Irinotecan combined with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin third-line chemotherapy after failure of fluoropyrimidine, platinum, and taxane in gastric cancer: treatment outcomes and a prognostic model to predict survival
- Authors
- Kang, Eun Joo; Im, Seock-Ah; Oh, Do-Youn; Han, Sae-Won; Kim, Jin-Soo; Choi, In Sil; Kim, Jin Won; Kim, Yu Jung; Kim, Jee Hyun; Kim, Tae-You; Lee, Jong Seok; Bang, Yung-Jue; Lee, Keun-Wook
- Issue Date
- Oct-2013
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Gastric cancer; Third-line chemotherapy; Irinotecan; FOLFIRI; Prognostic factor
- Citation
- GASTRIC CANCER, v.16, no.4, pp.581 - 589
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- GASTRIC CANCER
- Volume
- 16
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 581
- End Page
- 589
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/101946
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10120-012-0227-5
- ISSN
- 1436-3291
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to evaluate the activity and safety of the combination chemotherapy of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin, and irinotecan (FOLFIRI regimen) after failure of fluoropyrimidine, platinum, and taxane in gastric cancer (GC) and to evaluate the prognostic factors for survival. Patients received biweekly FOLFIRI chemotherapy as third-line treatment. The FOLFIRI-1 consisted of irinotecan (180 mg/m(2) in a 2-h infusion) on day 1, and then leucovorin (200 mg/m(2) in a 2-h infusion) and 5-FU (a 400 mg/m(2) bolus, followed by 600 mg/m(2) in a 22-h continuous infusion) on days 1 and 2. FOLFIRI-2 consisted of irinotecan (180 mg/m(2) in a 2-h infusion) on day 1, and then leucovorin (400 mg/m(2) in a 2-h infusion) and 5-FU (a 400 mg/m(2) bolus, followed by 2400 mg/m(2) in a 46-h continuous infusion) on day 1. A total of 158 patients were included. The overall response rate was 9.6 % in patients with measurable lesions. The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 2.1 months [95 % confidence interval (CI), 1.7-2.5] and 5.6 months (95 % CI, 4.7-6.5), respectively. The major grade 3/4 toxicity was myelosuppression (36.7 %). Good performance status (PS), fewer metastatic sites, and longer duration from the first-line to third-line chemotherapy were independent prognostic factors affecting both PFS and OS. The FOLFIRI regimen showed antitumor activity and tolerable toxicity profiles against advanced GC in the third-line setting. Patients with good PS, fewer metastatic sites and longer previous treatment duration might have the maximal benefit from third-line chemotherapy.
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