scholarly journals Measuring quality of life: impact of chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer. Experience from two recent large phase III trials

1998 ◽  
Vol 77 (S2) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Anderson ◽  
MK Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Advanced Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Life Impact ◽  
Phase Iii Trials ◽  
Large Phase ◽  
Cancer Experience

A Randomized Trial Comparing Defined-Duration With Continuous Irinotecan Until Disease Progression in Fluoropyrimidine and Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor—Resistant Advanced Colorectal Cancer

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (15) ◽  
pp. 3023-3031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Lal ◽  
James Dickson ◽  
David Cunningham ◽  
Ian Chau ◽  
Andrew R. Norman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Disease Progression ◽  
Advanced Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Random Assignment ◽  
Duration Of Disease ◽  
Grade 3 ◽  
Synthase Inhibitor

Purpose Irinotecan given until disease progression is an accepted standard treatment for advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) resistant to fluoropyrimidines. It is not known whether a predefined period of irinotecan treatment would result in similar duration of disease control. We performed a multicenter phase III trial to compare the two policies of defined-duration versus continuous irinotecan treatment. Patients and Methods Three hundred thirty-three eligible patients with advanced CRC progressing on or within 24 weeks of completing fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy were prospectively registered. After receiving eight cycles of irinotecan given at 350 mg/m2 once every 3 weeks, 55 patients with responding or stable disease were randomly assigned to stop irinotecan (n = 30) or continue until disease progression (n = 25). Registered patients were not randomly assigned predominantly due to disease progression (n = 236) and intolerable toxicity (n = 38). Results From the time of random assignment, there were no differences in failure-free survival (P = .999) or overall survival (P = .11) between the two arms. No difference was seen in mean global health status quality-of-life score between the two arms at 12 weeks after random assignment. No grade 3 diarrhea and febrile neutropenia was seen in the continue-irinotecan arm after random assignment. Conclusion For most patients, the decision to continue on irinotecan beyond 24 weeks is influenced by disease progression or treatment-related toxicity. However, for 17% of patients in whom this decision is clinically relevant, there seems to be little benefit from continuing irinotecan, though the drug was well tolerated without any deterioration in quality of life.

scholarly journals Quality of life assessment and reporting in colorectal cancer: A systematic review of phase III trials published between 2012 and 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 102877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Lombardi ◽  
Laura Marandino ◽  
Emmanuele De Luca ◽  
Clizia Zichi ◽  
Maria Lucia Reale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Quality Of Life Assessment ◽  
Phase Iii Trials

Survival of Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Improves With the Availability of Fluorouracil-Leucovorin, Irinotecan, and Oxaliplatin in the Course of Treatment

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 1209-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Grothey ◽  
Daniel Sargent ◽  
Richard M. Goldberg ◽  
Hans-Joachim Schmoll
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Advanced Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cytotoxic Agents ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Second Line ◽  
First Line ◽  
Second Line Therapy ◽  
First Line Therapy ◽  
Line Therapy ◽  
Phase Iii Trials

Purpose Fluorouracil (FU)-leucovorin (LV), irinotecan, and oxaliplatin administered alone or in combination have proven effective in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). Combination protocols using FU-LV with either irinotecan or oxaliplatin are currently regarded as standard first-line therapies in this disease. However, the importance of the availability of all three active cytotoxic agents, FU-LV, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin, on overall survival (OS) has not yet been evaluated. Materials and Methods We analyzed data from seven recently published phase III trials in advanced CRC to correlate the percentage of patients receiving second-line therapy and the percentage of patients receiving all three agents with the reported median OS, using a weighted analysis. Results The reported median OS is significantly correlated with the percentage of patients who received all three drugs in the course of their disease (P = .0008) but not with the percentage of patients who received any second-line therapy (P = .19). In addition, the use of combination protocols as first-line therapy was associated with a significant improvement in median survival of 3.5 months (95% CI, 1.27 to 5.73 months; P = .0083). Conclusion Our results support the strategy of making these three active drugs available to all patients with advanced CRC who are candidates for such therapy to maximize OS. In addition, our findings suggest that, with the availability of effective salvage options, OS should no longer be regarded as the most appropriate end point by which to assess the efficacy of a palliative first-line treatment in CRC.

scholarly journals Quality-of-life findings from a randomised phase-III study of XELOX vs FOLFOX-6 in metastatic colorectal cancer

2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Conroy ◽  
M Hebbar ◽  
J Bennouna ◽  
M Ducreux ◽  
M Ychou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Phase Iii Study
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