Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in treating patients who have locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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1999-09

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Publications

• Background Huguet F, Andre T, Hammel P, Artru P, Balosso J, Selle F, Deniaud-Alexandre E, Ruszniewski P, Touboul E, Labianca R, de Gramont A, Louvet C. Impact of chemoradiotherapy after disease control with chemotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma in GERCOR phase II and III studies. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jan 20;25(3):326-31. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.5663.
• Results Afchain P, Chibaudel B, Lledo G, Selle F, Bengrine-Lefevre L, Nguyen S, Paitel JF, Mineur L, Artru P, Andre T, Louvet C. First-line simplified GEMOX (S-GemOx) versus classical GEMOX in metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPA): results of a GERCOR randomized phase II study. Bull Cancer. 2009 May;96(5):E18-22. doi: 10.1684/bdc.2009.0871. Epub 2009 May 12.
• Results Louvet C, Andre T, Lledo G, Hammel P, Bleiberg H, Bouleuc C, Gamelin E, Flesch M, Cvitkovic E, de Gramont A. Gemcitabine combined with oxaliplatin in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma: final results of a GERCOR multicenter phase II study. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Mar 15;20(6):1512-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.20.6.1512.

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