Newly emerging standard chemotherapies for gastric cancer and clinical potential in elderly patients

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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Oct 15, 2009; 1(1): 47-54
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Table 2 Phase III milestone trials of chemotherapy for far advanced gastric cancer and information of the elderly patients

Publication	Trial	Regimens	OS (number)	Selected regimens	Median	Age range	Proportion of elderly patients (70 years old or over)	Ref.	Country
1991	EORTC	5-FU/Adriamycin/MMC (FAM)	4 (79)	FAMTX	58	23-69	No information	[7]	EORTC
1991	EORTC	5-FU/Adriamycin/Methotrexate (FAMTX)	6 (81)		57	28-77
1993	Murad et al	FAMTX	9 (30)	FAMTX	58	26-72	No information	[3]	Brazil
1993	Murad et al	Best supportive care (BSC)	3 (10)		57	30-71
1995	Pyrhönen et al	5-FU/Epirubicin/Methotrexate (FEMTX)	12.3 (21)	FEMTX	58	42-75	No information	[5]	Finland
1995	Pyrhönen et al	BSC	3.1 (20)		58	42-71
1997	Glimelius et al	5-FU/Leucovorin/Etoposide (FLE)	8 (31)	ELF	64	45-75	No information	[4]	Sweden
1997	Glimelius et al	BSC	5 (31)		63	40-74
1997	Webb et al	EPI/CDDP/5-FU (ECF)	8.9 (111)	ECF	59	35-79	No information	[8]	UK
1997	Webb et al	FAMTX	5.7 (108)		60	29-78
2000	Vanhoefer et al	FAMTX	6.7 (133)	Similar efficacy	58	30-74	No information	[44]	EORTC
		ELF	7.2 (132)		59	25-74
		5-FU/CDDP (FUP)	7.2 (134)		57	24-74
2003	JCOG9205	5-FU	7.1 (105)	5-FU	63	27-75	No information	[14]	Japan
		5-FU/CDDP (CF)	7.3 (105)		63	19-75
		UFT/MMC	6 (70)		60.5	30-75
2006	V325	Docetaxel/CDDP/5-FU (DCF)	9.2 (227)	DCF	55	26-79	24%-25%¹	[10]	USA
2006	V325	CDDP/5-FU (CF)	8.6 (230)		55	25-76
2007	JCOG9912	S1	11.4 (234)	S1	64	39-75	No information	[17]	Japan
		5-FU	10.8 (234)		63	24-75
		CPT11/Docetaxel	12.3 (236)		63	32-75
2008	SPIRITS	S1	11 (150)	S1/CDDP	62	28-74	17%	[18]	Japan
2008	SPIRITS	S1/CDDP (CS)	13 (148)		62	33-74
2008	REAL-2	EPI/CDDP/capecitabine (ECX)	9.9 (241)	EOX	64	25-82	No information	[9]	UK
		ECF	9.9 (249)		65	22-83
		EPI/oxaliplatin/capecitabine (EOX)	11.2 (239)		62	25-80
		EPI/oxaliplatin/5-FU (EOF)	9.3 (235)		61	33-78
2008	Al-Batran et al	5-FU/LV/Oxaliplatin (FLO)	10.7 (112)	FLO	64	33-86	41%-45%²	[23]	AIO
2008	Al-Batran et al	5-FU/LV/CDDP (FLP)	8.8 (108)		64	27-85

¹This is proportion of patients with 65 years old or over;

²This is proportion of patients over 65 years old.

Citation: Sakuramoto S, Yamashita K, Watanabe M. Newly emerging standard chemotherapies for gastric cancer and clinical potential in elderly patients. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2009; 1(1): 47-54
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