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Table 1 Chemotherapy regimens, dosages, post-cooling times and number of patients who finished the DigniCap evaluation

From: Successful reduction of alopecia induced by anthracycline and taxane containing adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer – clinical evaluation of sensor-controlled scalp cooling

Chemotherapy regimen and doses

No of patients

Post-cooling time (min)

(Neo-)adjuvant CT

  

E90C600 (q3w*4) - > Doc100/175 (q3w*4)1

32

100

F500E100C500 (q3w*6)

15

120

F500E100C500 (q3w*3) - > Doc100 (q3w*3)

7

120 - > 100

E90C600 (q3w*4)

3

100

CarboPt/Doc (q3w*6)

1

90

Palliative CT

  

Taxol135/Herceptin8mg/kg

1

90

Halaven1.23

1

120

Taxol90/Avastin10mg/kg

3

60

Carboplatin

1

90

Gemcitabine/Cisplatin

(12)

60

  1. 1Three patients were included receiving three-weekly (neo-)adjuvant Doc/EC. Of them, one patient was treated with Doc175 and two with Doc100.
  2. 2One patient finished an adjuvant CT (EC/Doc) before a palliative treatment (three cycles Carboplatin followed by two cycles Gemcitabine/Cisplatin) was started.