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Trial reportBMC cancer2015

A randomized phase II study of weekly nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine or simplified LV5FU2 as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer: the AFUGEM GERCOR trial.

Jean-Baptiste Bachet, Benoist Chibaudel, Franck Bonnetain, Pierre Validire, Pascal Hammel, Thierry André, Christophe Louvet, GERCOR group

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01964534 (Randomized Phase II Study of Weekly ABI-007 Plus Gemcitabine or Simplified LV5FU2 as First-line Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01964534 phase2unknown statusnot on this map

Randomized Phase II Study of Weekly ABI-007 Plus Gemcitabine or Simplified LV5FU2 as First-line Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorGERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative GroupRan2013 to 2017Enrolled114ConditionsMetastatic Pancreatic CancerArmsABI-007, Gemcitabine, simplified LV5FU2
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jean-Baptiste BachetParis-Sorbonne University, UPMC University Paris 06, Paris, France. jean-baptiste.bachet@psl.aphp.fr.
Benoist ChibaudelDepartment of oncology, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France. benoist.chibaudel@sat.aphp.fr.
Franck BonnetainHead of methodology and quality of life in oncology department, Hôpital Universitaire de Besancon, EA 3181, Besancon, France. franck.bonnetain@univ-fcomte.fr.
Pierre ValidireDepartment of pathology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France. pierre.validire@imm.fr.
Pascal HammelDepartment of digestive oncology, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France. pascal.hammel@bjn.aphp.fr.
Thierry AndréParis-Sorbonne University, UPMC University Paris 06, Paris, France. thierry.andre@sat.aphp.fr.
Christophe LouvetDepartment of oncology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France. christophe.louvet@imm.fr.
GERCOR group
Sorbonne Université · FRHôpital Beaujon · FRInstitute Mutualiste Montsouris · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMetastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) prognosis remains dismal and gemcitabine monotherapy has been the standard treatment over the last decade. Currently, two first-line regimens are used in this setting: FOLFIRINOX and nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine. Increasing translational data on the predictive value of hENT1 for determining gemcitabine efficacy suggest that a non-gemcitabine-based regimen is favored in about 60 % of patients with PAC due to high resistance of PAC to this cytotoxic drug. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of weekly nab-paclitaxel combined with gemcitabine or a simplified (s) LV5FU2 regimen in patients with previously untreated metastatic PAC. METHODS/

designAFUGEM is a two-stage, open-label, randomized, multicenter, phase II trial. Patients with PAC who meet the inclusion criteria and provide written informed consent will be randomized in a 1:2 ratio to either nab-paclitaxel (125 mg/m(2)) plus gemcitabine (1000 mg/m(2)) given on days 1, 8, and 15 every 28 days or nab-paclitaxel (125 mg/m(2)) plus sLV5FU2 (leucovorin 400 mg/m(2) followed by bolus 400 mg/m(2) 5-fluorouracil and by 5-fluorouracil 2400 mg/m(2) as an 46-h intravenous infusion) given on days 1 and 15 every 28 days. A total of 114 patients will be randomized to one of the treatment arms. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival at 4 months. Secondary outcomes are rate and duration of response, disease control, overall survival, safety, and quality of life. Potential biomarkers of gemcitabine (hENT1, dCK) and 5-fluorouracil (TS) efficacy will be assessed. DISCUSSION: The AFUGEM trial is designed to provide valuable information regarding efficacy and tolerability of nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel plus sLV5FU2 regimens. Identification of potential predictive biomarkers of gemcitabine and 5-fluorouracil is likely to drive therapeutic decisions in patients with metastatic PAC.

trial registrationAFUGEM is registered at Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01964534 , October 15, 2013.

Indexed as

Clinical ProtocolsAlbuminsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkersDeoxycytidineEquilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1FemaleFluorouracilGemcitabineHumansLeucovorinMaleNeoplasm MetastasisPaclitaxelPancreatic NeoplasmsTranslational Research, Biomedical130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxelAlbuminsBiomarkersDeoxycytidineEquilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1FluorouracilGemcitabineLeucovorinPaclitaxel

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PMID26445094
PMCPMC4596389
OpenAlexW1820292950

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