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PURPOSE Metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPC) still harbors a dismal prognosis. Our previous trial (PRODIGE 4—ACCORD 11) demonstrated the superiority of 6-month chemotherapy with fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) over gemcitabine for overall survival. The high limiting oxaliplatin-related neurotoxicity supports the evaluation of an oxaliplatin stop-and-go strategy and a sequential strategy in mPC. METHODS In this phase II study, patients were randomly assigned to receive either 6 months of FOLFIRINOX (arm A), 4 months of FOLFIRINOX followed by leucovorin plus fluorouracil maintenance treatment for controlled patients (arm B), or a sequential treatment alternating gemcitabine and fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan every 2 months (arm C). The primary end point was progression-free survival at 6 months. RESULTS Between January 2015 and November 2016, 276 patients (mean age: 63 years; range: 40-76 years) were enrolled (A: 91, B: 92, and C: 90). Grade 3 or 4 neurotoxicity occurred in 10.2% of patients in arm A and 19.8% in arm B. The median ratio of received dose/targeted dose of oxaliplatin was 83% in arm A and 92% in arm B. The 6-month progression-free survival was 47.1% in A, 42.9% in B, and 34.1% in C. The median overall survival was 10.1 months in arm A, 11.2 in arm B, and 7.3 in arm C. Median survival without deterioration in quality-of-life scores was higher in the maintenance arm (11.4 months) than in arms A and C (7.2 and 7.5 months, respectively). CONCLUSION Maintenance with leucovorin plus fluorouracil appears to be feasible and effective in patients with mPC controlled after 4 months of induction chemotherapy with FOLFIRINOX. Severe neurotoxicity was higher in the maintenance therapy arm, probably because of the higher cumulative dose of oxaliplatin.

e16221Background: Aim of our study was to assess the interest of induction chemotherapy (ICT) intensification before chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer Meth...

4000Background: Metastatic pancreatic cancer (mPC) still harbors a dismal prognosis (5-year overall survival [OS]

94 Background: Trastuzumab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy is the standard first line regimen in HER2 positive advanced gastric cancer. However, there is no data concerning continuation of trastuzumab beyond first line progression. Methods: This retrospective multicenter study include all consecutive patients with HER2 + advanced gastric or gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who received after progression of trastuzumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy, a second line chemotherapy with irinotecan, taxane or platinum salt, with or without trastuzumab. The prognostic variables with P values ≤0.10 in univariate analysis were eligible for the Cox multivariable regression model. Results: From August 2007 to March 2015, 104 patients were included (median age, 60.8 years; male, 78.8%; PS 0-1, 71.2%) with advanced (metastatic : 99%) gastric (45.2%) or GEJ (54.8%) cancer. All patients had received first line treatment based on trastuzumab plus fluoropyrimidine and cisplatin (n=54; 51.9%) or oxaliplatin (n=50; 48.1%). As second line chemotherapy, 67 patients (64.4%) received FOLFIRI regimen, including 19 who have continued trastuzumab; 23 patients (22.1%) received a taxane regimen (paclitaxel or docetaxel), including 12 with trastuzumab; and 14 patients (13.5%) received a platinum-based chemotherapy (different from that used in first-line), including 8 with trastuzumab. When considering all regimens of second-line chemotherapy, continuation (n=39) versus discontinuation (n=65) of trastuzumab was significantly associated with an increase on PFS (4.4 vs 2.3 months; p=0.002) and OS (12.6 vs 6.1 months; p=0.001). In multivariate Cox model (including ECOG PS, tumor grade, number of metastatic site, and second-line treatment), continuation of trastuzumab was significantly associated with longer PFS (HR=0.56; 95%CI [0.35-0.89]; p=0.01) and OS (HR=0.47; 95%CI [0.28-0.79]; p=0.004). Conclusions: This study suggests that maintenance of trastuzumab plus second line chemotherapy beyond disease progression has clinical benefit in patients with HER2 positive advanced gastric cancer. These results deserve a prospective randomized validation.

4033 Background: The standard treatment for advanced HCC is sorafenib. However this treatment does not induce tumor shrinkage and allows a modest improvement in overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). For 10 years, we have developed a regimen of combined systemic chemotherapy with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (GemOx regimen) which provides adequate control of the disease with manageable toxicity. We report our experience on > 200 patients (pts) consecutively treated with this regimen. Methods: This retrospective multicenter study included all consecutive pts treated for advanced HCC with GemOx. Survival curves were drawn with the Kaplan-Meier method and compared by the log-rank test. Models of univariate and multivariate analyses were used to search for prognostic and predictive factors of therapeutic efficacy and OS. Results: 210 pts were enrolled from 2001 to 2010. 190 pts are currently with complete data collection. Average age: 60 years (20-83), M / F: 164/26, metastatic stage: 36%, ...