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Author Sung Hwan Suh, Hyuk Chan Kwon, Ji Hoon Jo, Young Rak Cho, Bong Gun Seo, Dong Mee Lee, Sung Hyun Kim, Jae Seok Kim, Hyo Jin Kim
Place of duty Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Title Oxaliplatin with Biweekly Low Dose Leucovorin and Bolus and Continuous Infusion of 5-fluorouracil (Modified FOLFOX 4) as a Salvage Therapy for Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer
Publicationinfo Cancer Res Treat. 2005 Oct; 037(05): 279-283.
Key_word Stomach neoplasms,Salvage chemotherapy,Oxaliplatin,5-fluorouracil
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Abstract Purpose: To determine the activity and the toxicity associated with a low dose regimen of leucovorin (LV) plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) combined with oxaliplatin every two weeks (modified FOLFOX 4) as a salvage therapy for advanced gastric cancer patients. Materials and Methods: Between December 2003 and December 2004, 33 patients were enrolled in this study. The patients were treated with oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 as a 2-hour infusion on the first day plus LV 20 mg/m2 over 10 minutes. Subsequently, the patients were given a 5-FU bolus 400 mg/m2 followed by a 22-hour continuous infusion of 600 mg/m2 on days 1~2. The treatment was repeated at 2 week intervals. Results: The median age of the patients was 50 years (range: 31~74), 82% (27/33) had the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status was 0 and 1. Of the 30 patients who could be evaluated for their tumor response, 8 achieved a partial response, with an overall response rate of 26.7% (95% confidence interval (CI): 20.5 ~32.7%). Fifteen patients (50%) showed stable disease and 7 patients (23.3%) progressed during the course of treatment. The median time from the start of chemotherapy to progression was 3.5 months (95% CI: 2.6~4.4 months) and the median overall survival time was 7.9 months (95% CI: 5.9~9.9 months). The major grade 3/4 hematological toxicity encountered included neutropenia (45.4%) and thrombocytopenia (3.0%). Neutropenic fever occurred during only 2 of the 178 cycles. The most common non-hematological toxicity encountered was grade 1/2 nausea/vomiting, which occurred in 18.2% of patients, diarrhea in 12.1% and neuropathy in 15.2%. There were no treatment related deaths. Conclusion: The modified FOLFOX 4 regimen appears to be a safe and effective salvage therapy for advanced gastric cancer patients. (Cancer Res Treat. 2005;37:279-283)