Review Article

Nedaplatin: A Radiosensitizing Agent for Patients with Cervical Cancer

Table 1

Summery of the literature on nedaplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

Author (Reference)YearStudy typeSettingStageResults

J. Kodama [19]2008Phase IPostoperative RTIb-IIbWeekly 35 mg/m2 of nedaplatin was recommended.
Y. Kobayashi [21]2009RetroPostoperative RTIb2-IIbBiweekly 70 mg/m2 of nedaplatin was employed. CCRT was better than RT alone, but the improvement was not significant.
S. Mabuchi [20]2009RetroPostoperative RTIA2-IIbWeekly 40 mg/m2 of nedaplatin was employed.
CCRT was significantly better than RT alone.

Y. Onishi [14]2002Phase IDefinitive RTIII-IVaWeekly 30 mg/m2 of nedaplatin was recommended.
K. Yoshinaga [15]2007Phase IDefinitive RTIb2-IIIbWeekly 35 mg/m2 of nedaplatin was recommended.
Y. Yokoyama [16]2008Phase IIDefinitive RTIb2-IVaWeekly 30 mg/m2 of nedaplatin was employed.
Y. Niibe [17]2008Phase IIDefinitive RTIIIa-IVaWeekly 30 mg/m2 of nedaplatin was employed.
S. Mabuchi [18]2010RetroDefinitive RTIIIbWeekly 35mg/m2 of nedaplatin was employed.
CCRT was significantly better than RT alone.

CCRT: concurrent chemoradiotherapy, Retro: retrospective cohort study, RT: radiotherapy.