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10549093

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
No single agent or combination chemotherapy protocol, with the exception of gemcitabine, has so far proven superior to standard bolus 5-fluorouracil regimes for the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer. The present phase II trial was designed to study whether the effectivity of 5-fluorouracil can be improved with a weekly high-dose 5-fluorouracil schedule. 26 patients with cytologically or histologically verified, metastasized (n = 21) or locally advanced (n = 5) previously untreated adenocarcinoma of the pancreas were included in this study. Treatment consisted of weekly applications of 2,600 mg/m2 5-fluorouracil as 24-h infusion on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36. Treatment was repeated at day 50 and was continued until disease progression. Primary endpoints of the study were response rates and toxicity, secondary endpoints were survival and clinical benefit in terms of performance status, body weight and analgesia consumption. Toxicity of the regimen was mild with only four instances of grade-3 toxicity. Response rates were 8% (95% CI = 1.2-13.7) with two partial remissions. Improvement of at least one parameter of clinical benefit for > or = four weeks was observed for 11.5% of the study patients. The most prominent effect was a transient stabilization of objective tumor measurements (48% [95% CI = 27.8-68.7]) and individual parameters of clinical benefit (50-75%). Median survival was 248 days (95% CI = 164-459) for all patients included in the study. The present study indicates that the high-dose 5-fluorouracil regimen shows weak activity in advanced pancreatic cancer which seems comparable to gemcitabine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0044-2771
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
993-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
A phase II study of weekly 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil in advanced pancreatic cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung Innere Medizin I, Universität Ulm.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Clinical Trial, Phase II