Fixed-dose rate gemcitabine alone or alternating with FOLFIRI.3 (irinotecan, leucovorin and fluorouracil) in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma: an AGEO randomised phase II study (FIRGEM).
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Date publication
décembre 2014
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Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr FEIN Francine
Tous les auteurs :
Trouilloud I, Dupont-Gossard AC, Malka D, Artru P, Gauthier M, Lecomte T, Aparicio T, Thirot-Bidault A, Lobry C, Asnacios A, Manet-Lacombe S, Fein F, Dubreuil O, Landi B, Zaanan A, Bonnetain F, Taieb J
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Résumé
BACKGROUND: Fluorouracil and irinotecan-based, and gemcitabine-based regimens, are the standard of care in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. New approaches are needed to improve survival and quality of life. Whether a sequential approach alternating irinotecan, fluorouracil and gemcitabine may be effective and tolerable in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer is unknown. METHODS: In this randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial, patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, World Health Organisation (WHO) performance status 0-1, and bilirubin levels
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Eur J Cancer. 2014 Dec;50(18):3116-24