• Rosine Guimbaud, Christophe Louvet, Pauline Ries, Marc Ychou, Emilie Maillard, Thierry André, Jean-Marc Gornet, Thomas Aparicio, Suzanne Nguyen, Ahmed Azzedine, Pierre-Luc Etienne, Eveline Boucher, Christine Rebischung, Pascal Hammel, Philippe Rougier, Laurent Bedenne, and Olivier Bouché.
• Rosine Guimbaud, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Toulouse, Toulouse; Christophe Louvet, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris; Thierry André, Hôpital Saint Antoine; Jean-Marc Gornet, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Louis (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris); Pascal Hammel, Hôpital Beaujon; Philippe Rougier, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris; Pauline Ries, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille; Marc Ychou, Institut Régional du Cancer Val d'Aurelle, Montpellier; Emilie Maillard, Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive; Laurent Bedenne, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Dijon; Thomas Aparicio, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny; Suzanne Nguyen, Hôpital Général, Beauvais; Ahmed Azzedine, Hôpital Général, Montélimard; Pierre-Luc Etienne, Clinique Armoricaine, Saint-Brieuc; Eveline Boucher, Centre Eugène Marquis, Rennes; Christine Rebischung, Hôpital A. Michallon, Grenoble; Olivier Bouché, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Robert Debré, Reims, France. guimbaud.r@chu-toulouse.fr.
• J. Clin. Oncol. 2014 Nov 1; 32 (31): 3520-6.

PurposeTo compare epirubicin, cisplatin, and capecitabine (ECX) with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan (FOLFIRI) as first-line treatments in patients with advanced gastric or esophagogastric junction (EGJ) adenocarcinoma.Patients And MethodsThis open, randomized, phase III study was carried out in 71 centers. Patients with locally advanced or metastatic gastric or EGJ cancer were randomly assigned to receive either ECX as first-line treatment (ECX arm) or FOLFIRI (FOLFIRI arm). Second-line treatment was predefined (FOLFIRI for the ECX arm and ECX for the FOLFIRI arm). The primary criterion was time-to-treatment failure (TTF) of the first-line therapy. Secondary criteria were progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), toxicity, and quality of life.ResultsIn all, 416 patients were included (median age, 61.4 years; 74% male). After a median follow-up of 31 months, median TTF was significantly longer with FOLFIRI than with ECX (5.1 v 4.2 months; P = .008). There was no significant difference between the two groups in median PFS (5.3 v 5.8 months; P = .96), median OS (9.5 v 9.7 months; P = .95), or response rate (39.2% v 37.8%). First-line FOLFIRI was better tolerated (overall rate of grade 3 to 4 toxicity, 69% v 84%; P < .001; hematologic adverse events [AEs], 38% v 64.5%; P < .001; nonhematologic AEs: 53% v 53.5%; P = .81).ConclusionFOLFIRI as first-line treatment for advanced gastric and EGJ cancer demonstrated significantly better TTF than did ECX. Other outcome results indicate that FOLFIRI is an acceptable first-line regimen in this setting and should be explored as a backbone regimen for targeted agents.© 2014 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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