title: A Phase II Study of Modified FOLFOX4 for Colorectal Cancer Patients with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) of colorectal cancer (CRC) is common and is the second most common cause of death. Clinical studies regarding chemotherapy for CRC with PC have been classically rather limited in scope. We evaluated the efficacy of modified oxaliplatin, leucovorin, and fluorouracil (m-FOLFOX4) regimen for PC of CRC origin.
  
  
  METHODS
  CRC patients with PC were treated with cycles of oxaliplatin at 85 mg/m(2) on day 1, leucovorin 20 mg/m(2) followed by 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) via a 400 mg/m(2) bolus and a 22 hours continuous infusion of 600 mg/m(2) 5-FU on days 1-2 at 2-week intervals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty patients participated in this study. Median age was 55 years. Thirty-two patients (80.0%) received previous operation, and 60.0% of PC occurred synchronously. Thirty-five patients (87.5%) were assessable and exhibited measurable lesions. Two patients (5.7%) demonstrated complete response and five patients (14.3%) showed partial response. The median time to progression was 4.4 months (95% confidence interval, 2.5 to 6.3 months), the median overall survival time was 21.5 months (95% confidence interval, 17.2 to 25.7 months). There was no treatment related death. Presence of liver metastasis (p=0.022), performance status (p=0.039), and carcinoembryonic antigen level (p=0.016) were related to the time to progression. Patients with low carcinoembryonic antigen level (37.2 months vs. 15.6 months, p=0.001) or good performance status (22.5 months vs. 6.8 months, p=0.040) showed better overall survival.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The m-FOLFOX4 regimen was determined to be effective for CRC patients with PC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Yu Rim
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seok Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: Hyun Hwa
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Sung Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Suee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ji Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyo-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyuk-Chan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kwon