title: Dose-intense PEFG (cisplatin, epirubicin, 5-fluorouracil, gemcitabine) in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a dose-finding study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of an intensified PEFG regimen administered every 14 days to patients with Stage III or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Twenty-nine patients received fixed doses of both epirubicin (30 mg/m2) and 5-fluorouracil (200 mg/m2/day on Days 1-14) and of escalating doses of cisplatin and gemcitabine. The MTD was cisplatin 30 mg/m2 and gemcitabine 800 mg/m2. With respect to classical PEFG, intensified regimen potentially improved the dose-intensity of both cisplatin and epirubicin by 50 percent and of gemcitabine by 33 percent, reduced Grade 3-4 haematological toxicity and the number of outpatient accesses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, S. Raffaele H. Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. reni.michele@hsr.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cereda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonetto
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Viganò
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Passoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zerbi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balzano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Staudacher
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Carlo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020714:Maximum Tolerated Dose; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000093542:Gemcitabine
chemical_list: D003841:Deoxycytidine; D015251:Epirubicin; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil; D000093542:Gemcitabine