Cisplatin versus cisplatin plus D-Trp-6-LHRH in the treatment of ovarian cancer: A pilot trial to investigate the effect of the addition of a GnRH analogue to cisplatin

Thirty-four patients with histologically confirmed ovarian cancer were entered into a pilot study. Patients were randomized to receive cisplatin alone or cisplatin plus D-Trp-6-LHRH (decapeptyl). Objective response (complete and partial response) was documented in 9 of 14 patients on cisplatin and in 12 of 18 patients on cisplatin plus decapeptyl. Median time to treatment failure and median survival times were the same in the two treatment regimens. Toxicities were similar in the two treatment arms, except for hot flashes which only occurred in patients on cisplatin plus decapeptyl.