A single-institution phase II trial of five fractions of radiotherapy followed by four courses of FOLFOX chemotherapy as preoperative therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma

Autor: Elisa H. Birnbaum, Bashar Safar, Rama Suresh, Andrea Wang-Gillam, Steven C. Hunt, Robert J. Myerson, Steven Sorscher, Lannis Hall, Matthew G. Mutch, Albert C. Lockhart, Michael Naughton, Parag J. Parikh, Caron Rigden, Ira J. Kodner, James W. Fleshman, Benjamin R. Tan, Joel Picus
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30:553-553
ISSN: 1527-7755
0732-183X
Popis: 553 Background: Preoperative radiotherapy (RT) with 5FU chemotherapy (CT) is a standard of care for cT3-4 rectal cancer. Studies incorporating additional cytotoxic agents have resulted in increased morbidity with little benefit. We evaluate a template that seeks to (1) include the known benefits of preoperative RT on local response/control, (2) provide for preoperative multi-drug CT, (3) avoid the morbidity of concurrent RT and multi-drug CT. Methods: Patients with cT3-4, any N, any M rectal cancer were eligible. Patients were confirmed to be candidates for surgery, provided the response was sufficient. Preoperative treatment was 5 fractions RT (25 Gy to involved mesorectum, 20 Gy to elective nodes), followed by 4 cycles of mFOLFOX6. Postoperative CT was at the discretion of the medical oncologist. The principal objectives are to demonstrate that this regimen can achieve T stage down staging (ypT < cT) and acute grade 3+ gastrointestinal (GI) morbidity equal to or better than historical controls. Results: Accrual opened late 2009, with 60 patients enrolled through 8/2011. Forty-six have had sufficient time to proceed to surgery with 4 having grade 3 preoperative GI morbidity. Two cases are inevaluable for response: one withdrew consent prior to CT and one received no surgery due to progression of cM1 disease (with local response). The 44 evaluable cases included 4 cT4 and 40 cT3; 32 (73%) cN+, 4 cM1. At surgery 33 (75%) had ypT0-2 residual disease including 13 (30%) ypT0, 14 (32%) were ypN+. Cases were sub-analyzed by whether disease was too advanced for the upcoming ACOSOG preoperative FOLFOX vs. 5FU-RT trial. By ACOSOG eligibility, response rates were (eligible first, ineligible second) ypT0: 10/22 (45%) vs. 3/22 (14%) (p = 0.05), ypT0-2: 19/22 (86%) vs. 14/22 (64%) (p = NS). Conclusions: This regimen achieves high response rates with acceptable morbidity. The response for ACOSOG eligible cases meets pre-determined stopping criteria for proceeding to a randomized trial. Our successor study will randomize to this regimen vs. FOLFOX alone for ACOSOG eligible cases, while initially continuing as a single arm trial for ACOSOG ineligible cases.
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