Background: There is no established second-line treatment after failure of gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GnP) therapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPC). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the modified FOLFIRINOX (mFFX) as a second-line therapy for MPC and to investigate prognostic factors for survival. Methods: From 2015 to 2019, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of consecutive patients receiving mFFX for MPC after failure of GnP therapy. Patients were treated every 2 weeks with mFFX (intravenous oxaliplatin 85 mg/m 2 , intravenous irinotecan 150 mg/m 2 , and continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil 2400 mg/m 2 for 46 h without bolus infusion). Results: In total, 104 patients received mFFX. The median overall survival (OS) was 7.0 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.2-9.8) and the progression-free survival (PFS) 3.9 months (95% CI 2.8-5.0). The objective response rate was 10.6% and the disease control rate 56.7%. The median relative dose intensities of oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and infusional 5-FU were 80.0% (range 21.5-100%), 77.2% (range 38.1-100%), and 85.9% (range 36.9-100%), respectively. Grade 3-4 toxicities were reported in 57 patients (54.8%), including neutropenia, leukopenia, anemia, febrile neutropenia, and peripheral sensory neuropathy. Glasgow prognostic score and carcinoembryonic antigen level were independently associated with survival. Our prognostic model using these parameters could classify the patients into good (n = 38), intermediate (n = 47), and poor (n = 19) prognostic groups. The median OS and PFS time was 14.7 (95% CI 7.6-16.3) and 7.6 months (95% CI 4.1-10.5) for the good prognostic factors, 6.5 (95% CI 5.5-10.0) and 3.6 months (95% CI 2.7-4.8) for the intermediate prognostic factors and 5.0 (95% CI 2.9-6.6) and 1.7 months (95% CI 0.9-4.3) for the poor prognostic factors, respectively.

Background and study aims Self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) are now widely used even for patients with borderline resectable (BR) pancreatic cancer (PC), as neoadjuvant therapy has become common. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate safety of SEMS placement in the population including BR PC and to explore risk factors for recurrent biliary obstruction (RBO), pancreatitis, and cholecystitis. Patients and methods We retrospectively investigated consecutive patients with PC who received initial SEMS between January 2015 and March 2019. We compared time to RBO (TRBO), causes of RBO, and stent-related adverse events (AEs) according to resectability status. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to explore risk factors for TRBO, pancreatitis, and cholecystitis. Results A total of 135 patients were included (BR 31 and unresectable [UR] 104). Stent-related AEs occurred in 39 patients: pancreatitis 14 (mild/moderate/severe 1/6/7), cholecystitis 12, and non-occluding cholangitis 13. TRBO, causes of RBO, and stent-related AEs were not significantly different according to resectability status. Overall rate of RBO was higher in UR PC due to the longer follow-up period. Sharp common bile duct (CBD) angulation was an independent risk factor for short duration of TRBO. High pancreatic volume index and SEMS of high axial force were independent risk factors for pancreatitis, whereas tumor involvement to orifice of cystic duct was the only risk factor for cholecystitis. Conclusions We demonstrated that SEMS can be safely deployed even in patients with BR PC. Sharp CBD angulation and high pancreatic volume index were identified as novel risk factors for RBO and pancreatitis, respectively, after SEMS placement.

Background/Aim: FOLFIRINOX (5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, oxaliplatin) and gemcitabine plus nabpaclitaxel therapy have recently been introduced for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Herein, overall treatment outcomes of metastatic pancreatic cancer after introduction of FOLFIRINOX and gemcitabine plus nabpaclitaxel therapy were evaluated, in daily practice. Patients and Methods: Metastatic pancreatic cancer patients (n=321) who started systemic chemotherapy between January 2011 and December 2016 were included and were divided into two groups: group A (2011-2013) and group B (2014-2016). Treatment outcomes were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Patient characteristics were similar between the two groups except for the rates of distant lymph node metastasis and peritoneal metastasis. The preferred regimens in groups A and B were gemcitabine monotherapy and gemcitabine plus nabpaclitaxel therapy, respectively. The response rates, median progression-free survival, and median overall survival of groups A and B were 7.8% and 28.4% (p<0.01), 3.1 months and 5.4 months (p<0.01), and 6.7 months and 10.2 months (p<0.01), respectively. Conclusion: Overall treatment outcomes for metastatic pancreatic cancer were significantly improved after introduction of FOLFIRINOX and gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel combination therapy in daily practice. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths, since more than 33,000 patients are dying from this type of cancer annually in Japan (1). The prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains dismal, and the mortality rates closely follow the incidence rates. Surgical resection with negative margins (R0) is the only potentially curative treatment for pancreatic cancer, but only 15-20% of these patients are eligible for resection at initial diagnosis (2). More than half of patients diagnosed in the metastatic setting have a 5-year survival rate of 2.6% (2). Gemcitabine alone has since long been the standard chemotherapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer (3). Many randomized studies have been conducted to develop regimens that are more effective than gemcitabine alone. Combination therapy with gemcitabine and erlotinib demonstrated a significant improvement in prognosis against gemcitabine alone, but the improvement of median overall survival was only two weeks (4). Recently, combination therapy including FOLFIRINOX (5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, oxaliplatin) and gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel therapy (GEM+nab-PTX) showed superiority to gemcitabine alone (5, 6). Both these regimens are combination therapies of cytotoxic agents. The prognoses were prolonged by 4.3 months by FOLFIRINOX and 1.8 months by GEM+nab-PTX. Although it is difficult to compare these results directly because the study populations in each trial were different, these two regimens have become the two standard front-line treatments for metastatic pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately, FOLFIRINOX and GEM+nab-PTX are more toxic than is gemcitabine alone (5, 6). To reduce the severe a...

Purpose There is no established second-line treatment after failure of gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GnP) therapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPC). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the modified FOLFIRINOX (mFFX) as a second-line therapy for MPC and investigate prognostic factors for survival.Methods From 2015–2019, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients receiving mFFX for MPC after failure of GnP therapy. Patients were treated every 2 weeks with mFFX (intravenous oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2, intravenous irinotecan 150 mg/m2, and continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil 2,400 mg/m2 for 46 hours without bolus infusion) until disease progression, patient refusal, or unacceptable toxicity.Results In total, 104 patients received mFFX. The median overall survival (OS) was 7.0 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.2-9.8) and the progression-free survival (PFS) 3.9 months (95% CI 2.8-5.0). The objective response rate was 10.6% and the disease control rate 56.7%. The median relative dose intensities of oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and infusional 5-FU were 80.0% (range 21.5-100%), 77.2% (range 38.1-100%), and 85.9% (range 36.9-100%), respectively. Grade 3-4 toxicities were reported in 57 patients (54.8%), including neutropenia, leukopenia, anemia, febrile neutropenia, and peripheral sensory neuropathy. Glasgow prognostic score and carcinoembryonic antigen level were independently associated with survival. Our prognostic model using these parameters could classify the patients into good (n = 38), intermediate (n = 47), and poor (n = 19) prognostic groups. The median OS and PFS time was 14.7 (95% CI 7.6-16.3) and 7.6 months (95% CI 4.1-10.5) for the good prognostic factors, 6.5 (95% CI 5.5-10.0) and 3.6 months (95% CI 2.7-4.8) for the intermediate prognostic factors and 5.0 (95% CI 2.9-6.6) and 1.7 months (95% CI 0.9-4.3) for the poor prognostic factors, respectively.Conclusions The mFFX showed to be a tolerable second-line treatment for MPC after GnP failure. Our prognostic model might be useful for deciding whether mFFX is indicated in this setting.

458 Background: Both FOLFIRINOX (FFX) and Nab-paclitaxel plus Gemcitabine(GnP) standard treatment in first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (MPA). It could be of interest to use them consecutively, knowing that there is currently no standard for second-line treatments for MPA. The aim of this study was to compare second-line modified FFX (mFFX) after GnP failure with second-line GnP after mFFX failure. Methods: From January 2015 to Jul 2017, medical records were retrospectively reviewed for consecutive patients receiving mFFX or GnP for a histologically proven MPA after failure of GnP or mFFX respectively. Patients were treated with mFFX (intravenous oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2, irinotecan 150 mg/m2, 5-FU infusion 2,400 mg/m2 over 46 h, no bolus 5-FU) or GnP (Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2/, nab-paclitaxel 125mg/m2 d1,8 15) until disease progression, patient refusal or unacceptable toxicity. Results: Second-line mFFX was administered to 50 patients and GnP was 25 patients. At baseline of second-line treatment, there was no difference in patient’s characteristics between mFFX group and GnP group. No significant difference in the response rate (mFFX, 16.6% vs. GnP, 10.5%, P = 0.63) or the disease control rate (mFFX, 50% vs. GnP, 64%, P = 0.82) was seen between the two groups. Median Progression free survival of GnP/mFFx were 4.3 months/4.6 months (p=0.89) and median survival (OS) from the 2nd line treatment of GnP/mFFx were 10.4 months/10.8 months (p=0.65) and OS from the first-line treatment of GnP/mFFx were 20.6 months/16.5 months (p=0.34). No toxic death occurred in both groups. There was no difference in the incident of adverse event between mFFX group and GnP group. Conclusions: Second-line mFFX and GnP achieved similar disease control and survival in unresectable pancreatic cancer. The use of the FFX and GnP in sequence is an attractive option to maximize disease control and survival. We need the clinical trial to compare with mFFX and GnP in sequence to guide the selection of initial chemotherapy.