole body hyperthermia in dogs with lymphoma. Int J Hyperthermia 1996; 12:309-20. [PMID: 9044901 DOI: 10.3109/02656739609022520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The maximum tolerated dose of mitoxantrone (MX) administered alone or combined with whole body hyperthermia (WBH) was determined in this nonrandomized, prospective study in dogs with lymphoma. MX was administered to 53 dogs every three weeks for a total of six treatments unless progressive disease or persistent, severe toxicity developed. Fifty dogs were evaluable (MX alone n = 30, MX/WBH n = 20). MX was administered as a 1 h infusion at the onset of the plateau phase of WBH in dogs treated with combined therapy. Dogs were evaluated weekly between treatments for the first four treatments with physical examination and complete blood counts to define acute and cumulative toxicity. Dogs were evaluated every three weeks for tumour response until relapse. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was defined as that dose in each group that resulted in a 50% incidence of moderate or severe toxicity as estimated from logistic regression analysis of the toxicity data. Myelosuppression was the only toxicity observed. Neutropenia was equal in frequency and severity between treatment groups. Thrombocytopenia was not observed in any dog receiving MX/WBH but occurred in 13% of dogs treated with MX alone. The MTD for MX +/- WBH was 6.1 +/- 0.6 and 6.5 +/- 0.8mg/M2 respectively. A steeper dose response relationship was observed in dogs receiving combined therapy compared to dogs treated with MX alone suggesting WBH may improve the uniformity of patient response to chemotherapy. We concluded that MX may be administered without dose reduction to dogs undergoing WBH and that MX should be evaluated more thoroughly in future thermochemotherapy studies.
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- M L Hauck
- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Clinical Practice of Whole-Body Hyperthermia: New Directions. THERMORADIOTHERAPY AND THERMOCHEMOTHERAPY 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60938-1_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Price GS, Page RL, Riviere JE, Cline JM, Thrall DE. Effect of whole-body hyperthermia on the pharmacokinetics and toxicity of lonidamine in dogs. Int J Hyperthermia 1995; 11:531-44. [PMID: 7594807 DOI: 10.3109/02656739509022488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The pharmacokinetics and toxicity of intravenous lonidamine were investigated in dogs receiving four cycles of lonidamine (400 or 800 mg/m2) +/- whole-body hyperthermia (WBH). Clearance and volume of distribution in dogs receiving lonidamine during WBH increased 1.6-2.3 and 1.9-3.5-fold respectively, relative to dogs receiving lonidamine under euthermic conditions (p < 0.02). In dogs receiving lonidamine under euthermic conditions or 400 mg/m2 + WBH, the area under the lonidamine concentration versus time curve (AUC) measured during the fourth treatment was 21-58% lower than the first treatment AUC. However, in dogs receiving 800 mg/m2 + WBH, the fourth treatment AUC was four-fold higher than the first treatment AUC (p < 0.02). This suggests repeated exposure to 800 mg/m2 lonidamine and WBH impairs lonidamine metabolism. Weakness, hypoglycaemia, and elevations in amylase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin were more severe or occurred exclusively in dogs receiving 800 mg/m2 + WBH. Since these changes were attributable to marked AUC increases, which occurred secondary to repeated exposure to 800 mg/m2 lonidamine during WBH, 400 mg/m2 was identified as the maximum tolerable dose to be administered intravenously to dogs during WBH.
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- G S Price
- Department of Companion Animal and Special Services Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA
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Meyer RE, Berry CR, Lee JJ, Dodge RK, Page RL, Thrall DE. Inspired anaesthetic gas humidification improves thermal uniformity during canine whole body hyperthermia. Int J Hyperthermia 1995; 11:397-407. [PMID: 7636326 DOI: 10.3109/02656739509022475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Supplying warmed saturated water vapour in anaesthetic gases during whole body hyperthermia (WBH) could potentially improve thermal uniformity in the trachea and esophagus. Four normal dogs were anaesthetized for WBH at 42 degrees C. A Puritan Bennett Cascade humidifier was used to supply anaesthetic gases saturated with water vapour at an average airway temperature of either 42 degrees C or 38 degrees C. Esophageal temperature was monitored at the thoracic inlet and 5 cm cephalad. Thermal dose was estimated by calculating equivalent minutes for an isoeffect at 43 degrees C (CEM 43 degrees Tx, where Tx is the site of temperature measurement). Endotracheal mucociliary transport velocity (MCTV) was determined before and 48 h following WBH by 99mTc-MAA scintigraphy. Compared to the 38 degrees C humidified gas group, dogs receiving 42 degrees C humidified gas reached 42 degrees C faster (p = 0.02) and had CEM 43 degrees T(esophageal) values equivalent to the target CEM 43 degrees T(rectal). Endotracheal MCTV with 42 degrees C humidified gas, however, was reduced 53% from baseline 48 h following WBH (p = 0.02). With 38 degrees C humidified gas, endotracheal mucociliary transport velocity was unchanged from baseline 48 h post WBH. Tracheal histology was examined using light and electron microscopy in four additional dogs euthanatized following 90 min of 42 degrees C humidified gas combined with WBH. There was no histological evidence of tracheal or lung thermal damage with 42 degrees C humidified gas in these four dogs. However, a moderate increase in tracheal goblet cell secretory granule staining was observed. This change could imply temporary heat-induced ciliary microtubule dysfunction, rather than decreased mucus production, as the likely mechanism of reduced mucociliary transport velocity 48 h following WBH. Administration of 42 degrees C humidified anaesthetic gases with WBH improves heating rate and esophageal thermal uniformity but temporarily depresses tracheal mucociliary transport velocity.
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- R E Meyer
- North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh 27606, USA
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Sminia P, van der Zee J, Wondergem J, Haveman J. Effect of hyperthermia on the central nervous system: a review. Int J Hyperthermia 1994; 10:1-30. [PMID: 8144981 DOI: 10.3109/02656739409009328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Experimental data show that nervous tissue is sensitive to heat. Animal data indicate that the maximum tolerated heat dose after local hyperthermia of the central nervous system (CNS) lies in the range of 40-60 min at 42-42 x 5 degrees C or 10-30 min at 43 degrees C. No conclusions concerning the heat sensitivity of nervous tissue can be derived from clinical studies using localized hyperthermia. The choice whether or not to exceed the critical heat dose, as derived from laboratory studies, in clinical practice is very much dependent on the clinical situation such as the anatomical site and volume of the tissue involved, and prior therapy. Data on clinical application of whole body hyperthermia (WBH) show that nervous tissue can withstand a slightly higher heat dose than after localized heating, which might be the result of developing thermal resistance during treatment. Expression of thermotolerance was observed in the spinal cord of laboratory animals. After WBH in man at a maximum between 40 and 43 degrees C for 6 h-30 min CNS complications were reported, but other complications seemed to be more life-threatening. Most studies indicate that impairment of the CNS after WBH was not due to direct heat injury to the brain or spinal cord, but was secondary as a result of physiological changes. Heat, at least if applied shortly after X-rays, enhances the response of nervous tissue to radiation. Neurotoxicity of chemotherapeutic drugs does not seem to be a limiting complication in hyperthermia if combined with chemotherapy, but only few data are available. The limited clinical experience shows that safe hyperthermic treatment of CNS malignancies or tumours located close to the CNS seems feasible under appropriate technical conditions with adequate thermometry and taking the sensitivity of the surrounding normal nervous tissue into account.
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- P Sminia
- Department of Radiotherapy, University of Amsterdam, Academisch Medisch Centrum, The Netherlands
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McChesney Gillette S, Dawson CA, Scott RJ, Rickaby DA, Powers BE, Johnston MR, Chen C, Gillette EL. Whole-body hyperthermia combined with hyperfractionated irradiation of the thorax in dog: acute physiological response. Int J Hyperthermia 1993; 9:369-82. [PMID: 8515140 DOI: 10.3109/02656739309005037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Whole-body hyperthermia has potential as an adjuvant treatment with chemotherapy and radiation therapy for diseases such as lung cancer which require both local and systemic control. The acute toxicity of whole-body hyperthermia combined with whole-thorax irradiation was studied in dogs. Twenty-eight dogs received three 2-h whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) treatments at 42.0 degrees C deep rectal temperature. Twenty-four of these dogs were also randomized to receive radiation doses of 18, 22.5, 27, 31.5, 40.5 or 45 Gy. Irradiation was given in 1.5 Gy fractions over 6 weeks. Three WBH treatments were given to 28 dogs with all dogs surviving treatment. WBH was given on days 1, 22 and 40 of the 6-week interval. Thirty-one dogs received radiation doses of 18-49.5 Gy without WBH. Deep rectal temperature was maintained at 41.9 +/- 0.3 degrees C over 2 h with an average of 20 min outside the chamber for irradiation. Two dogs required intervention with emergency medications during WBH treatment. One of the two dogs developed permanent neurological injury. Continuous physiological monitoring was necessary for successful WBH. WBH plus thoracic irradiation was well tolerated. All dogs survived all treatments. A significant but transient increase in peripheral blood leucocytes and a decrease in platelet counts occurred after each WBH treatment. The addition of thoracic irradiation up to 45 Gy in 1.5 Gy fractions did not appear to alter the acute toxicity of WBH with the exception of an increase in the protein content of lung lavage fluids. In conclusion, multiple WBH treatments of 2 h at a target temperature of 42 degrees C in addition to thoracic irradiation up to 45 Gy in 1.5 Gy fractions was administered with only mild acute toxicities occurring. Core temperature could be maintained for up to 20 min outside of the WBH chamber which allowed irradiation to be given concurrently with hyperthermia at a core temperature of 42 degrees C +/- 0.1 degree C.
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- Department of Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523
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- R D Issels
- Medizinische Klinik III, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany
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Novotney CA, Page RL, Macy DW, Dewhirst MW, Ogilvie GK, Withrow SJ, McEntee MC, Heidner GL, Allen SA, Thrall DE. Phase I evaluation of doxorubicin and whole-body hyperthermia in dogs with lymphoma. J Vet Intern Med 1992; 6:245-9. [PMID: 1522556 DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1992.tb00346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Fifteen previously untreated dogs with histologically confirmed, high-grade multicentric lymphoma were entered into a phase I study to evaluate combined doxorubicin and whole-body hyperthermia (DOX/WBH). Groups of three, four, and eight dogs were treated with whole-body hyperthermia and concurrent doxorubicin at 12 mg/m2, 24 mg/m2 and 30 mg/m2, respectively, after one doxorubicin induction dose at 30 mg/m2. Plateau temperature (42 +/- 0.1 degree C) was maintained for 90 minutes using a radiant heating device. A total of five DOX/WBH treatments per dog were planned, and these were given every 21 days. Treatment-related toxicity was not seen in the 12-mg/m2 doxorubicin dose group. Tumor progression prohibited administration of more than three DOX/WBH treatments to any dog in the 12-mg/m2 group. Premature ventricular contractions developed after the fifth treatment in one of the four dogs treated with 24 mg/m2 of doxorubicin. Two dogs (25%) in the 30-mg/m2 dose group had treatment-related toxicity. One dog experienced acute serious myelosuppression 1 week after the third treatment. This dog received all planned DOX/WBH treatments. Asymptomatic cardiac toxicosis consisting of decreased ejection fraction and fractional shortening developed in the second dog. This dog received only two DOX/WBH treatments. The three dogs treated at 12 mg/m2 had partial responses of short duration (60-83 days). Four dogs treated at 24 mg/m2 had complete responses for 150, 164, 186, and 200 days. Eight dogs treated at 30 mg/m2 had complete responses with a mean and median duration of 241 and 190 days, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C A Novotney
- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606
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