First-line bolus IFL and second-line FOLFOX: A retrospective review of two hundred thirty patients

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 13555-13555
Author(s):  
D. Heng ◽  
H. Kennecke ◽  
S. Gill ◽  
C. Kollmannsberger ◽  
C. Lohrisch ◽  
...  

13555 Introduction: The IFL regimen (irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil bolus and leucovorin) is active in metastatic colorectal cancer. Early treatment-related deaths in N9741 led to the utilization of a dose-reduced schema. An infusional regimen (FOLFIRI) replaced IFL because of superior tolerability. FOLFOX can be used as second-line therapy in patients treated previously with IFL. Methods: A retrospective review was performed at the British Columbia Cancer Agency to evaluate both the safety and outcome of all patients given IFL as first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. Data on second-line FOLFOX was also collected. Between March 31/2002 and April 1/2004, 230 patients were treated. Results: The mean number of IFL cycles delivered was 4.6 (18 doses) for a mean duration of 7.1 months. Toxicity was manageable with only 1 treatment-related death. 17% of patients had grade 3/4 toxicities that included neutropenia and diarrhea. Only 6% of patients required hospitalization during IFL treatment. The median survival of the entire group was 16.6 months (95% CI 14.3–18.6). One hundred twelve patients received second-line therapy. Forty-nine of these patients (44%) received infusional oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX 6) as second-line therapy. 27% had grade 3/4 toxicities and 10% required hospitalization. The median survival of these patients was 25.2 months (95% CI 20.1–30.3). Conclusion: This population-based study demonstrated that bolus IFL played a significant role in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and had a manageable toxicity profile. Lastly, the sequence of IFL followed by FOLFOX resulted in a very meaningful patient survival of over 25 months. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 718-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Cong Ruan ◽  
Yue-Ping Che ◽  
Li Ding ◽  
Hai-Feng Li

Background: Pre-treated patients with first-line treatment can be offered a second treatment with the aim of improving their poor clinical prognosis. The therapy of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients who did not respond to first-line therapy has limited treatment options. Recently, many studies have paid much attention to the efficacy of bevacizumab as an adjuvant treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of bevacizumab plus chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab-naive based chemotherapy as second-line treatment in people with metastatic CRC. Methods: Electronic databases were searched for eligible studies updated to March 2018. Randomized-controlled trials comparing addition of bevacizumab to chemotherapy without bevacizumab in MCRC patients were included, of which, the main interesting results were the efficacy and safety profiles of the addition of bevacizumab in patients with MCRC as second-line therapy. Result: Five trials were eligible in the meta-analysis. Patients who received the combined bevacizumab and chemotherapy treatment in MCRC as second-line therapy showed a longer overall survival (OS) (OR=0.80,95%CI=0.72-0.89, P<0.0001) and progression-free survival (PFS) (OR=0.69,95%CI=0.61-0.77, P<0.00001). In addition, there was no significant difference in objective response rate (ORR) (RR=1.36,95%CI=0.82-2.24, P=0.23) or severe adverse event (SAE) (RR=1.02,95%CI=0.88-1.19, P=0.78) between bevacizumab-based chemotherapy and bevacizumabnaive based chemotherapy. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the addition of bevacizumab to the chemotherapy therapy could be an efficient and safe treatment option for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer as second-line therapy and without increasing the risk of an adverse event.


BMC Cancer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironaga Satake ◽  
Koji Ando ◽  
Eiji Oki ◽  
Mototsugu Shimokawa ◽  
Akitaka Makiyama ◽  
...  

Abstract Background FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab is used as a first-line therapy for patients with unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. However, there are no clear recommendations for second-line therapy after FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab combination. Here, we describe our planning for the EFFORT study to investigate whether FOLFIRI plus aflibercept has efficacy following FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab for mCRC. Methods EFFORT is an open-label, multicenter, single arm phase II study to evaluate whether a FOLFIRI plus aflibercept has efficacy following FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab for mCRC. Patients with unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer who received FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab as a first-line therapy will receive aflibercept and FOLFIRI (aflibercept 4 mg/kg, irinotecan 150 mg/m2 IV over 90 min, with levofolinate 200 mg/m2 IV over 2 h, followed by fluorouracil 400 mg/m2 bolus and fluorouracil 2400 mg/m2 continuous infusion over 46 h) every 2 weeks on day 1 of each cycle. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS). To achieve 80% power to show a significant response benefit with a one-sided alpha level of 0.10, assuming a threshold progression-free survival of 3 months and an expected value of at least 5.4 months, we estimated that 32 patients are necessary. Secondary endpoints include overall survival, overall response rate, safety, and exploratory biomarker analysis for differentiating anti-VEGF drug in 2nd-line chemotherapy for unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. Discussion This is the first study to investigate whether FOLFIRI plus aflibercept has efficacy following FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab for unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. Switching to a different type of anti-VEGF drug in second-line therapy after FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab appears to be an attractive treatment strategy when considering survival benefit. It is expected that this phase II study will prove the efficacy of this strategy and that a biomarker for drug selection will be discovered. Trial registration Japan Registry of Clinical Trials jRCTs071190003. Registered April 18, 2019.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 5166
Author(s):  
Chih-Chien Wu ◽  
Chao-Wen Hsu ◽  
Meng-Che Hsieh ◽  
Jui-Ho Wang ◽  
Min-Chi Chang ◽  
...  

Although several sequential therapy options are available for treating patients with RAS wild-type (WT) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), the optimal sequence of these therapies is not well established. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials and 4 observational studies were performed, resulting from a search of the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Embase databases. Overall survival (OS) did not differ significantly in patients with RAS-WT failure who were administered a second-line regimen of changed chemotherapy (CT) plus anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) versus only changed CT, changed CT plus bevacizumab versus changed CT plus anti-EGFR, or changed CT versus maintaining CT plus anti-EGFR after first-line therapy with CT, plus bevacizumab. However, OS was significantly different with a second-line regimen that included changed CT plus bevacizumab, versus only changing CT. Analysis of first-line therapy with CT plus anti-EGFR for treatment of RAS-WT mCRC indicated that second-line therapy of changed CT plus an anti-EGFR agent resulted in better outcomes than changing CT without targeted agents. The pooled data study demonstrated that the optimal choice of second-line treatment for improved OS was an altered CT regimen with retention of bevacizumab after first-line bevacizumab failure. The best sequence for first-to-second-line therapy of patients with RAS-WT mCRC was cetuximab-based therapy, followed by a bevacizumab-based regimen.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 681-681
Author(s):  
Masato Nakamura ◽  
Tae Won Kim ◽  
Rui-hua Xu ◽  
Young Suk Park ◽  
Yong Sang Hong ◽  
...  

681 Background: Several studies have shown that capecitabine plus irinotecan (XELIRI) has promising efficacy and safety in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. AXEPT is a non-inferiority, phase III comparison of XELIRI with or without bevacizumab vs 5-fluorouracil/folinic acid plus irinotecan (FOLFIRI) with or without bevacizumab as second-line therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Methods: We undertook an open-label, non-inferiority, randomized phase III trial in South Korea, China and Japan. Patients were randomized 1:1 to XELIRI (irinotecan 200 mg/m2 on day 1 plus capecitabine 800 mg/m2 twice daily for 2 weeks in a 3-week cycle) with or without bevacizumab 7.5 mg/kg or FOLFIRI with or without bevacizumab. The primary endpoint was overall survival. Results: From December 2013 to August 2015, 650 patients were enrolled and 625 (311 in FOLFIRI and 314 in XELIRI) were included to safety analysis at the cutoff dates on August 31, 2016. Patient baseline characteristics including KRAS status and UGT1A1 gene polymorphism were similar between the two treatment arms. Prior chemotherapy with oxaliplatin was given to 97.4% in both arms. The overall incidence of grade 3-4 toxicity was 73% in FOLFIRI arm and 53.2% in XELIRI arm. Whereas FOLFIRI was associated with more grade 3-4 neutropenia (43.7% vs 16.2%), leucopenia (13.5% vs 7.3%) and all grades anemia (80.4% vs 69.4%) than XELIRI, XELIRI was associated with more all grades hand-foot syndrome (34.1% vs 14.8%) and grade 3-4 diarrhea (7.0% vs 3.2%). There was no significant difference in febrile neutropenia (4.2% in FOLFIRI and 2.9% in XELIRI). The addition of bevacizumab did not alter safety profiles between XELIRI and FOLFIRI. There was a treatment-related death in FOLFIRI arm (0.3%). Conclusions: Both FOLFIRI and XELIRI were safe and well tolerated, though there were differences in the rates and toxicity profiles at which adverse events occur. Clinical trial information: NCT01996306. UMIN000012263.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (32) ◽  
pp. 3718-3726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik P. Modest ◽  
Sebastian Stintzing ◽  
Ludwig Fischer von Weikersthal ◽  
Thomas Decker ◽  
Alexander Kiani ◽  
...  

Purpose We investigated choice and efficacy of subsequent treatment, with special focus on second-line therapy, in the FIRE-3 trial (FOLFIRI plus cetuximab [arm A] or bevacizumab [arm B]) for patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer. Patients and Methods Start of subsequent-line (second or third) therapy was defined as use of an antitumor drug that was not part of the previous regimen. We evaluated choice, duration, and efficacy of subsequent therapy and determined the impact of subsequent-line treatment on outcome of patients in FIRE-3. Results Of 592 patients in the intent-to-treat population, 414 (69.9%) received second-line and 256 (43.2%) received third-line therapy. In subsequent treatment lines, 47.1% of patients originally assigned to arm A received bevacizumab, and 52.2% originally assigned to arm B received either cetuximab or panitumumab. Oxaliplatin was subsequently used in 55.9% (arm A) and 53.2% (arm B) of patients. Second-line therapy was administered for a median duration of 5.0 versus 3.2 months (P < .001) in study arm A versus B. Progression-free (6.5 v 4.7 months; hazard ratio, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.85; P < .001) and overall survival (16.3 v 13.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.55 to 0.88; P = .0021) from start of second-line therapy were longer in patients in arm A compared with arm B. Conclusion Our data suggest that the sequence of drug application might be more important than exposure to single agents. In patients with RAS wild-type tumors, first-line application of anti–epidermal growth factor receptor–directed therapy may represent a favorable condition for promoting effective subsequent therapy including antiangiogenic agents.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 3591-3591 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Moore ◽  
C. Jones ◽  
G. Harker ◽  
F. Lee ◽  
B. Ardalan ◽  
...  

3591 Background: DJ-927, a novel oral tubulin depolymerization inhibitor, causes apoptosis and DNA cell division arrest. It is not a substrate for the MDR and has excellent activity in preclinical colorectal cancer models. Methods: We are conducting a two-stage, multi-center, phase II trial to assess the efficacy of DJ-927 administered initially as second-line therapy following failure of irinotecan or oxaliplatin based therapy (n= 39). DJ-927 is given as a single oral dose on day 1 of a 21-day cycle at a dose range of 27 - 35 mg/m2. Results: Thirty-nine patients were enrolled, including 14 with prior irinotecan based therapy and 25 who had received prior oxaliplatin therapy. The median age was 56 years (range: 30–87) and the median ECOG PS at baseline was 1 (range: 0–2). A total of 155 courses (range: 1–24) have been administered with a median of 2 courses. Nine patients required dose reduction due to toxicity. Thirty-seven patients were evaluable for efficacy. There were 2 CRs and 2 PRs (10.3%) reported that were confirmed as per RECIST criteria. Fourteen patients (35.9%) had SD, including 6 patients (15.4%) with SD >12 weeks. The most common Grade 3 or 4 AEs were neutropenia (48.7%), fatigue (10.3%), neuropathy (7.8%), and nausea (5.0%).Six patients experienced febrile neutropenia, all requiring hospitalization but tolerated treatment with subsequent dose reduction. There were 13 episodes (33.3%) of peripheral neuropathy reported; however, only 3 (7.8%) were grade 3 or 4. Six patients withdrew due to adverse events. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate activity of DJ-927 as second line therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Severe toxicity was generally limited to reversible neutropenia and peripheral neuropathy. This novel oral agent is well tolerated and warrants further evaluation in combination with other active agents. [Table: see text]


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 108-108
Author(s):  
Atsushi Ishiguro ◽  
Hiroshi Nakatsumi ◽  
Tetsuhito Muranaka ◽  
Yasuyuki Kawamoto ◽  
Satoshi Yuki ◽  
...  

108 Background: IRIS (irinotecan plus S-1) plus bevacizumab (IRIS/Bev) is one of the standard chemotherapies in Japan for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) as the first-line or second-line therapy. The most frequent non-hematological adverse event of IRIS was diarrhea. Hange-shashin-to (HST) is a Kampo medicine which is used in Japan for the treatment of gastritis, stomatitis, and diarrhea. We conducted this study to evaluate the usefulness of HST to prevent diarrhea in patients with mCRC receiving IRIS/Bev as the second-line therapy. Methods: This trial was designed as a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. We administrated HST 2.5g or placebo PO t.i.d. x 3 months from the first treatment course of IRIS/Bev. The primary endpoint is proportion of ≥grade 3 diarrhea assessed by CTCAE v4.0. This study is registered with UMIN-CTR, number UMIN000012276. Results: Between Jan 1, 2014 and Mar 31, 2017, 59 patients from 11 institutes in Japan were randomly assigned to receive HST (n = 28, Group H) or placebo (n = 29, Group P). The proportions of ≥grade 3 diarrhea was 10.7% in Group H and 13.8% in Group P (p = 1.00). The other major adverse events of ≥grade 3 in Group H vs Group P were fatigue (3.6% vs 10.3%), anorexia (14.3% vs 10.3%), and nausea (0.0% vs 3.4%). The overall response rate was 13.6% in Group H vs 7.7% in Group P (p = 0.65). There were not statistically significant differences in median progression-free survival (mPFS), median time to treatment failure (mTTF), and median overall survival (mOS) between Group H and Group P ( mPFS 7.9 vs 5.9 months; p = 0.35; mTTF 3.8 vs 5.6; p = 0.466; mOS 17.0 vs 15.3 months; p = 0.750). Conclusions: Prophylactic HST could not reduce the severity of diarrhea during IRIS/Bev. The update analysis of anti-tumor efficacy showed that IRIS/Bev had promising survival benefit but there is not statistically significant difference between HST and placebo. Clinical trial information: UMIN000012276.


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