Clinical Outcomes of Second-Line Chemotherapy after Progression on Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

• Published in: Cancer research and treatment Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 254 - 262
• Main Authors: Lee, Kyoungmin, Bang, Kyunghye, Yoo, Changhoon, Hwang, Inhwan, Jeong, Jae Ho, Chang, Heung-Moon, Oh, Dongwook, Song, Tae Jun, Park, Do Hyun, Lee, Sang Soo, Lee, Sung Koo, Kim, Myung-Hwan, Park, Jin-hong, Kim, Kyu-pyo, Ryoo, Baek-Yeol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Cancer Association 01.01.2020; 대한암학회
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis; Adenocarcinoma - drug therapy; Adenocarcinoma - etiology; Adenocarcinoma - mortality; Adult; Aged; Albumins - administration & dosage; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - adverse effects; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Deoxycytidine - administration & dosage; Deoxycytidine - analogs & derivatives; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Staging; Original; Paclitaxel - administration & dosage; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnosis; Pancreatic Neoplasms - drug therapy; Pancreatic Neoplasms - etiology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - mortality; Prognosis; Retreatment; Retrospective Studies; 의학일반; Second-line; Oxaliplatin; Gemcitabine; Nab-paclitaxel; Pancreatic neoplasms
• ISSN: 1598-2998; 2005-9256; 2005-9256
• DOI: 10.4143/crt.2019.190

Since the introduction of nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine (nab-P+GEM) as first-line (1L) treatment for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (mPDAC), optimal second-line (2L) chemotherapy after progression is unclear. We assessed clinical outcomes of 2L chemotherapy for disease that progressed on 1L nab-P+GEM. Among the 203 patients previously treated with 1L nab-P+GEM for mPDAC at Asan Medical Center, between February and December 2016, records of 120 patients receiving 2L chemotherapy after progression on nab-P+GEM were retrospectively reviewed. The response rate and survival were evaluated along with analysis of prognostic factors. Fluoropyrimidine-oxaliplatin doublets (FOLFOX or XELOX) were used in 78 patients (65.0%), fluoropyrimidine monotherapy in 37 (30.8%), and liposomal irinotecan plus fluorouracil in two (1.7%). The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 3.29 months and 7.33 months from the start of 2L therapy. Fluoropyrimidine-oxaliplatin regimens and fluoropyrimidine monotherapy did not yield significantly different median PFS (2.89 months vs. 3.81 months, p=0.40) or OS (7.04 months vs. 7.43 months, p=0.86). A high neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (> 2.2) and a short time to progression with 1L nab-P+GEM (< 6.4 months) were independent prognostic factors of poor OS with 2L therapy. 2L fluoropyrimidine-oxaliplatin doublets and fluoropyrimidine monotherapy after failure of 1L nab-P+GEM had modest efficacy, with no differences in treatment outcomes between them. Further investigation is warranted for the optimal 2L chemo-regimens and sequencing of systemic chemotherapy for patients with mPDAC.