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- Title
25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Survival in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Findings From CALGB 80303 (Alliance).
- Authors
Van Loon, Katherine; Owzar, Kouros; Jiang, Chen; Kindler, Hedy L.; Mulcahy, Mary F.; Niedzwiecki, Donna; O’Reilly, Eileen M.; Fuchs, Charles; Innocenti, Federico; Venook, Alan P.
- Abstract
Background Data from animal and cell-line models suggest that vitamin D metabolism plays an important role in pancreatic tumor behavior. Although vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in numerous cancers, the vitamin D status of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and the effect of baseline vitamin D levels on survival are unknown. Methods Participants in this correlative study (CALGB 151006) were enrolled in CALGB 80303, which was a randomized trial of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer that demonstrated no difference in overall survival (OS) among patients treated with gemcitabine plus placebo vs gemcitabine plus bevacizumab. We measured baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels and examined associations between baseline 25(OH)D levels and progression-free survival and OS using the Cox rank score test. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results Of 256 patients with available serum, the median 25(OH)D level was 21.7ng/mL (range 4 to 77). 44.5% of patients were vitamin D deficient (25[OH]D <20ng/mL), and 32.4% were insufficient (25[OH]D ≥20 and <30ng/mL). 25(OH)D levels were lower in black patients compared with white patients, and patients of other/undisclosed race (10.7 vs 22.4 vs 20.9ng/mL, P < .001). Baseline 25(OH)D levels were not associated with PFS (HR = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.99 to 1.01, P = .60) or OS (HR = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.99 to 1.01, P = .95). Conclusion Vitamin D deficiency was highly prevalent among patients with a new diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer. Black patients had statistically significantly lower 25(OH)D levels than white patients. In this cohort of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer receiving gemcitabine-based chemotherapy, baseline 25(OH)D levels were not associated with PFS or OS.
- Subjects
VITAMIN D metabolism; PANCREATIC cancer; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of vitamin D; ETIOLOGY of diseases; CANCER research
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2014, Vol 106, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/dju185