Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Standard and Biweekly Trifluridine/Tipiracil Regimen in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Copyright © 2024 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND/AIM: Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) is used to treat metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Since the standard regimen of FTD/TPI features a complex dosing schedule and frequently results in severe hematological toxicities, a simplified regimen has emerged, in which FTD/TPI is orally administered biweekly. However, the survival benefits and potential adverse events associated with the biweekly FTD/TPI regimen have not been fully evaluated in previous reports. Therefore, in this study, the differences in efficacy and safety between the standard and biweekly FTD/TPI regimens were retrospectively investigated in patients with mCRC.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data from 90 patients who received FTD/TPI for mCRC were extracted from the electronic medical records at the Osaka University Hospital. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 85 of the 90 patients were enrolled in the study. We compared patient characteristics, overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and adverse events between the standard (n=56) and biweekly groups (n=29).

RESULTS: The biweekly group exhibited prolonged OS and PFS compared to patients in the standard group. Multivariate analysis for OS and PFS demonstrated that the biweekly regimen was the only significant factor that affected OS, and not PFS (HR=0.561, p=0.049). Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that neutropenia (grade ≥3) in the biweekly group was significantly prolonged compared to the standard group (p=0.012). However, there were no significant differences in adverse events between the two groups (p>0.999).

CONCLUSION: The biweekly FTD/TPI regimen, compared to the standard regimen, should enhance both OS and PFS in patients with mCRC without escalating any adverse event.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Anticancer research - 44(2024), 3 vom: 29. März, Seite 1219-1226

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hara, Shinsuke [VerfasserIn]
Sakai, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]
Ikemura, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Shintani, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Tomoya [VerfasserIn]
Satoh, Taroh [VerfasserIn]
Okuda, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

56HH86ZVCT
Biweekly regimen
Colorectal cancer
Drug Combinations
Journal Article
NGO10K751P
Pyrrolidines
QR26YLT7LT
RMW9V5RW38
Standard regimen
Thymine
Tipiracil
Trifluridine
Trifluridine/tipiracil
Uracil

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.21873/anticanres.16917

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369135253