[A multi-institutional study on postoperative adjuvant immunochemotherapy of gastric cancer (II)]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1987 Mar;14(3 Pt 1):716-22.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A multi-institutional cooperative study of postoperative immunochemotherapy for gastric cancer was studied using PSK and/or OK-432 combined with Tegafur (FT) and/or MMC. A total of 3,630 gastrectomized patients from 412 institutions were entered into the study using 6 randomly assigned protocols. Unbiased background cases were analyzed by 4-year or 5-year survival rates (SVR) for each protocol. The efficacy of combined PSK with FT was noticed in all cases of curative operation macroscopically and in n(-) X ps(+) cases (4-y SVR). The combination of MMC, FT and PSK produced better survival than MMC with FT or PSK administration in all cases of macroscopic curative operation (5-y SVR) and in non-curative operation (4-y SVR). The combination of MMC, FT, PSK and OK-432 was effective for poorly differentiated cancer (4-y SVR). Immunochemotherapy with MMC, FT, PSK and OK-432 was more effective in patients with preoperative positive PPD skin test than in those with negative PPD skin test. These results suggested that adjuvant immunochemotherapy using PSK and/or OK-432 combined with MMC and FT is effective for the improved survival of gastrectomized patients with gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products / administration & dosage*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Mitomycin
  • Mitomycins / administration & dosage*
  • Picibanil / administration & dosage*
  • Postoperative Care*
  • Proteoglycans / administration & dosage*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / mortality
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Mitomycins
  • Proteoglycans
  • Tegafur
  • Picibanil
  • polysaccharide-K
  • Mitomycin