Prediction of severe toxicity in adult patients under treatment with 5-fluorouracil : a prospective cohort study

5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) has long been used for the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors harboring interindividual variability in both the pharmacokinetic and the pharmacogenetic profiles, which in turn may lead to life-threatening toxicities. We carried out a prospective cohort study of adult patients initiating treatment with 5-FU between 2013 and 2015. Primary exposures of interest were the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase single nucleotide polymorphism in exons 4 and 7 and 5'-untranslated region-thymidylate synthase VNTR genotypes, in addition to baseline clinical and demographic variables. The primary outcome was the time to the occurrence of severe toxicity. We used a Cox regression model to evaluate patients' survival and toxicity experience and its association with baseline characteristics and a priori determined genetic polymorphisms. A total of 197 patients were included, 40.1% developed severe toxicity during follow-up. Variables that were significantly associated with developing severe toxicity were the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer functional score [hazard ratio (HR): 0.98; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.97-0.99]; type of tumor [anus (HR: 2.50; 95% CI: 1.07-5.82), head and neck/esophagus/stomach (HR: 2.95; 95% CI: 1.64-5.33)] and 5-FU continuous infusion regimens over 4-5 days (HR: 9.35; 95% CI: 2.68-32.59). We found a significant association between baseline functional status, type of tumor and continuous infusion regimens and the occurrence of severe toxicity during the follow-up of patients receiving 5-FU. No association was found with the genotypic variants evaluated. Future validation and modeling of an everyday easy-to-use score to predict toxicity among these subgroup of patients remains warranted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Anti-cancer drugs - 28(2017), 9 vom: 06. Okt., Seite 1039-1046

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vázquez, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Orlova, María [VerfasserIn]
Angriman, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Minatta, José N [VerfasserIn]
Scibona, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Verzura, María A [VerfasserIn]
Jáuregui, Esteban G [VerfasserIn]
Díaz de Arce, Heidy [VerfasserIn]
Pallotta, María G [VerfasserIn]
Belloso, Waldo H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5' Untranslated Regions
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
EC 1.5.1.20
EC 2.1.1.45
Fluorouracil
Journal Article
MTHFR protein, human
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TYMS protein, human
Thymidylate Synthase
U3P01618RT

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Date Completed 04.12.2017

Date Revised 28.02.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/CAD.0000000000000546

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273990403