Multicenter phase II trial of modified FOLFIRINOX in gemcitabine-refractory pancreatic cancer

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of modified FOLFIRINOX as a second-line treatment for gemcitabine (GEM)-refractory unresectable pancreatic cancer (PC).

METHODS: This study was a prospective, multicenter, one-arm, open-label, phase II trial. Patients with unresectable PC, who showed disease progression during GEM-based chemotherapy were enrolled. All patients were administered FOLFIRINOX with reduced irinotecan and oxaliplatin (RIO; irinotecan 120 mg/m2 and oxaliplatin 60 mg/m2), which was set according to the phase I study of FOLFIRINOX. The objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), adverse events were evaluated. Additionally, changes in quality of life (QoL) were assessed using a questionnaire on QoL.

RESULTS: Between August 2015 and May 2016, a total of 48 patients were enrolled. The median follow-up time was 259 d with a median of 8.5 cycles. The ORR and DCR were 18.8% and 62.5%, respectively, including one patient who showed complete remission. The median PFS was 5.8 mo [95% confidence interval (CI): 3.7-7.9] and median OS was 9.0 mo (95%CI: 6.4-11.6). Neutropenia (64.6%) was the most common grade 3-4 adverse event, followed by febrile neutropenia (16.7%). Although 14.6% of patients experienced grade 3 fatigue, most non-hematologic AEs were under grade 2. In the QoL analysis, the global health status score before treatment was not different from the score at the last visit after treatment (45.43 ± 22.88 vs 48.66 ± 24.14, P = 0.548).

CONCLUSION: FOLFIRINOX with RIO showed acceptable toxicity and promising efficacy for GEM-refractory unresectable PC. However, this treatment requires careful observation of treatment-related hematologic toxicities.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

World journal of gastrointestinal oncology - 10(2018), 12 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 505-515

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chung, Moon Jae [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Huapyong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ho Gak [VerfasserIn]
Hyun, Jong Jin [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jun Kyu [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Kwang Hyuck [VerfasserIn]
Noh, Myung Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Dae Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sang Hyub [VerfasserIn]
Bang, Seungmin [VerfasserIn]
Pancreatobiliary Cancer Study Group of Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemotherapy
Clinical Trial, Phase II
FOLFIRINOX
Gemcitabine refractory
Journal Article
Pancreatic cancer

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Date Revised 01.10.2020

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.4251/wjgo.v10.i12.505

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM292248989