Controlled clinical trial of L-dopa and nafoxidine in advanced breast cancer: an E.O.R.T.C. study.

L-Dopa lowers plasma prolactin levels, and there have been reports that patients with advanced breast cancer have been successfully treated with L-dopa. To test the potential value of L-dopa in this disease a randomized clinical trial of L-dopa and nafoxidine (as the reference compound) was conducted in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. Objective remissions were obtained in sever out of 36 patients (19%) treated with nafoxidine but in none out of 40 patients treated with L-dopa. L-Dopa in the dose schedule used seems to be ineffective in advanced breast cancer

EORTC phase II study of cisplatin in CYVADIC resistant soft tissue sarcoma

Cis-diamminodichloroplatinum (II) (cis-DDP), 100 mg/m2 every 3 weeks was administered to 24 patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma. All patients had received extensive prior chemotherapy and had measurable progressive disease and normal renal function on entry to the study. There were no objective responses in the 17 patients receiving an adequate trial of therapy. Nausea and vomiting were universal. Renal impairment was moderate in 2 patients and mild in 4. Serial audiometry detected hearing loss at high frequencies in 3 patients