Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Jul;25(7):1896-1903. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6512-8. Epub 2018 May 14.
Both FOLFIRINOX and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel (G-nP) are used increasingly in the neoadjuvant treatment (NAT) of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). This study aimed to compare neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX and G-nP in the treatment of resectable (R) and borderline resectable (BR) head PDA.
A single-institution retrospective review of R and BR patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy after NAT with FOLFIRINOX or G-nP was performed. Comparative analysis was performed using inverse-probability-weighted (IPW) estimators. The end points of the study were overall survival (OS) and an 80% reduction in CA19-9 with NAT.
In this study, 193 patients were analyzed, with 73 patients receiving FOLFIRINOX and 120 patients receiving G-nP. The median OS was 38.7 months for FOLFIRINOX versus 28.6 months for G-nP (p = 0.214). The patients who received FOLFIRINOX were younger and had fewer comorbidities, more BR disease, and larger tumors than those treated with G-nP (all p < 0.05). The two regimens were equally effective in achieving an 80% decline in CA19-9 (p = 0.8). The R0 resection rates were similar (80%), but FOLFIRINOX was associated with a reduction in pN1 disease (56% vs. 72%; p = 0.028). The receipt of adjuvant therapy was similar (74 vs. 75%; p = 0.79). In the Cox regression analysis with adjustment for baseline and treatment-related variables (FOLFIRINOX vs. G-nP, age, gender, computed tomography (CT) tumor size, BR vs. R, pre-NAT CA19-9), regimen type was not associated with a survival benefit. In the IPW analysis of 166 patients, however, the average treatment effect of FOLFIRINOX was to increase OS by 4.9 months compared with G-nP (p = 0.012).
Both FOLFIRINOX and G-nP are viable options for neoadjuvant treatment of PDA. In this study, neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX was associated with a 4.9-month improvement in survival compared with G-nP after adjustment for covariates.
FOLFIRINOX 和吉西他滨/白蛋白紫杉醇(G-nP)都越来越多地用于胰腺导管腺癌(PDA)的新辅助治疗(NAT)。本研究旨在比较新辅助 FOLFIRINOX 和 G-nP 在可切除(R)和边界可切除(BR)胰头 PDA 中的治疗效果。
对接受 FOLFIRINOX 或 G-nP 新辅助治疗后行胰十二指肠切除术的 R 和 BR 患者进行单中心回顾性分析。使用逆概率加权(IPW)估计器进行对比分析。本研究的终点是总生存期(OS)和 NAT 后 CA19-9 降低 80%。
本研究共分析了 193 例患者,其中 73 例患者接受 FOLFIRINOX 治疗,120 例患者接受 G-nP 治疗。FOLFIRINOX 组的中位 OS 为 38.7 个月,G-nP 组为 28.6 个月(p=0.214)。接受 FOLFIRINOX 治疗的患者比接受 G-nP 治疗的患者年龄更小,合并症更少,BR 疾病更多,肿瘤更大(均 p<0.05)。两种方案在实现 CA19-9 降低 80%方面同样有效(p=0.8)。R0 切除率相似(80%),但 FOLFIRINOX 与减少 pN1 疾病相关(56% vs. 72%;p=0.028)。辅助治疗的接受率相似(74% vs. 75%;p=0.79)。在调整基线和治疗相关变量(FOLFIRINOX vs. G-nP、年龄、性别、CT 肿瘤大小、BR vs. R、NAT 前 CA19-9)的 Cox 回归分析中,方案类型与生存获益无关。然而,在 166 例患者的 IPW 分析中,与 G-nP 相比,FOLFIRINOX 的平均治疗效果使 OS 增加 4.9 个月(p=0.012)。
FOLFIRINOX 和 G-nP 都是胰腺导管腺癌新辅助治疗的可行选择。在本研究中,在调整协变量后,与 G-nP 相比,新辅助 FOLFIRINOX 使 OS 改善了 4.9 个月。