Radiotherapy of medulloblastoma combined with OK-432 (Picibanil)

The OK-432 group consists of 8 Medulloblastoma patients, 5 Pinealoma patients and 1 Pons glioma patient, while the historical control group consists of 12 Medulloblastoma patients who have been treated only with radiation at NIRS. The frequency of the week when the value of white blood cell counts decreased below 2,500 was 13 weeks per 98 weeks of total observation period (13.3 %) in the OK-432 group. However, it was 37 weeks per 103 weeks (35.9 %) in the control group. The frequency of the week when the value of the platelet counts decreased below 10 x 104 was 5 weeks per 98 weeks (5.1 %) in the OK-432 group, while it was 21 weeks per 103 weeks (20.4 %) in the control group. The OK-432 group received 54.4 ± 3.3 Gy/ 34 ± 2 fractions/ 51 ± 4 days to the cerebellar tumor, except a one-year-old girl who received only a half of the radiation dose as the other patients who were older than 5 years, while the control group received 47.2 ± 7.3 Gy/ 34 ± 7 fractions/ 49 ± 10 days. In terms of TDF, the OK-432 group received 83.5 ± 8.7 and the control group received 63.5 ± 10.2, whereby the difference between the OK-432 group and the control group is statistically significant at 2 % level. To the spinal cord, the OK-432 group received 27.1 ± 3.1 Gy/ 27 ± 5 fractions/ 41 ± 9 days, while the control group received 25.4 ± 7.5 Gy/ 27 ± 13 fractions/ 43 ± 25 days. The survival rate of 8 Medulloblastoma patients treated with radiation combined with OK-432 is as follows : the relative survival rate is 75.1 % in one year, 62.5 % in 3 years and 62.5 % in 5 years, in contrast to the rate of 73.3 % in one year, 20.0 % in 3 years and 20.0 % in 5 years in the control group. (J.P.N.)