Randomized controlled trial of 8 weeks' vs 12 weeks' interval between neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer

Autor: Funda Obuz, Ilhan Oztop, Ozkan Kanat, Nesrin Ugras, Naciye Cigdem Arslan, Ersin Öztürk, Aras Emre Canda, M. Bingul, Mehtat Unlu, Meral Kurt, Ozgen Isik, I. Birkay Gorken, Tuncay Yilmazlar, Cem Terzi
Přispěvatelé: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Cerrahi Tıp Bilimleri/Genel Cerrahi Bölümü., Işık, Özgen, Yılmazlar, Tuncay, Uğraş, Nesrin, Kanat, Özkan, Öztürk, Ersin, Kurt, Malerie, P-5779-2019, AAW-9602-2020, ABH-2238-2021, AAH-2716-2021
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Colorectal cancer
Recommendations
Treatment response
Cancer staging
law.invention
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
Pathology
Rectal cancer
Treatment outcome
Sigmoidoscopy
Complete response
Priority journal
Gastroenterology
Chemoradiotherapy
Anastomosis leakage
Tumor localization
Surgical mortality
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Antineoplastic agent
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Neoadjuvant therapy
Rectum cancer
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Female
Fluorouracil
medicine.drug
Human
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Locally advanced
Organ preservation
Rectal neoplasms
Major clinical study
Anastomosis
Adenocarcinoma
Rectum Tumor
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Article
Treatment duration
Capecitabine
03 medical and health sciences
Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols
Advanced cancer
medicine
Humans
Pathological complete response
business.industry
Interval
Rectum
medicine.disease
Resection
Surgery
Radiation-therapy
Concomitant
Rectum tumor
Neoplasm staging
business
Gastroenterology & hepatology
Controlled study
Sphincter
Popis: Aim The aim was to compare the pathological complete response (pCR) rate at 8 compared to 12 weeks' interval between completion of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and surgery in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Method This was a randomized trial which included a total of 330 patients from two institutions. Patients with locally advanced (T3-4N0M0, TxN+M0) rectal cancer were randomized into 8- and 12-week interval groups. All the patients received long-course CRT (45 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions and concomitant oral capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil infusion). Surgery was performed at either 8 or 12 weeks after CRT. The primary end-point was pCR. Secondary end-points were sphincter preservation, postoperative morbidity and mortality. Results Two-hundred and fifty-two patients (n = 125 in the 8-week group, n = 127 in the 12-week group) were included. Demographic and clinical characteristics were similar between groups. The overall pCR rate was 17.9% (n = 45): 12% (n = 15) in the 8-week group and 23.6% (n = 30) in the 12-week group (P = 0.021). Sphincter-preserving surgery was performed in 107 (85.6%) patients which was significantly higher than the 94 (74%) patients in the 12-week group (P = 0.016). Postoperative mortality was seen in three (1.2%) patients overall and was not different between groups (1.6% in 8 weeks vs 0.8% in 12 weeks, P = 0.494). Groups were similar in anastomotic leak (10.8% in 8 weeks vs 4.5% in 12 weeks, P = 0.088) and morbidity (30.4% in 8 weeks and 20.1% in 12 weeks, P = 0.083). Conclusion Extending the interval between CRT and surgery from 8 to 12 weeks resulted in a 2-fold increase in pCR rate without any difference in mortality and morbidity.
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