A single-center experience of modified FOLFOX-6 in locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinomas.

Authors

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Bradley Sumrall

Ochiner Medical Center

Bradley Sumrall , Chang O Son , Jyotsna Fuloria , Suma Satti

Organizations

Ochiner Medical Center, Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma has historically been as a disease with a poor prognosis with a 5 year survival rate of about 6%. The recently published ACCORD 11 trial demonstrated an improved overall survival utilizing FOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine which has been the standard of care. However, FOLFIRINOX was associated with a significantly higher incidence of both hematologic and nonhematologic toxicities at the expense of increased toxicity. At our institution, FOLFIRINOX has been found to have a very similar toxicity profile with a significant impact on quality of life. For that reason, many patients at our institution have been treated with mFOLFOX6 with better tolerability instead of FOLFIRINOX in the palliative setting. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review to analyze overall survival in patients withof unresectable pancreatic cancer (locally advanced and metastatic). Institutional tumor registry database was used to identify patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma from January 2009 to March 2012. Medical records were reviewed to identify patients who were treated with at least 1 cycle of modified FOLFOX-6 as a line of treatment during their disease course. Overall survival was calculated for this cohort of patients. Results: 26 patients (15 male, 11 female) with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma were identified. Mean age was 65.3 years. 19 patients had metastatic disease whereas 7 patients had locally advanced disease at diagnoses. Modified FOLFOX6 as a 1st line, 2nd line and 3rd line therapy was given in 17, 6 and 3 patients respectively. The median overall survival was 9 month while the mean survival was 10.6 months. 7 patients were treated with FOLFIRI as 2nd or 3rd line treatment. Nine patients are still alive. Conclusions: Modified FOLFOX-6 is an acceptable treatment for metastatic and locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Even though our sample size is small, overall survival is comparable to that of FOLFIRINOX. A multi-institutional, randomized trial evaluating sequencing of mFOLFOX6 and FOLFIRI and comparing it with FOLFIRINOX would be useful.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

General Poster Session B: Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Track

Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Sub Track

Multidisciplinary Treatment

Citation

J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl 4; abstr303)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2013.31.4_suppl.303

Abstract #

303

Poster Bd #

C51

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