Background: Dose-limiting neurotoxicity is the major side effect caused by oxaliplatin treatment. Optimization of oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapeutic regimens may potentially benefit advanced gastric cancer (AGC) patients. We tried to reduce the dose of oxaliplatin and add a drug to compensate for the efficacy. This cohort study evaluated the efficacy and side effects of low-dose oxaliplatin combined with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and S-1 (D-SOX) as first-line treatment for AGC.
Methods: 64 AGC patients treated in our hospital between January 2015 and December 2018 were included in this study. Among them, 29 cases received standard S-1 and oxaliplatin (SOX) regimen, and 35 cases received D-SOX. Progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), response rate (RR), and safety were analyzed.
Discussion: The median PFS was 7.0 months [95% confidence interval (CI): 5.77 to 8.23 months] in the SOX group and 9.3 months (95% CI: 8.145 to 10.45 months) in the D-SOX group (P=0.021). The median OS was 12.5 months (95% CI: 7.00 to 17.97 months) in the SOX group and 18.7 months (95% CI: 14.485 to 22.9 months) in the D-SOX group (P=0.027). The incidence of treatment-related grade III-IV adverse events (AEs) was less than 10%. The RRs to these 2 regimens were similar (P=0.609). The incidence of neurotoxicity was significantly reduced in the D-SOX group (62.8% vs. 82.7%).
Conclusions: Low-dose oxaliplatin combined with S-1 and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) regimen improved OS and PFS, while exhibiting better toxicity profile as compared with standard SOX regimen for AGC.
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South Auckland Clinical Campus, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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1Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing.
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Breast Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Shogoin Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
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Developmental and Early Physiotherapy Unit, Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye.
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Methods: This cohort study included 255 infants in 4 groups: (i) 96 infants born to mothers with GDM, (ii) 78 infants born to mothers with PE, (iii) 31 infants born to mothers with GDM and PE, and (iv) 50 typically developing infants. Early spontaneous movements, including not only fidgety movements but also concurrent movement and postural patterns, were assessed using the General Movements Assessment (GMA), which determines the Motor Optimality Score-Revised (MOS-R).
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Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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