GASTROINTESTINAL : COLON CANCER

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Capecitabine

( hoff pm. et al.

j c/m oncol.

2001:19:2282-92)

 

N = 302

 

Capecitabine 1250 mg/m2 PO twice daily

days 1-14

Repeat cycle every 3 weeks

 

Leucopenia

Grade III 0.3%

Neutropenia

Grade III 1.3%

Grade IV 1.3%

Grade III 1.3%

Thrombocytopenia 1%

Diarrhea 15.4%

Hand-food

Syndrome 18.1%        Hyperbilirubinemia17.3%

Stomatitis 19%

Hyperglycemia 8.7%

Days 1-14–

Level 2

 

11.4% of patients

hospitalized, the most

common reasons

being dehydration

and diarrhea

 

5-fluorouracil

(rougier ph, et al.

Eur j cancer.

1997:33:1789-93)

 

N = 64

5-fluorouracil 750 mg/m2/ d Iv continuous

infusion. days 1-7

Repeat cycle every 21 days

Grade III-IV 0%

 

 

Diarrhea (grade III) 2%

Stomatitis 19%

Hand-food Syndrome

(Grade III ) 2%

Days 1-7–

Level 2

Minimal toxicity

 

5-fluorovracil +

leucovorin –

“ mayo clinic ”

(0’Connell MJ, et al.

Cancer.

1989:63:1026-30)

 

N = 70

Leucovorin mg/m2/ d iv days 1-5

5-fluorovracil 425 mg/m2/ d iv following

leucovorin, days 1-5

repeat cycle at 4 weeks, 8 weeks, then

every 5 weeks thereafter

 

Leucopenia

Grade III-IV

21%

 

Nausea * 10%

Vomiting * 9%

Diarrhea * 14%

Stomatitis * 26%

Alopecia 34%

 

*Toxicity ungraded, but

listen as severe

Days 1-5–

Level 2

Approximately 2 out

Of every 3 patients

Experienced

Grade II-IV toxicity

Irinotecan

(Rougier P, et al.

J clin oncol.

1997; 15:251–60)

 

N = 213

Irinotecan 350 mg/mIV over 30 minutes

Repeat cycle every 21 days

 

Pretreated

Patients

Grade III-IV

47%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naïve patients

Grade III-IV

48%

 

Pre-treated

Patients

Grade III-IV

10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naïve patients

Grade III-IV

8%

 

 

Neutropenic Fever 14%

Documented infection 5%

 

Pre-treated Patients

(n = 165)

thrombocytopenia 3%

Delayed Diarrhea 39%

Nausea/vomiting 22%

Alopecia 53%

 

Naïve patients (n = 48)

 

thrombocytopenia 2%

Delayed Diarrhea 35%

Nausea/vomiting 13%

Alopecia 54%

 

Day 1–

Level 4

Toxic mortaility 2%

Hospitalization due to

Febrile neutropenia Discontinued treatment

due to toxicity 10%

             

 

 

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Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Irinotecan

5-fluorouracil

leucovorin

(Douillard JY, et al.

lancet

2000;355:1041–47)

 

N = 145

Irinotecan 180 mg/m2  IV day 1

5-fluorouracil 400 mg/m2 IV followed by

600 mg/m2 IV infusion over 22 hours, plus

leucovorin 200 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2

Repeat cycle every 2 weeks

 

Neutropenia

46.2%

leukopenia

17.4%

 

Grade III-IV 2.1%

Neutropenic Fever

Without infection 3.4%

Neutropenic infection 2%

Infective without Grade

III-IV Neutropenia 2.8%

Diarrhea 13%

Nausea 2.1%

Vomiting 2.8%

Asthenia 6.2%

Anorexia 2.1%

Abdominal pain 0.7%

Cholinergic syndrome1.4%

Mucositis 4.1%

Day 1–

Level 5

Dose reduction due to toxicity 21%

Dose intensity was

93% for irinotecan

and 92% for

5-fluorouracil

Hospitalization due to

Diarrhea 11%