Publications by authors named "Dominique Tonelli"
"Biotherapies" include both biopharmaceuticals and cell and gene therapies. Biopharmaceuticals are macromolecules created by biotechnologies. In the case of monoclonal antibodies, the starting dose to be given to Humans is difficult to select because there may be no relevant animal model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We designed this phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of weekly paclitaxel in combination with monthly carboplatin as first-line treatment in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Methods: Main eligibility criteria were histologically or cytologically proven stage IIIB or IV NSCLC, age > or =70 years, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-2, and measurable disease. The 4-week-based chemotherapy regimen consisted of carboplatin infusion (area under the concentration-time curve 6 mg/ml/min) on day 1 and paclitaxel 90 mg/m as a 1-hour infusion on days 1, 8, and 15.