Axel Grothey, Alberto F Sobrero, Anthony F Shields, Takayuki Yoshino, James Paul, Julien Taieb, John Souglakos, Qian Shi, Rachel Kerr, Roberto Labianca, Jeffrey A Meyerhardt, Dewi Vernerey, Takeharu Yamanaka, Ioannis Boukovinas, Jeffrey P Meyers, Lindsay A Renfro, Donna Niedzwiecki, Toshiaki Watanabe, Valter Torri, Mark Saunders, Daniel J Sargent, Thierry Andre, Timothy Iveson
BACKGROUND: Since 2004, a regimen of 6 months of treatment with oxaliplatin plus a fluoropyrimidine has been standard adjuvant therapy in patients with stage III colon cancer. However, since oxaliplatin is associated with cumulative neurotoxicity, a shorter duration of therapy could spare toxic effects and health expenditures. METHODS: We performed a prospective, preplanned, pooled analysis of six randomized, phase 3 trials that were conducted concurrently to evaluate the noninferiority of adjuvant therapy with either FOLFOX (fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin) or CAPOX (capecitabine and oxaliplatin) administered for 3 months, as compared with 6 months...
March 29, 2018: New England Journal of Medicine