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ABSTRACT: Background
Combination of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel has superior clinical efficacy than gemcitabine alone. Nevertheless, health-related quality of life. (QoL) associated with this combination therapy when administered at first-line in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma is unknown.Methods
A total of 125 patients were randomized to combination therapy (1000 mg/m2 gemcitabine + 125 mg/m2 nab-paclitaxel) and single-agent gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2) arms to take treatment weekly for 7 of 8 weeks, and following 3 of 4 weeks, until progression or severe toxicity. Primary endpoints were three-months of definitive deterioration free percent of patients, and QoL.Results
Overall QoL analyses showed that 34 and 58.3% of cases in gemcitabine and gemcitabine+nab-P arms had no deterioration in 3rd month QoL scores (p = 0.018). These proportions were 27.3 and 36.6% in 6th month assessments, respectively (p = 0.357). Median overall survivals in combination and single-agent arms were 9.92 months and 5.95 months, respectively (HR: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.42-0.86, p = 0.038). Median progression free survivals in these treatment arms were 6.28 and 3.22 months, respectively (HR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.39-0.87, p = 0.008). Median time-to-deterioration were 5.36 vs 3.68 months, and objective response rates were 37.1% vs 23.7% (p = 0.009), respectively in combination and single-agent arms.Conclusions
Combination therapy with gemcitabine + nab-paclitaxel had better overall and progression-free survival than gemcitabine alone. Also, combination therapy showed increased response rate without toxicity or deteriorated QoL. Combination treatment with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel may provide significant benefit for advanced pancreatic cancer.Trial registration
This study has been registered in ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT03807999 on January 8, 2019 (retrospectively registered).
SUBMITTER: Yalcin S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7106641 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yalcin Suayib S Dane Faysal F Oksuzoglu Berna B Ozdemir Nuriye Yildirim NY Isikdogan Abdurrahman A Ozkan Metin M Demirag Guzin Gonullu GG Coskun Hasan Senol HS Karabulut Bulent B Evrensel Turkkan T Ustaoglu Mehmet Ali MA Ozdemir Feyyaz F Turna Hande H Yavuzsen Tugba T Aykan Faruk F Sevinc Alper A Akbulut Hakan H Yuce Deniz D Hayran Mutlu M Kilickap Saadettin S
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<h4>Background</h4>Combination of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel has superior clinical efficacy than gemcitabine alone. Nevertheless, health-related quality of life. (QoL) associated with this combination therapy when administered at first-line in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma is unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 125 patients were randomized to combination therapy (1000 mg/m2 gemcitabine + 125 mg/m2 nab-paclitaxel) and single-agent gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2) arms to take treatment weekly for ...[more]