First-line Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer : FOLFIRINOX +/- LV5FU2 in Maintenance Versus Firgem

Summary

The pancreas cancer is the 4th cause of death. All stage confused, the survival at 5 years is note over 5 %. At metastatic stage, the pancreatic adenocarcinoma is an incurable disease with the survival median of 2-4 months without chemotherapy. Up to 2011, gemcitabine was the only reference treatment of this type of cancer. But until, the FOLFIRINOX could permitted to improve significantly the overall survival (6,8 months with gemcitabine vs 11,1 months with FOLFIRINOX) and the progression free survival (3,3 months with gemcitabine vs 6,4 months with FOLFIRINOX) for patients under 76 years. Main toxicities of this treatment are hematological, gastrointestinal and neuropathy with apparition of sensitive neuropathy, reversible, related to oxaliplatin. These results are on a population under 76 years old. In this study, the median age of patients at inclusion was 61 years old and FOLFIRINOX was still beneficial for patients more than 65 years old. Given the increase of proportion of patients than more of 65 years old with pancreatic cancer and given the increase of life expected, it is important to know the effectiveness and tolerance of such treatment for patient older than 65 years and 76 years. FIRGEM is an original strategic sequential treatment witch alternates, every 2 month, 4 cycles of FOLFIRI.3 and 2 cycles of 3 injections of gemcitabine. There is no cross resistance known between this 2 treatments witch limit toxicities and preserve quality of life of patients. A Phase II trial testing this treatment regimen to classical regimen of gemecitabine, showed an overall survival of 11 months in the FIRGEM regimen and an overall survival of 8,2 months in the gemcitabine regimen. The rate of progression was 45% near of progression rate with FOLFIRINOX. Tolerance is close to that FOLFIRINOX regimen but this strategic doesn't induce limiting neurotoxicities and allow to use oxaliplatin in 2de line of treatment. The trial propose to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerance of FOLFIRINOX regimen (8 cycles) with LV5FU2 in maintenance (that could increase the FOLFIRINOX tolerable without decrease efficiency), to FIRGEM regimen and to FOLFIRINOX (12 cycles) which is the reference regimen.

Timeline

Start

2015-01-12

Primary completion

2017-12

Completion

2021-08

Publications

• Results Dahan L, Williet N, Le Malicot K, Phelip JM, Desrame J, Bouche O, Petorin C, Malka D, Rebischung C, Aparicio T, Lecaille C, Rinaldi Y, Turpin A, Bignon AL, Bachet JB, Seitz JF, Lepage C, Francois E; PRODIGE 35 Investigators/Collaborators. Randomized Phase II Trial Evaluating Two Sequential Treatments in First Line of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Results of the PANOPTIMOX-PRODIGE 35 Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Oct 10;39(29):3242-3250. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.03329. Epub 2021 Jul 21.
• Boisteau E, Dahan L, Williet N, Le Malicot K, Desrame J, Bouche O, Petorin C, Malka D, Rebischung C, Aparicio T, Lecaille C, Rinaldi Y, Turpin A, Bignon AL, Bachet JB, Lepage C, Granger V, Legoux JL, Deplanque G, Baconnier M, Lecomte T, Bonnet I, Seitz JF, Francois E, Lievre A; PRODIGE 35 Investigator/Collaborators. Clinico-biological factors predicting the benefit of the LV5FU2 maintenance strategy as a first-line therapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Oncologist. 2024 Sep 6;29(9):e1149-e1158. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyae079.

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