Abstract
To evaluate the role of oxaliplatin in neoadjuvant chemotherapy delivered after short-course irradiation. Using oxaliplatin in the above setting is uncertain. A subgroup of 136 patients managed by short-course radiotherapy and 3 cycles of consolidation chemotherapy within the framework of a randomised study was included in this post-hoc analysis. Sixty-seven patients received FOLFOX4 (oxaliplatin group) while oxaliplatin was omitted in the second period of accrual in 69 patients because of protocol amendment (fluorouracil-only group). Grade 3+ acute toxicity from neoadjuvant treatment was observed in 30% of patients in the oxaliplatin group vs. 16% in the fluorouracil-only group (p=0.053). The corresponding proportions of patients having radical surgery or achieving complete pathological response were 72% vs. 77% (odds ratio [OR]=0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.39-1.98; p=0.75) and 15% vs. 7% (OR=2.25; 95% CI: 0.83-6.94; p=0.16), respectively. The long-term outcomes were similar in the two groups. Overall and disease-free survival rates at 5 years were 63% vs. 56% (p=0.78) and 49% vs. 44% (p=0.59), respectively. The corresponding numbers for cumulative incidence of local failure or distant metastases were 33% vs. 38% (hazard ratio [HR]=0.89; 95% CI: 0.52-1.52; p=0.68) and 33% vs. 33% (HR=0.78; 95% CI: 0.43-1.40; p=0.41), respectively. Our findings do not support adding oxaliplatin to three cycles of chemotherapy delivered after short-course irradiation.
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More From: Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology
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