Neoadjuvant Modified FOLFIRINOX in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and efficacy outcomes of neoadjuvant modified FOLFIRINOX and postoperative gemcitabine in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

Start

2016-05

Primary completion

2019-09

Completion

2019-11

Publications

• Background Katz MH, Marsh R, Herman JM, Shi Q, Collison E, Venook AP, Kindler HL, Alberts SR, Philip P, Lowy AM, Pisters PW, Posner MC, Berlin JD, Ahmad SA. Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: need for standardization and methods for optimal clinical trial design. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Aug;20(8):2787-95. doi: 10.1245/s10434-013-2886-9. Epub 2013 Feb 23.
• Background O'Reilly EM, Perelshteyn A, Jarnagin WR, Schattner M, Gerdes H, Capanu M, Tang LH, LaValle J, Winston C, DeMatteo RP, D'Angelica M, Kurtz RC, Abou-Alfa GK, Klimstra DS, Lowery MA, Brennan MF, Coit DG, Reidy DL, Kingham TP, Allen PJ. A single-arm, nonrandomized phase II trial of neoadjuvant gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in patients with resectable pancreas adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg. 2014 Jul;260(1):142-8. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000251.
• Background Heinemann V, Haas M, Boeck S. Neoadjuvant treatment of borderline resectable and non-resectable pancreatic cancer. Ann Oncol. 2013 Oct;24(10):2484-2492. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt239. Epub 2013 Jul 12.
• Background Lee JL, Kim SC, Kim JH, Lee SS, Kim TW, Park DH, Seo DW, Lee SK, Kim MH, Kim JH, Park JH, Shin SH, Han DJ. Prospective efficacy and safety study of neoadjuvant gemcitabine with capecitabine combination chemotherapy for borderline-resectable or unresectable locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Surgery. 2012 Nov;152(5):851-62. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.010. Epub 2012 Jun 6.
• Background Heestand GM, Murphy JD, Lowy AM. Approach to patients with pancreatic cancer without detectable metastases. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Jun 1;33(16):1770-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.59.7930. Epub 2015 Apr 27.
• Background Oettle H, Post S, Neuhaus P, Gellert K, Langrehr J, Ridwelski K, Schramm H, Fahlke J, Zuelke C, Burkart C, Gutberlet K, Kettner E, Schmalenberg H, Weigang-Koehler K, Bechstein WO, Niedergethmann M, Schmidt-Wolf I, Roll L, Doerken B, Riess H. Adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine vs observation in patients undergoing curative-intent resection of pancreatic cancer: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007 Jan 17;297(3):267-77. doi: 10.1001/jama.297.3.267.
• Background Neoptolemos JP, Stocken DD, Bassi C, Ghaneh P, Cunningham D, Goldstein D, Padbury R, Moore MJ, Gallinger S, Mariette C, Wente MN, Izbicki JR, Friess H, Lerch MM, Dervenis C, Olah A, Butturini G, Doi R, Lind PA, Smith D, Valle JW, Palmer DH, Buckels JA, Thompson J, McKay CJ, Rawcliffe CL, Buchler MW; European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer. Adjuvant chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus folinic acid vs gemcitabine following pancreatic cancer resection: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2010 Sep 8;304(10):1073-81. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1275.
• Background Conroy T, Desseigne F, Ychou M, Bouche O, Guimbaud R, Becouarn Y, Adenis A, Raoul JL, Gourgou-Bourgade S, de la Fouchardiere C, Bennouna J, Bachet JB, Khemissa-Akouz F, Pere-Verge 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. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1011923.
• Background Christians KK, Tsai S, Mahmoud A, Ritch P, Thomas JP, Wiebe L, Kelly T, Erickson B, Wang H, Evans DB, George B. Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for borderline resectable pancreas cancer: a new treatment paradigm? Oncologist. 2014 Mar;19(3):266-74. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0273. Epub 2014 Feb 25.
• Lim DH, Yoon H, Kim KP, Ryoo BY, Lee SS, Park DH, Song TJ, Hwang DW, Lee JH, Song KB, Kim SC, Hong SM, Hyung J, Yoo C. Analysis of Plasma Circulating Tumor DNA in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Modified FOLFIRINOX: Clinical Relevance of DNA Damage Repair Gene Alteration Detection. Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Oct;55(4):1313-1320. doi: 10.4143/crt.2023.452. Epub 2023 May 4.
• Yoo C, Lee SS, Song KB, Jeong JH, Hyung J, Park DH, Song TJ, Seo DW, Lee SK, Kim MH, Lee SS, Kim JH, Jin HS, Park JH, Hwang DW, Lee JH, Lee W, Chang HM, Kim KP, Ryoo BY, Kim SC. Neoadjuvant modified FOLFIRINOX followed by postoperative gemcitabine in borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a Phase 2 study for clinical and biomarker analysis. Br J Cancer. 2020 Aug;123(3):362-368. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-0867-x. Epub 2020 May 20.

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