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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
A regimen consisting of 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin plus oxaliplatin (FOLFOX-6) is widely used in France in the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (MCRC). The aim of our study was to demonstrate the non-inferiority of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) versus FOLFOX-6 for this indication. Patients were randomly assigned to receive XELOX or FOLFOX-6 for 6 months. The primary endpoint was overall response rate (ORR) in the per-protocol (PP) population; however, progression-free and overall survival (OS), time to response and response duration were also assessed. A total of 306 patients were enrolled (XELOX n = 156; FOLFOX-6 n = 150). ORR was 42 and 46% with XELOX and FOLFOX-6, respectively, in the PP population. The difference between groups was 4.7%; the upper limit of the unilateral 95% confidence interval (14.4%) was below the non-inferiority margin of 15%. In the intent-to-treat population, median progression-free survival was 8.8 months with XELOX and 9.3 months with FOLFOX-6, and median OS was 19.9 and 20.5 months, respectively. XELOX patients had significantly more grade 3/4 thrombocytopenia (12% vs. 5%) and diarrhoea (14% vs. 7%), but significantly less grade 3/4 neutropenia (5% vs. 47%), febrile neutropenia (0% vs. 6%) and neuropathy (11% vs. 26%) than FOLFOX-6 patients. We conclude that XELOX is non-inferior in terms of efficacy to FOLFOX-6 in the first-line treatment of MCRC, but has a different toxicity profile.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1097-0215
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
682-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Deoxycytidine, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Leucovorin, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Organoplatinum Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Rectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:20473862-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) versus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin plus oxaliplatin (FOLFOX-6) as first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France. ducreux@igr.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study