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paclitaxel + carboplatin + topotecan
- Development stage
- Phase 3
- Lead developer
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Modality
- Small Molecules
- Administration
- Intravenous
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Overview
This combination chemotherapy regimen consists of paclitaxel, carboplatin, and topotecan, and was specifically evaluated by the Fox Chase Cancer Center in a Phase II clinical trial. The protocol involves the administration of high-dose chemotherapy followed by peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation to rescue the bone marrow from severe myelosuppression. Paclitaxel acts as a microtubule-stabilizing agent that inhibits mitosis, carboplatin is a platinum-based DNA alkylating agent that induces apoptosis through DNA cross-linking, and topotecan is a topoisomerase I inhibitor that causes lethal DNA strand breaks. This intensive approach was designed to treat extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and carcinoma of unknown primary, aiming to overcome drug resistance in metastatic settings.
- Other names
- High-dose paclitaxel, carboplatin, and topotecan with PBSC supportPaclitaxel-Carboplatin-Topotecan combination
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Targets
DNATUBB (Tubulin (alpha and beta subunits))TOP1 (DNA Topoisomerase I)
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