Complete remission of refractory gestational trophoblastic disease with brain metastases treated with multicycle ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (ICE) and stem cell rescue

Gynecol Oncol. 1997 May;65(2):366-9. doi: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4677.

Abstract

Patients with chemotherapy-refractory gestational trophoblastic disease and brain metastasis are considered to have a very poor prognosis. We present the case of a patient who had failed several chemotherapeutic regimens. Despite transient responses to chemotherapy, she had not achieved a complete remission in 3 years, and had developed systemic disease and recurrent brain metastasis. She was treated with four cycles of high-dose ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide with blood progenitor cell support. She tolerated this regimen well and has obtained a complete remission that is ongoing for 12 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Ifosfamide / administration & dosage
  • Pregnancy
  • Remission Induction
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin
  • Ifosfamide

Supplementary concepts

  • ICE protocol 1