TY - JOUR
T1 - A Phase II Study of Capecitabine/Oxaliplatin With Concurrent Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal
AU - Eng, Cathy
AU - Jácome, Alexandre A.
AU - Das, Prajnan
AU - Chang, George J.
AU - Rodriguez-Bigas, Miguel
AU - Skibber, John M.
AU - Wolff, Robert A.
AU - Qiao, Wei
AU - Xing, Yan
AU - Sethi, Salil
AU - Ohinata, Aki
AU - Crane, Christopher H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Introduction: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCA) presents a rising incidence in the United States. Standard of care for locally advanced disease is comprised of infusional 5-fluorouracil with mitomycin C or cisplatin concurrent with radiation therapy (RT). We designed this trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a more convenient regimen composed of capecitabine and oxaliplatin. Patients and Methods: This was a single-arm, phase II trial, with treatment-naive stage II to IIIB (TX,1-4NxM0) SCCA patients. The regimen was composed of capecitabine (825 mg/m2 twice per day for 5 days) and oxaliplatin (50 mg/m2 weekly) during weeks 1 through 6, concurrent with RT (XELOX-XRT; group 1). After the first 11 patients, the study was amended to omit chemotherapy during the third and sixth weeks (group 2). The primary objective was 3-year time to treatment failure (TTF) and safety. Secondary objectives were complete response (CR) rate, locoregional control, colostomy-free survival (CFS), and overall survival (OS). Results: Twenty patients were enrolled. Seven patients of group 1 (63%) developed Grade 3 toxicity, which reduced to 22% in Group 2. No Grade 4 toxicities were noted. The median RT dose was 55 Gy. CR occurred in 100% of the 19 patients evaluable for response at 12 to 14 weeks. After a median follow-up of 47.6 months, 2 patients had local recurrence and 1 had distant recurrence. Three-year TTF was 90.0%, with similar rates between groups 1 and 2 (respectively, 90.9% vs. 88.8%, P = .984). Three-year CFS was 90.0%. The median OS has not been reached. Conclusion: The XELOX-XRT regimen is safe, with promising efficacy, and should be explored in larger trials for the treatment of locally advanced SCCA.
AB - Introduction: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCA) presents a rising incidence in the United States. Standard of care for locally advanced disease is comprised of infusional 5-fluorouracil with mitomycin C or cisplatin concurrent with radiation therapy (RT). We designed this trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a more convenient regimen composed of capecitabine and oxaliplatin. Patients and Methods: This was a single-arm, phase II trial, with treatment-naive stage II to IIIB (TX,1-4NxM0) SCCA patients. The regimen was composed of capecitabine (825 mg/m2 twice per day for 5 days) and oxaliplatin (50 mg/m2 weekly) during weeks 1 through 6, concurrent with RT (XELOX-XRT; group 1). After the first 11 patients, the study was amended to omit chemotherapy during the third and sixth weeks (group 2). The primary objective was 3-year time to treatment failure (TTF) and safety. Secondary objectives were complete response (CR) rate, locoregional control, colostomy-free survival (CFS), and overall survival (OS). Results: Twenty patients were enrolled. Seven patients of group 1 (63%) developed Grade 3 toxicity, which reduced to 22% in Group 2. No Grade 4 toxicities were noted. The median RT dose was 55 Gy. CR occurred in 100% of the 19 patients evaluable for response at 12 to 14 weeks. After a median follow-up of 47.6 months, 2 patients had local recurrence and 1 had distant recurrence. Three-year TTF was 90.0%, with similar rates between groups 1 and 2 (respectively, 90.9% vs. 88.8%, P = .984). Three-year CFS was 90.0%. The median OS has not been reached. Conclusion: The XELOX-XRT regimen is safe, with promising efficacy, and should be explored in larger trials for the treatment of locally advanced SCCA.
KW - Anal cancer
KW - Combined modality therapy
KW - Objective response
KW - Radiation therapy
KW - Time to treatment failure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clcc.2019.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.clcc.2019.06.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 31350201
AN - SCOPUS:85069748085
SN - 1533-0028
VL - 18
SP - 301
EP - 306
JO - Clinical colorectal cancer
JF - Clinical colorectal cancer
IS - 4
ER -