Pancreatic cancer
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Metastatic disease
Capecitabine (Xeloda)
Regimen
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 1250 mg/m2 PO BID on days 1-14
21-day cycles x up to 1 year
References
- Cartwright TH, Cohn A, Varkey JA, Chen YM, Szatrowski TP, Cox JV, Schulz JJ. Phase II study of oral capecitabine in patients with advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Jan 1;20(1):160-4. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
Capecitabine (Xeloda) & Erlotinib (Tarceva)
Regimen
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 1000 mg/m2 (rounded to the nearest 150 mg tablet) PO BID on days 1-14
- Erlotinib (Tarceva) 150 mg PO on days 1-21
21-day cycles, given until progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity
References
- Kulke MH, Blaszkowsky LS, Ryan DP, Clark JW, Meyerhardt JA, Zhu AX, Enzinger PC, Kwak EL, Muzikansky A, Lawrence C, Fuchs CS. Capecitabine plus erlotinib in gemcitabine-refractory advanced pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Oct 20;25(30):4787-92. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
FOLFIRINOX
FOLFIRINOX: FOLinic acid, Fluorouracil, IRINotecan, OXaliplatin
Regimen
- Fluorouracil (5-FU) 400 mg/m2 IV bolus, then 1200 mg/m2/day (total dose of 2400 mg/m2) IV continuous 46-hour infusion on days 1-2; given last
- Folinic acid (Leucovorin) 400 mg/m2 IV over 2 hours on day 1; given second
- Irinotecan (Camptosar) 180 mg/m2 IV over 90 minutes on day 1; given third together with the last 90 minutes of Folinic acid (Leucovorin); that is, irinotecan starts 30 minutes after the start of leucovorin
- Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) 85 mg/m2 IV over 2 hours, given first
14-day cycles
References
- Conroy T, Desseigne F, Ychou M, Bouché O, Guimbaud R, Bécouarn Y, Adenis A, Raoul JL, Gourgou-Bourgade S, de la Fouchardière C, Bennouna J, Bachet JB, Khemissa-Akouz F, Péré-Vergé D, Delbaldo C, Assenat E, Chauffert B, Michel P, Montoto-Grillot C, Ducreux M; Groupe Tumeurs Digestives of Unicancer; PRODIGE Intergroup. FOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer. N Engl J Med. 2011 May 12;364(19):1817-25. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
Regimen #1, Burris, et al. 1997; Moore, et al. 2007; Herrmann, et al. 2007; Poplin, et al. 2009; Cunningham, et al. 2009; Conroy, et al. 2011
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43
8-week course, THEN
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15; in Burris, et al. 1997, patients with grade 2 or lower toxicities could have had doses increased to 1250 mg/m2
4-week cycles
Regimen #2, Heinemann, et al. 2006
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15
4-week cycles
Regimen #3, "Fixed-dose rate," Poplin, et al. 2009
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1500 mg/m2 IV over 150 minutes (10 mg/m2/min) on days 1, 8, 15
28-day cycles
References
- Burris HA 3rd, Moore MJ, Andersen J, Green MR, Rothenberg ML, Modiano MR, Cripps MC, Portenoy RK, Storniolo AM, Tarassoff P, Nelson R, Dorr FA, Stephens CD, Von Hoff DD. Improvements in survival and clinical benefit with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for patients with advanced pancreas cancer: a randomized trial. J Clin Oncol. 1997 Jun;15(6):2403-13. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
- Heinemann V, Quietzsch D, Gieseler F, Gonnermann M, Schönekäs H, Rost A, Neuhaus H, Haag C, Clemens M, Heinrich B, Vehling-Kaiser U, Fuchs M, Fleckenstein D, Gesierich W, Uthgenannt D, Einsele H, Holstege A, Hinke A, Schalhorn A, Wilkowski R. Randomized phase III trial of gemcitabine plus cisplatin compared with gemcitabine alone in advanced pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Aug 20;24(24):3946-52. link to original article contains verified regimen PubMed
- Moore MJ, Goldstein D, Hamm J, Figer A, Hecht JR, Gallinger S, Au HJ, Murawa P, Walde D, Wolff RA, Campos D, Lim R, Ding K, Clark G, Voskoglou-Nomikos T, Ptasynski M, Parulekar W; National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. Erlotinib plus gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: a phase III trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. J Clin Oncol. 2007 May 20;25(15):1960-6. Epub 2007 Apr 23. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
- Herrmann R, Bodoky G, Ruhstaller T, Glimelius B, Bajetta E, Schüller J, Saletti P, Bauer J, Figer A, Pestalozzi B, Köhne CH, Mingrone W, Stemmer SM, Tàmas K, Kornek GV, Koeberle D, Cina S, Bernhard J, Dietrich D, Scheithauer W; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research; Central European Cooperative Oncology Group. Gemcitabine plus capecitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in advanced pancreatic cancer: a randomized, multicenter, phase III trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research and the Central European Cooperative Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jun 1;25(16):2212-7. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
- Poplin E, Feng Y, Berlin J, Rothenberg ML, Hochster H, Mitchell E, Alberts S, O'Dwyer P, Haller D, Catalano P, Cella D, Benson AB 3rd. Phase III, randomized study of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin versus gemcitabine (fixed-dose rate infusion) compared with gemcitabine (30-minute infusion) in patients with pancreatic carcinoma E6201: a trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Aug 10;27(23):3778-85. Epub 2009 Jul 6. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
- Cunningham D, Chau I, Stocken DD, Valle JW, Smith D, Steward W, Harper PG, Dunn J, Tudur-Smith C, West J, Falk S, Crellin A, Adab F, Thompson J, Leonard P, Ostrowski J, Eatock M, Scheithauer W, Herrmann R, Neoptolemos JP. Phase III randomized comparison of gemcitabine versus gemcitabine plus capecitabine in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 20;27(33):5513-8. Epub 2009 Oct 26. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
- Conroy T, Desseigne F, Ychou M, Bouché O, Guimbaud R, Bécouarn Y, Adenis A, Raoul JL, Gourgou-Bourgade S, de la Fouchardière C, Bennouna J, Bachet JB, Khemissa-Akouz F, Péré-Vergé D, Delbaldo C, Assenat E, Chauffert B, Michel P, Montoto-Grillot C, Ducreux M; Groupe Tumeurs Digestives of Unicancer; PRODIGE Intergroup. FOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer. N Engl J Med. 2011 May 12;364(19):1817-25. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
Gemcitabine (Gemzar) & Capecitabine (Xeloda) (GEM-CAP)
GEM-CAP/GemCap: GEMcitabine, CAPecitabine
Regimen #1, Cunningham, et al. 2009
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 830 mg/m2 PO BID on days 1-21, 29-49
8-week course, THEN
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 830 mg/m2 PO BID on days 1-21
4-week cycles, given until progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity
Regimen #2, Herrmann, et al. 2007 & Bernhard, et al. 2008
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1 & 8
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 650 mg/m2 PO BID on days 1-14
21-day cycles x up to 24 weeks
References
- Herrmann R, Bodoky G, Ruhstaller T, Glimelius B, Bajetta E, Schüller J, Saletti P, Bauer J, Figer A, Pestalozzi B, Köhne CH, Mingrone W, Stemmer SM, Tàmas K, Kornek GV, Koeberle D, Cina S, Bernhard J, Dietrich D, Scheithauer W; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research; Central European Cooperative Oncology Group. Gemcitabine plus capecitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in advanced pancreatic cancer: a randomized, multicenter, phase III trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research and the Central European Cooperative Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jun 1;25(16):2212-7. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
- Bernhard J, Dietrich D, Scheithauer W, Gerber D, Bodoky G, Ruhstaller T, Glimelius B, Bajetta E, Schüller J, Saletti P, Bauer J, Figer A, Pestalozzi BC, Köhne CH, Mingrone W, Stemmer SM, Tàmas K, Kornek GV, Koeberle D, Herrmann R; Central European Cooperative Oncology Group. Clinical benefit and quality of life in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer receiving gemcitabine plus capecitabine versus gemcitabine alone: a randomized multicenter phase III clinical trial--SAKK 44/00-CECOG/PAN.1.3.001. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Aug 1;26(22):3695-701. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
- Cunningham D, Chau I, Stocken DD, Valle JW, Smith D, Steward W, Harper PG, Dunn J, Tudur-Smith C, West J, Falk S, Crellin A, Adab F, Thompson J, Leonard P, Ostrowski J, Eatock M, Scheithauer W, Herrmann R, Neoptolemos JP. Phase III randomized comparison of gemcitabine versus gemcitabine plus capecitabine in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 20;27(33):5513-8. Epub 2009 Oct 26. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
Gemcitabine (Gemzar) & Cisplatin (Platinol)
Regimen
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1 & 15
- Cisplatin (Platinol) 50 mg/m2 IV over 1 hour on days 1 & 15
28-day cycles
References
- Heinemann V, Quietzsch D, Gieseler F, Gonnermann M, Schönekäs H, Rost A, Neuhaus H, Haag C, Clemens M, Heinrich B, Vehling-Kaiser U, Fuchs M, Fleckenstein D, Gesierich W, Uthgenannt D, Einsele H, Holstege A, Hinke A, Schalhorn A, Wilkowski R. Randomized phase III trial of gemcitabine plus cisplatin compared with gemcitabine alone in advanced pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Aug 20;24(24):3946-52. link to original article contains verified regimen PubMed
Gemcitabine (Gemzar) & Erlotinib (Tarceva)
Regimen
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43
- Erlotinib (Tarceva) 100 or 150 mg (100 mg dose recommended) PO daily throughout
8-week course, THEN
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15
- Erlotinib (Tarceva) 100 or 150 mg (100 mg dose recommended) PO daily throughout
4-week cycles
References
- Moore MJ, Goldstein D, Hamm J, Figer A, Hecht JR, Gallinger S, Au HJ, Murawa P, Walde D, Wolff RA, Campos D, Lim R, Ding K, Clark G, Voskoglou-Nomikos T, Ptasynski M, Parulekar W; National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. Erlotinib plus gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: a phase III trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group. J Clin Oncol. 2007 May 20;25(15):1960-6. Epub 2007 Apr 23. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
GemOx
GemOx: Gemcitabine, Oxaliplatin
Regimen
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV over 100 minutes on day 1
- Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) 100 mg/m2 IV over 2 hours on day 2
14-day cycles
References
- Louvet C, Labianca R, Hammel P, Lledo G, Zampino MG, André T, Zaniboni A, Ducreux M, Aitini E, Taïeb J, Faroux R, Lepere C, de Gramont A; GERCOR; GISCAD. Gemcitabine in combination with oxaliplatin compared with gemcitabine alone in locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer: results of a GERCOR and GISCAD phase III trial. J Clin Oncol. 2005 May 20;23(15):3509-16. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed
Gemcitabine (Gemzar) & nab-Paclitaxel
Regimen
Note: The abstract and body of Von Hoff, et al. 2011 contradicted each other about which drug is given first in this regimen.
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 1000 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 8, 15
- Paclitaxel, nanoparticle albumin-bound (Abraxane) 100 or 125 mg/m2 IV on days 1, 8, 15
28-day cycles
References
- Von Hoff DD, Ramanathan RK, Borad MJ, Laheru DA, Smith LS, Wood TE, Korn RL, Desai N, Trieu V, Iglesias JL, Zhang H, Soon-Shiong P, Shi T, Rajeshkumar NV, Maitra A, Hidalgo M. Gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel is an active regimen in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: a phase I/II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Dec 1;29(34):4548-54. Epub 2011 Oct 3. link to original article contains verified protocol
GTX
GTX: Gemcitabine, Taxotere, Xeloda
Regimen
Note: De Jesus-Acosta, et al. 2012 lists the capecitabine dose as "750 mg/m2/day orally divided into two doses," but this is believed to be a typographical error since the original reference that it cites, Fine, et al. 2008, uses capecitabine at 750 mg/m2 PO BID. The 2009 ASCO abstract by Fine also lists this 750 mg/m2 PO BID (1500 mg/m2/day) dose.
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar) 750 mg/m2 IV over 75 minutes on days 4 & 11
- Docetaxel (Taxotere) 30 mg/m2 IV on days 4 & 11
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 750 mg/m2 PO BID on days 1-14
21-day cycles, given until progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity
References
- Fine RL, Fogelman DR, Schreibman SM, Desai M, Sherman W, Strauss J, Guba S, Andrade R, Chabot J. The gemcitabine, docetaxel, and capecitabine (GTX) regimen for metastatic pancreatic cancer: a retrospective analysis. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2008 Jan;61(1):167-75. Epub 2007 Apr 18. link to original article contains protocol PubMed
- R. L. Fine, G. Moorer, W. Sherman, K. Chu, M. Maurer, J. Chabot, I. Postolov, J. Prowda, S. Schreibman, J. Levitz. Phase II trial of GTX chemotherapy in metastatic pancreatic cancer. 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting abstract 4623. link to abstract
- De Jesus-Acosta A, Oliver GR, Blackford A, Kinsman K, Flores EI, Wilfong LS, Zheng L, Donehower RC, Cosgrove D, Laheru D, Le DT, Chung K, Diaz LA Jr. A multicenter analysis of GTX chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2012 Feb;69(2):415-24. Epub 2011 Jul 29. link to original article contains verified protocol--with error as noted above PubMed
OFF
OFF: Oxaliplatin, Folinic acid, Fluorouracil
Regimen
Note: Pelzer, et al. 2011 incorrectly lists the oxaliplatin dose as "0.85 g/m2," or 850 mg/m2.
- Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) 85 mg/m2 IV over 2-4 hours on days 8 & 22
- Fluorouracil (5-FU) 2000 mg/m2 IV continuous 24-hour infusion on days 1, 8, 15, 22
- Folinic acid (Leucovorin) 200 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, 22
42-day cycles
References
- U. Pelzer, K. Kubica, J. Stieler, I. Schwaner, G. Heil, M. Görner, M. Mölle, A. Hilbig, B. Dörken, H. Riess, H. Oettle. A randomized trial in patients with gemcitabine refractory pancreatic cancer. Final results of the CONKO 003 study. 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting abstract 4508. link to abstract
- Pelzer U, Schwaner I, Stieler J, Adler M, Seraphin J, Dörken B, Riess H, Oettle H. Best supportive care (BSC) versus oxaliplatin, folinic acid and 5-fluorouracil (OFF) plus BSC in patients for second-line advanced pancreatic cancer: a phase III-study from the German CONKO-study group. Eur J Cancer. 2011 Jul;47(11):1676-81. Epub 2011 May 10. link to original article contains verified protocol--with error as noted above PubMed
Paclitaxel, nanoparticle albumin-bound (Abraxane)
Regimen
- Paclitaxel, nanoparticle albumin-bound (Abraxane) 100 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15
28-day cycles
References
- Hosein PJ, de Lima Lopes G Jr, Pastorini VH, Gomez C, Macintyre J, Zayas G, Reis I, Montero AJ, Merchan JR, Rocha Lima CM. A Phase II Trial of nab-Paclitaxel as Second-line Therapy in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print] link to original article contains protocol PubMed
XELOX (CapeOx)
XELOX: XELoda, OXaliplatin CapeOX: Capecitabine, OXaliplatin
Regimen
If age <65 years old and ECOG performance status <2:
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 1000 mg/m2 PO BID on days 1-14
- Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) 130 mg/m2 IV over 2 hours on day 1
If age >65 years old and/or ECOG performance status =2:
- Capecitabine (Xeloda) 750 mg/m2 PO BID on days 1-14
- Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) 110 mg/m2 IV over 2 hours on day 1
21-day cycles
References
- Xiong HQ, Varadhachary GR, Blais JC, Hess KR, Abbruzzese JL, Wolff RA. Phase 2 trial of oxaliplatin plus capecitabine (XELOX) as second-line therapy for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Cancer. 2008 Oct 15;113(8):2046-52. link to original article contains verified protocol PubMed