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Table 6 Comparative investigations of the possibility to substitute paclitaxel with other drugs

From: Therapeutic strategies in epithelial ovarian cancer

Study

Treatment arms

FIGO stage

n

PFS (m)

OS(m)

p

SCOTROC-1

 

III-IV

   

0.71

 

Carboplatin (AUC5)+Paclitaxel (175 mg/mq)

 

539

14.8

N.A

 
 

Carboplatin (AUC5)+Docetaxel (75 mg/mq)

 

538

15.0

N.A

 

MITO-2

 

IC-IV

   

N.S.

 

Carboplatin (AUC5) + Paclitaxel (175 mg/mq)

 

410

16.8

53.2

 
 

Carboplatin (AUC5) + Liposomal doxorubicin (30 mg/mq)

 

410

19.0

61.6

 
  1. N.A.: not accessed
  2. N.S.: not significant