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Panitumumab in combination with modified docetaxel/cisplatin/5-fluorouracil as first-line treatment in gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinomas: a multicenter phase II study by the Hellenic Oncology Research Group

Ann Gastroenterol. 2018 Nov-Dec;31(6):698-704. doi: 10.20524/aog.2018.0311. Epub 2018 Sep 14.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: A phase I/II study to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of biweekly docetaxel/cisplatin/5-fluorouracil (DCF) plus panitumumab (P), its efficacy, and tolerability as first-line treatment in advanced gastroesophageal cancer.

METHODS: In phase I part, patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinomas of the stomach or the gastroesophageal junction received cisplatin (40 mg/m2 on day 1), leucovorin (400 mg/m2 on day 1), 5-fluorouracil (400 mg/m2 bolus on day 1), 5-fluorouracil (1000 mg/m2/daycontinuous infusion on days 1-2), and escalated doses of docetaxel (on day 1) plus P (6 mg/kg on day 1) every 2 weeks. In phase II part, patients were treated with DCF/P at the MTD and the primary endpoint was response rate. The expected response rate was set at >40%.

RESULTS: The MTD for docetaxel in the mDCF/P was defined at 40 mg/m2 and a total of 40 evaluable patients were enrolled in phase II study. One (2.5%) complete and 13 (32.5%) partial responses (overall response rate: 35%), as well as 16 (40%) disease stabilizations were documented. The median progression-free survival was 6.9 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.5-10.3) and the median overall survival was 11.3 months (95%CI 7.7-14.8). Grade 3-4 neutropenia occurred in 10 patients (25%) and febrile neutropenia in 2 (5%). Allergic reactions (grade 1-4) occurred in 9 patients (22.5%). There was 1 treatment-related death.

CONCLUSIONS: mDCF/P combination was feasible, though associated with a poor toxicity profile. However, the study failed to meet its primary endpoint and was terminated prematurely due to futility.

PMID:30386120 | PMC:PMC6191861 | DOI:10.20524/aog.2018.0311

CONCLUSIONS: mDCF/P combination was feasible, though associated with a poor toxicity profile. However, the study failed to meet its primary endpoint and was terminated prematurely due to futility.

Nikolaos Kentepozidis, Panagiota Economopoulou, Michael Liontos, Athanasios Kotsakis, Ioannis Boukovinas, Nikolaos Vardakis, Emmanouil Kontopodis, Efthimios Prinarakis, Teressa Skaltsi, John Souglakos, Vassilis Georgoulias

2018-11-03

Annals of gastroenterology

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