Safety and Efficacy of s-MOX Regimen in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Who Developed Cardiotoxicity Following Fluoropyrimidine Administration : A Case Series

BACKGROUND: Fluoropyrimidines compose the backbone of regimens to treat many common solid tumors, including gastrointestinal (GI), breast and head/neck. As we continue to use these agents routinely, recognition of rare but real toxicities, such as cardiotoxicity, has also improved. The treatment options for patients who have encountered fluoropyrimidine-induced cardiotoxicity are limited as many anti-angiogenic drugs also pose a cardiac risk.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We present a case series of three patients who developed cardiotoxicity in the form of anginal-like symptoms, EKG changes and elevated cardiac enzymes on infusional 5-FU or capecitabine and were subsequently treated with the s-MOX (simplified-mitomycin-oxaliplatin) regimen for their metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). All three patients were tested for polymorphic abnormality of DYPD and TYMS.

RESULTS: All three patients were treated with s-MOX consisting of mitomycin-C 7 mg/m2 on day 1 and oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 on days 1 and 15 (1 cycle = 28 days) after they encountered cardiotoxicity to 5-FU and/or capecitabine. None of these patients developed any cardiotoxicity on s-MOX. Overall, the MOX regimen was well tolerated. The most common toxicities included ≤ 2 grade peripheral neuropathy, nausea, vomiting, thrombocytopenia, and anemia. Grade ≥ 3 toxicities included neutropenia (10%), thrombocytopenia (33%), vomiting (8%), and peripheral neuropathy (30%). DYPD gene was normal in all patients and TYMS was abnormal (2R/2R) in one patient.

CONCLUSION: This is the first case series that reports the safety and feasibility of s-MOX in patients with mCRC who developed cardiac toxicity to 5-FU or capecitabine. The s-MOX regimen may provide an alternative treatment option for patients who either develop fluoropyrimidine-related cardiotoxicity or who have abnormalities in the DYPD gene.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Archives of medical case reports - 2(2020), 1 vom: 11., Seite 23-29

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ehrlich, Matthew I [VerfasserIn]
Kaley, Kristin [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Saif, M Wasif [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Cardiotoxicity
Dihydropyridine Dehydrogenase
Fluoropyrimidines
Journal Article
MOX Regimen

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 13.08.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315353759