Cisplatin and protracted venous infusion 5-fluorouracil (CF)--good symptom relief with low toxicity in advanced pancreatic carcinoma

Annals of Oncology : Official Journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
M NicolsonT Hickish

Abstract

The combination of protracted venous infusion (PVI) 5-FU with moderate dose cisplatin was evaluated in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Sixty-three patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease were treated with cisplatin (60 mg/m2 every 21 days) and PVI 5-FU (300 mg/m2/day) for a maximum of 24 weeks. All patients had histologically/cytologically confirmed tumour. Radiological response was assessed by CT scanning and toxicity, performance status and symptomatic response were assessed 3 weekly. The objective response rate was 16% with two radiological complete responses. The median survival was 7.6 months with a 1-year survival of 33% and a median progression-free survival of 6.6 months. Patients who had local disease only had a median survival of 14.8 months with a 1-year survival of 52%. Thirty-four percent of patients had an improvement in performance status on treatment and specific symptom response rates were weight loss 71%, dysphagia 100%, nausea and vomiting 70%, pain 60%, anorexia 50%, and reflux 81%. Chemotherapy was well tolerated with grade 3 or 4 toxicity being nausea/vomiting 5%, diarrhoea 7%, infection 4%, stomatitis 2%, plantar palmar syndrome 2%, anaemia 14%, leucopenia 5, neutropenia 10% and thr...Continue Reading

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