Biomarker-Guided Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer Receiving Combination Chemotherapy

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and leucovorin calcium, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug, combination chemotherapy, may kill more tumor cells. Studying samples of blood in the laboratory from patients with cancer receiving fluorouracil in combination with oxaliplatin and leucovorin calcium may help doctors learn how fluorouracil works in the body and how patients will respond to treatment. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying biomarker-guided fluorouracil in treating patients with colorectal cancer receiving combination chemotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2010-02

Primary completion

2012-11

Completion

2013-09

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Significantly more patients were within range at cycle 4 compared with a literature rate of 20% (p < .0001). PMID 25117066 ↗

Publications

• Williams GR, Deal AM, Shachar SS, Walko CM, Patel JN, O'Neil B, McLeod HL, Weinberg MS, Choi SK, Muss HB, Sanoff HK. The impact of skeletal muscle on the pharmacokinetics and toxicity of 5-fluorouracil in colorectal cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2018 Feb;81(2):413-417. doi: 10.1007/s00280-017-3487-2. Epub 2017 Nov 20.
• Patel JN, O'Neil BH, Deal AM, Ibrahim JG, Sherrill GB, Olajide OA, Atluri PM, Inzerillo JJ, Chay CH, McLeod HL, Walko CM. A community-based multicenter trial of pharmacokinetically guided 5-fluorouracil dosing for personalized colorectal cancer therapy. Oncologist. 2014 Sep;19(9):959-65. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0132. Epub 2014 Aug 12.

Drugs

Indications