2010
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-010-1282-4
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DPD-based adaptive dosing of 5-FU in patients with head and neck cancer: impact on treatment efficacy and toxicity

Abstract: Although non-randomized, this study strongly suggests that prospective determination of DPD status has an immediate clinical benefit by reducing the drug-induced toxicities incidence in patients treated with 5-FU, allowing an optimal administration of several courses in a row, while maintaining efficacy. Our preliminary results thus advocate for systematic DPD screening in patients eligible for treatment with fluoropyrimidine drugs in HNC.

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“…Another method that has shown to potentially increase patient safety of 5-FUbased chemotherapy is the use of the endogenous uracil/ dihydrouracil (U/UH 2 ) plasma ratio as a measure for DPD activity. In patients with head and neck cancer, the initially administered dose of 5-FU was reduced depending on the endogenous U/UH 2 plasma ratio, thereby the rate of severe toxicity was strongly reduced compared with a historical control data set treated with the standard dose of 5-FU (51).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another method that has shown to potentially increase patient safety of 5-FUbased chemotherapy is the use of the endogenous uracil/ dihydrouracil (U/UH 2 ) plasma ratio as a measure for DPD activity. In patients with head and neck cancer, the initially administered dose of 5-FU was reduced depending on the endogenous U/UH 2 plasma ratio, thereby the rate of severe toxicity was strongly reduced compared with a historical control data set treated with the standard dose of 5-FU (51).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Here, we based our DPD evaluation on a simple and rapid functional testing which clinical relevance had already been demonstrated [5,13]. Several other functional approaches (e.g., uracil breath test, uracil challenge test, to name but a few) to establish the DPD status in patients had been proposed in the literature, with similar benefit compared to genotypic-based techniques [2,14].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5-FU concentrations have also been determined by LC-MS/ MS technique for evaluation of DPD enzyme activity [52]. The severe toxicity owing to the 5-FU treatment has been anticipated for the assessment of DPD status in cancer patients [53]. Low plasma levels of 5-FU and relatively higher tegafur (a 5-FU prodrug) levels have been measured in colorectal cancer patients simultaneously.…”
Section: Hybrid Instrumental Techniques For 5-fu Analysis In Biologicmentioning
confidence: 99%