of patients % Patients evaluable 70 100 Age, years      Median (range) 65 (32–75)   Sex      Male 41 58.5  Female 29 41.5 Response to prior

chemotherapy      Yes 44 63  No 26 37 Status of primary tumor      Resected 25 36  Unresected 45 64 Tumor histology      Diffuse 33 47.2  Intestinal 29 41.4 selleck compound  Unknown 8 11.4 ECOG PS      0 10 14.5  1 40 57  2 20 28.5 Number of metastatic sites      1 17 24  2 32 46  3 21 30 Site of metastases      Liver 48 68.5  Nodes 41 58.5  Peritoneum 41 58.5  Lung 13 18.5  Bone 6 8.5 PFS under first-line chemotherapy      ≥ 6 months 42 60  < 6 months 28 40 Chemotherapy-free interval      > 3 months 38 54  < 3 months 32 46 Abbreviations: ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status. Efficacy Response to treatment is illustrated in Table 2. Among 70 assessable patients, we observed 1(1.4%) complete response (CR), 15 (21.4%) partial responses (PR), for an overall response rate (ORR) of 22.8% (95% confidence interval (CI): 13.4-32.3). Stable disease (SD) was recorded in 21 (30%) patients, Belinostat price translating into a disease control rate (DCR) of 52.8%. Median PFS was 3.8 months (95% CI: 3.3-4.4), and median OS was 6.2 months (95% CI: 5.3-7.1) (Figure 1). In univariate analysis, the only significant predictors of OS were ECOG PS (0–1 vs 2: 7.0 months [95% CI: 5.7-8.3] vs 5.0 months [95%CI: 2.4-7.6], P = 0.01; HR 1.94 [95% CI: 1.13-3-33])

and PFS under first-line chemotherapy (≥ 6 months vs < 6 months: 7.1 months [95% CI: 6.2-8.0] vs 4.0 months [95% CI: 2.7-5.3], p = 0.04; HR 1.67 [95% CI: 1.02-2.34]).

We did not observe any significant difference in efficacy nor in PFS and OS between patients who received fluoropyrimidine in the first-line compared with patients who did not (ORR: 24.4% vs 20%; PFS 3.8 vs 4.0 months, P = 0.79; OS 6.2 vs 6.5 months, P = 0.61). Table 2 Response rate in 70 patients Responses No. of patients % Complete response 1 1.4 Partial response 15 21.4 Stable disease 21 30 Progressive disease 33 47.2 Figure 1 Kaplan–Meier curves. (A) progression-free survival. (B) overall survival. Toxicity Toxicities are listed in Table 3. A total of 352 cycles of FOLFIRI were analyzed in 70 patients, with a median of 6 cycles administered per patient (range, 2–12). The most common G3-4 toxicities were neutropenia (28.5%) and diarrhea (14.5%). Treatment pheromone discontinuation was necessary in 4 patients (5.7%). A 50% dose reduction was required in 2 patients (2.8%) for recurrent G3 diarrhea, whereas a 25% dose reduction was needed in 11 patients (21.2%), mostly correlated with G3 diarrhea (7 patients). Five patients required granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for G4 neutropenia. Table 3 Main toxicity in 70 patients Toxicity Grade 3 (%) Grade 4 (%) Selleckchem Mizoribine Neutropeniaa 21.5 7 Anemia 7 – Thrombocytopenia 3 – Diarrhea 13 1.4 Nausea/vomiting 6 – Mucositis 6 – Fatigue 6 – Hepatotoxicity 3 – aFour episodes of febrile neutropenia in 3 patients (4%).