Successful Administration of Regorafenib to a Metastatic Colon Cancer Patient with Impaired Performance Status by Reducing the Initial Dose

A 59-year-old woman had recurrences in the spleen and lung 10 years after radical excision of cecal cancer. After 27 months of treatment with 5-fluorouracil/Leucovorin, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, bevacizumab, and anti-EGFR antibodies, multiple bone metastases and a left adrenal metastasis developed, and the patient's performance status (PS) deteriorated to grade 3. Regorafenib was administered at 80 mg/day. The pain and appetite improved within 2 courses, and her PS improved from grade 3 to 2. Regorafenib was increased to 120 mg/day for the 2nd course, and the patient was treated for 5 months without severe adverse effects. Regorafenib is considered to be a salvage-line treatment only for patients in relatively good condition, because full-dose regorafenib treatment often leads to severe adverse effects. Dose escalation of regorafenib from the low initial dose of 80 mg/day may be a safe and effective way of providing an opportunity of this chemotherapy to patients with impaired PS.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy - 42(2015), 7 vom: 22. Juli, Seite 871-3

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nishitai, Ryuta [VerfasserIn]
Manaka, Dai [VerfasserIn]
Kudo, Ryo [VerfasserIn]
Mitsuoka, Eisei [VerfasserIn]
Kanai, Shumpei [VerfasserIn]
Kanto, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Yoshino, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Hamasu, Shin-ya [VerfasserIn]
Konishi, Sayuri [VerfasserIn]
Yamashiro, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

24T2A1DOYB
Case Reports
English Abstract
Journal Article
Phenylurea Compounds
Pyridines
Regorafenib

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.09.2015

Date Revised 22.07.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM251106039