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Table 2 Phase I/II trials of neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiation approaches with the addition of irinotecan

From: Recent advances in (chemo-)radiation therapy for rectal cancer: a comprehensive review

Author

Year

Phase

Disease stage

n

RT dose

Conc. CHT

Adj. CHT

pCR rate (%)

downst

3y-DFS

tox gr.3+

postop. c

Mehta [38]

2003

II

T3 or T2N+

32

50.4

5-FU ci + Iri

n.s

38

71%1

n.r

n.r

n.r

Hofheinz [39]

2005

I

T3/4

19

50.4

Cap (esc) + Iri

n.s

21

75%1

n.r

DLT 21%

11%20

Klautke [40]

2005

II

T3/4 or T2N+ 2

37

50.4

5-FU ci + Iri

5-FU +/− FA

22

n.r

73%17

n.r

n.r

Klautke [41]

2006

I/II

T3/4 or T2N+

28

55.8

Cap (esc) + Iri

5-FU + / − FA

16

n.r

n.r

20%19

4%

Navarro [42]

2006

II

T3/4

74

45

5-FU ci + Iri

dis

14

49% 1

n.r

n.r

n.r

Willeke [43]

2007

II

T3/4 or N+

36

50

Cap + Iri

dis

15

n.r

n.r

DLT 19%

n.r

Glynne-Jones [44]

2007

I/II

T3/43

57

45

5-FU/LV + Iri (esc)

n.s

21

41%1

n.r

DLT 12%

n.r

Shin [45]

2010

II

T3/4 or N+

43

50.4

S-1 + Iri

n.s

21

n.r

72%

23%

n.r

Gollins [46]

2011

I/II

T3/44

110

45

Cap + Iri

dis

22

n.r

64%

n.r

n.r

Sato [47]

2011

II

T3/4 or N+

67

45

S-1 + Iri

S-1 + Iri12

35

n.r

n.r

15%

3%20

Hong [48]

2011

II

T3/4

48

50.4

Cap + Iri

Cap

25

n.r

75%18

no gr. 4

5%20

Wong [49, 50]

2012

II, rand

T3/4

1115

50.4

Cap + Iri

FOLFOX

12

n.r

68%17

27%

19%

RTOG 0247

    

50.4

Cap + Ox

FOLFOX

23

n.r

62%17

27%

20%

Mohiuddin [51, 52]

2013

II, rand

T3/4

106

55.2–6013

5-FU

rec.6

28

n.r

n.r

42%

n.r

RTOG 0012

    

50.4–54

5-FU + Iri

rec.6

28

n.r

n.r

51%

n.r

Zhu [53]

2018

I

T3-47

26

50

Cap + Iri (esc)14

n.s

25

n.r

n.r

DLT 20%

4%20

Guan [54]

2019

II

T3/48

52

50

Cap + Iri14

Cap +/− Ox21

28

n.r

n.r

38%

n.r

Zhang [55]9

2019

III

T3/47

360

50

Cap15

n.r

18

n.r

n.r

Tox sig

n. sig

CinClare

    

50

Cap + Iri10,14

n.r

34

n.r

n.r

inc. w. Iri

 

Wang [56]

2020

Pooled

T3/4 or N+

371

50

Cap + Iri (var)14

XELOX16

2311

n.r

n.r

n.r

n.r

  1. n = number of patients, RT dose: radiation dose in Gy, conc. CHT: concurrent chemotherapy, adj. CHT: adjuvant chemotherapy (after surgery), pCR rate: percentage of patients with pathological complete remission, downst.: percentage of patients with major downstaging defined according to study protocol (only listed if combined T and N downstaging was reported), 3y-DFS: 3-year disease-free survival, tox gr.3+: acute toxicity during combined chemoradiation grade 3 or higher (only listed if an overall percentage was reported), postop. c.: postoperative complications grade 3 or higher (only listed if an overall percentage was reported), 5-FU: 5-Fluorouracil, ci: contineous infusion, Iri: Irinotecan, mg: milligram, n.s.: not specified, n.r.: not reported, Cap: capecitabine, esc: doses were escalated during study, FA: folinic acid, y: years, dis.: at discretion of the treating physician, LV: leucovorin, S-1: oral fluoropyrimidin prodrug, DLT: dose limiting toxicity as specified in the protocol, Ox: Oxaliplatin, rand.: randomized, FOLFOX: combination regimen including 5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin and Oxaliplatin, RTOG: radiation therapy oncology group, XELIRI: combination regimen including capecitabine and Irinotecan, XELOX: combination regimen including capecitabine and Oxaliplatin, sig. significantly, inc.: increased, w.: with, gr.: grade, mFOLFOX6: FOLFOX: combination regimen including 5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin and Oxaliplatin as specified in the protocol, 1: downstaging defined as reduction from clinical to pathological stage, 2: uncertain R0 resection or sphincter preservation, 3: fixed tumors or threated mesorectal fascia, 4: tumor threatening (≤ 2 mm) or exceeding mesorectal fascia, 5: only patients after study amendment evaluated, 6: adjuvant chemotherapy was recommended for all patients with residual disease, in patients without residual disease Chemotherapy was at the discretion of the treating physician, 7: limited to patients with UGT1A1*1*1 or *1*28 phenotype, 8: limited to patients with UGTA1*1*1 phenotype, 9: published as abstract only, 10: Irinotecan dose was based on UGTA1 phenotype, var: variable doses, 11: pCR rate significantly increaesd with > 4 cycles of Irinotecan, 12: in patients with ypN+, 13: hyperfractionated RT with 1.2 Gy 2 times per day, 14: one cycle consolidation chemotherapy (prior to surgery) with XELIRI, 15: one cycle of consolidation chemotherapy (prior to surgery) with XELOX, 16: mFOLFOX6 also allowed, 17: 4-year rates, 18: 5-year rates, 19: in phase II part, 20: re-operation rate, n. sig.: no signficant difference between arms, 21: 5-FU instead of Cap allowed, bold style: indicates significant difference