Xeloda combined with oxaliplatin in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect and adverse effect of combination chemotherapy with xeloda and oxaliplatin in advanced colorectal cancer. Methods 25 patients were treated with oral xeloda 1 250mg/m~2, administered twice daily from day 1 to day 14, and oxaliplatin 130mg/m~2/d iv on day 1.The regime was repeated every 21 days for at least 2 consecutive cycles. Result The results of evaluation of effectiveness of the reginme were as follow 0 CR,12 PR,10 SD and 3 PD. The overall effective rate was 48%(12/25), the effective rate for patients who received the treatment primarily was 100%(3/3), and that of the patients who received the treatment for the secona time was 41%(9/22).Xeloda combined with oxaliplatin was well tolerated. The most common treatment-related adverse events with hand-foot syndrome in 40% (10/25) of patients, skin pigmentation in 68% (17/25), anorexia in 40% (10/25) of patients. Suppression of hematopoiesis, neurotoxicity, nausea and vomiting were mild. Conclusion The combined chemo-therapy with xeloda and oxaliplatin has a high therapeutic response with acceptable toxicity in patients with advanced colorectal cancer, and which was convenient to administer, with definite efficacy, and it could be extensively used, especially in elderly patients and outpatients.