Schmitt Antonin, Bouillet Baptiste, Royer Bernard, Ghinringhelli François
Université Bourgogne Europe, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Service Pharmacie, INSERM, CTM UMR 1231, TIRECS, Dijon, France.
Université Bourgogne Europe, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Service Oncologie Médicale, INSERM, CTM UMR 1231, TIRECS, Dijon, France.
Front Oncol. 2025 Aug 12;15:1591120. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1591120. eCollection 2025.
Fluoropyrimidines, including 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and its derivatives, remain the standard first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). In recent years, trifluridine/tipiracil (TAS-102), an orally administered combination drug, has become a common third-line therapy for mCRC and could increasingly be used as first-line treatment. We report, for the first time, the case of an mCRC patient presenting discrepancies in uracilemia between measurements taken during (43.0 µg/L) and outside trifluridine/tipiracil treatment (7.3 and 4.5 µg/L). This inconsistency could be attributed to the metabolism of trifluridine into 5-carboxyuracil (5-CU), which can interfere with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) phenotyping and cause falsely elevated uracilemia. This can lead to unnecessary reduction in the dose of fluoropyrimidines. Clinicians should be aware of this potential interaction when performing DPD phenotyping in patients treated with trifluridine/tipiracil, ensuring that testing is performed either before the treatment begins or after it has finished, or when genotyping .
氟嘧啶,包括5-氟尿嘧啶(5-FU)及其衍生物,仍然是转移性结直肠癌(mCRC)的标准一线治疗药物。近年来,口服复方药物曲氟尿苷/替匹嘧啶(TAS-102)已成为mCRC常见的三线治疗药物,并且越来越多地用作一线治疗。我们首次报告了一例mCRC患者,其在接受曲氟尿苷/替匹嘧啶治疗期间(43.0μg/L)与治疗期间外(7.3μg/L和4.5μg/L)测量的尿嘧啶血症存在差异。这种不一致可能归因于曲氟尿苷代谢为5-羧基尿嘧啶(5-CU),其可干扰二氢嘧啶脱氢酶(DPD)表型分析并导致尿嘧啶血症假性升高。这可能导致氟嘧啶剂量不必要的减少。在对接受曲氟尿苷/替匹嘧啶治疗的患者进行DPD表型分析时,临床医生应意识到这种潜在的相互作用,确保在治疗开始前或结束后进行检测,或者在进行基因分型时进行检测。