Abstract
Background
5-Fluorouracil and leucovorin plus oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) or capecitabine plus oxaliplatin
(XELOX) is a standard adjuvant treatment for patients with stage III colon cancer
(CC). Capecitabine is an oral fluoropyrimidine, and administration of oxaliplatin
does not necessarily require the insertion of a central venous access device (CVAD).
We evaluated the feasibility of XELOX without a CVAD as adjuvant treatment in patients
with stage III CC.
Patients and Methods
We retrospectively studied prospectively collected data from patients with stage III
CC treated with XELOX in the International Duration Evaluation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy
French trial. Patients were divided into 2 groups: those with a CVAD and those with
peripheral venous access (PVA), including patients who had and had not had a CVAD
at the first cycle of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy without a CVAD was considered feasible
if the patient received all cycles of adjuvant therapy without it.
Results
A total of 203 patients were included: 86 (43%) in the PVA group and 116 (57%) in
the CVAD group. Of the 85 patients in the PVA group (1 patient was not treated), 69
(81.2%) did not require the insertion of a CVAD. However, 16 (18.8%) required CVAD
insertion owing to systematic delay of the initially planned CVAD before the second
cycle of chemotherapy in 7, complications related to PVA usage in 5, a switch to the
modified FOLFOX6 regimen in 2, and other reasons in 2. The oxaliplatin dose was similar
in both groups regardless of the chemotherapy duration. XELOX without a CVAD was feasible
for 81.2% of the patients for whom a CVAD had not been planned before chemotherapy
and for 88.4% of patients for whom chemotherapy was planned without the use of a CVAD.
Conclusion
XELOX chemotherapy without a CVAD is a feasible approach for treating patients with
stage III CC in the adjuvant setting.
Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: November 29, 2015
Accepted:
November 23,
2015
Received in revised form:
October 9,
2015
Received:
July 21,
2015
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