Abstract
The use of a central venous access device (CVAD) for adjuvant XELOX (capecitabine, oxaliplatin) does not appear to be justified for all cases of stage III colon cancer. The feasibility of XELOX without a CVAD in the adjuvant setting for stage III patients was evaluated. Our results confirm the feasibility of this approach in 81.2% of patients for whom a CVAD was not placed before the first chemotherapy cycle. Background 5-Fluorouracil and leucovorin plus oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) or capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) is a standard adjuvant treatment for patients with stage III colon cancer (CC). Capecitabine is an oral fluoropyrimidine, and administration of oxaliplatin does not necessarily require the insertion of a central venous access device (CVAD). We evaluated the feasibility of XELOX without a CVAD as adjuvant treatment in patients with stage III CC. Patients and Methods We retrospectively studied prospectively collected data from patients with stage III CC treated with XELOX in the International Duration Evaluation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy French trial. Patients were divided into 2 groups: those with a CVAD and those with peripheral venous access (PVA), including patients who had and had not had a CVAD at the first cycle of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy without a CVAD was considered feasible if the patient received all cycles of adjuvant therapy without it. Results A total of 203 patients were included: 86 (43%) in the PVA group and 116 (57%) in the CVAD group. Of the 85 patients in the PVA group (1 patient was not treated), 69 (81.2%) did not require the insertion of a CVAD. However, 16 (18.8%) required CVAD insertion owing to systematic delay of the initially planned CVAD before the second cycle of chemotherapy in 7, complications related to PVA usage in 5, a switch to the modified FOLFOX6 regimen in 2, and other reasons in 2. The oxaliplatin dose was similar in both groups regardless of the chemotherapy duration. XELOX without a CVAD was feasible for 81.2% of the patients for whom a CVAD had not been planned before chemotherapy and for 88.4% of patients for whom chemotherapy was planned without the use of a CVAD. Conclusion XELOX chemotherapy without a CVAD is a feasible approach for treating patients with stage III CC in the adjuvant setting.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 250-256 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Clinical Colorectal Cancer |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
Funding
The authors thank the patients, their caregivers, and all the study investigators listed: Albert Aleba (Centre Hospitalier Niort, Niort), Jean-Baptiste Bachet (Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié Salpetrière, Paris), Julien Baudon (Centre Hospitalier de Cholet, Cholet), Isabelle Baumgaertner (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Creteil), Yves Becouarn (Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux), Nathalie Bonichon-Lamichhane (Clinique Tivoli, Bordeaux), Christian Borel (Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer Paul Strauss, Strasbourg), Karine Bouhier Leporrier (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Côte de Nacre, Caen), Gilles Breysacher (Hôpital Louis Pasteur, Colmar), Jérôme Desrame (Hôpital Jean Mermoz, Lyon), Françoise Desseigne (Centre Léon Berard, Lyon), Louis Maris Dourthe (Clinique Sainte Anne, Strasbourg), Olivier Dupuis (Clinique Victor Hugo, le Mans), Marie Pierre Galais (Centre François Baclesse, Caen), Dany Gargot (Centre Hospitalier Blois, Blois), François Ghiringhelli (Centre G. F. Leclerc, Dijon), Denis Golfain (Centre Hospitalier Général, Dreux), Michel Gozy (Clinique de l'Europe, Amiens), Nathalie Grossat (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Albert Clarac, Fort de France), Véronique Guerin Meyer (Centre Paul Papin, Angers), Fanny Kayal (Centre Hospitalier Macon, Macon), Cédric Lecaille (Polyclinique Nord Aquitaine, Bordeaux), Christine Lefoll (Centre Hospitalier Lagny, Lagny), Cécile Leyronnas (Institut Daniel Hollard, Grenoble), Jean-Pierre Lotz (Hôpital Tenon, Paris), Laurent Mineur (Institut Sainte Catherine, Avignon), Laurent Mosser (Centre Hospitalier Jacques Puel, Rodez), Christian Platini (Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville, Metz), Sandrine Oziel-Taieb (Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille), Arnaud Patenotte (Hôpital Robert Morlevat, Semur en Auxois), Mathieu Pawels (Centre Hospitalier d'Abbeville, Abbeville), Patricia Prost (Centre Hospitalier Fleyriat, Bourg en Bresse), Mohamed Ramdani (Centre Hospitalier Béziers, Beziers), Eric Terrebonne (Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac), Anne Thirot-Bidault (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bicetre-Kremlin, Bicetre), Thomas Walter (Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon). We thank Dr Magdalena Benetkiewicz (Groupe Coopérateur Multidisciplinaire en Oncologie) for her editorial assistance with the preparation of the manuscript. This study was funded by the National Cancer Clinical Research Programme 2009 and the French National Cancer Institute.
Funders | Funder number |
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Institut National du Cancer |
Keywords
- Adjuvant chemotherapy
- CVAD
- Colon cancer
- Peripheral venous access
- XELOX