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- Title
Randomized phase III study comparing the efficacy and safety of irinotecan plus S-1 with S-1 alone as first-line treatment for advanced gastric cancer (study GC0301/TOP-002).
- Authors
Narahara, Hiroyuki; Iishi, Hiroyasu; Imamura, Hiroshi; Tsuburaya, Akira; Chin, Keisho; Imamoto, Haruhiko; Esaki, Taito; Furukawa, Hiroshi; Hamada, Chikuma; Sakata, Yuh
- Abstract
Background: Irinotecan hydrochloride and S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine, have shown antitumor activity against advanced gastric cancer as single agents in phase I/II studies. The combination of irinotecan and S-1 (IRI-S) is also active against advanced gastric cancer. This study was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of IRI-S versus S-1 monotherapy in patients with advanced or recurrent gastric cancer. Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to oral S-1 (80 mg/m daily for 28 days every 6 weeks) or oral S-1 (80 mg/m daily for 21 days every 5 weeks) plus irinotecan (80 mg/m by intravenous infusion on days 1 and 15 every 5 weeks) (IRI-S). The primary endpoint was overall survival. Secondary endpoints included the time to treatment failure, 1- and 2-year survival rates, response rate, and safety. Results: The median survival time with IRI-S versus S-1 monotherapy was 12.8 versus 10.5 months ( P = 0.233), time to treatment failure was 4.5 versus 3.6 months ( P = 0.157), and the 1-year survival rate was 52.0 versus 44.9%, respectively. The response rate was significantly higher for IRI-S than for S-1 monotherapy (41.5 vs. 26.9%, P = 0.035). Neutropenia and diarrhea occurred more frequently with IRI-S, but were manageable. Patients treated with IRI-S received more courses of therapy at a relative dose intensity similar to that of S-1 monotherapy. Conclusions: Although IRI-S achieved longer median survival than S-1 monotherapy and was well tolerated, it did not show significant superiority in this study.
- Subjects
CANCER treatment; CANCER patients; DISEASE complications; INTRAVENOUS therapy; CLINICAL trials
- Publication
Gastric Cancer, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
1436-3291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10120-011-0009-5