Determinants of choice in offering drug holidays during first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer

Silvio Ken Garattini; Marta Bonotto; Luca Porcu; Elena Ongaro; Lorenzo Gerratana; Debora Basile; Annamaria Parnofiello; Giacomo Pelizzari; Francesco Cortiula; Carla Corvaja; Mariaelena Casagrande; Giovanni Gerardo Cardellino; Angela Buonadonna; Giuseppe Aprile; Fabio Puglisi; Gianpiero Fasola; Nicoletta Pella

doi:10.2217/fon-2020-0270

Determinants of choice in offering drug holidays during first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer

Silvio Ken Garattini, Marta Bonotto, Luca Porcu, Elena Ongaro, Lorenzo Gerratana, Debora Basile, Annamaria Parnofiello, Giacomo Pelizzari, Francesco Cortiula, Carla Corvaja, Mariaelena Casagrande, Giovanni Gerardo Cardellino, Angela Buonadonna, Giuseppe Aprile, Fabio Puglisi, Gianpiero Fasola, Nicoletta Pella

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Background: Drug holidays' (DH) for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) were introduced to preserve quality of life. We studied factors associated to a DH offer in first line. Materials methods: We retrospectively analyzed 754 consecutive patients treated with chemotherapy for mCRC in two Italian institutions between 2005 and 2017. Associations between baseline clinical-pathological factors and DH (56 or more days of treatment interruption) were investigated. Results: In 754 patients, previous metastasectomy, previous thermoablation and previous surgery of primary tumor were independently associated with DH. Excluding procedures or clinical trials: primary rectal cancer and resection of primary tumor were significantly associated to DH. Conclusions: DH was offered to patients with lower burden of disease, but further investigations are needed to safely guide a holiday strategy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2645-2660
Number of pages	16
Journal	Future Oncology
Volume	16
Issue number	32
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2020-0270
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

Keywords

chemotherapy
colorectal cancer
drug holidays
metastasis

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Oncology
Cancer Research

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Garattini, S. K., Bonotto, M., Porcu, L., Ongaro, E., Gerratana, L., Basile, D., Parnofiello, A., Pelizzari, G., Cortiula, F., Corvaja, C., Casagrande, M., Cardellino, G. G., Buonadonna, A., Aprile, G., Puglisi, F., Fasola, G., & Pella, N. (2020). Determinants of choice in offering drug holidays during first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. Future Oncology, 16(32), 2645-2660. https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2020-0270

Determinants of choice in offering drug holidays during first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. / Garattini, Silvio Ken; Bonotto, Marta; Porcu, Luca; Ongaro, Elena ; Gerratana, Lorenzo; Basile, Debora; Parnofiello, Annamaria; Pelizzari, Giacomo; Cortiula, Francesco; Corvaja, Carla; Casagrande, Mariaelena; Cardellino, Giovanni Gerardo; Buonadonna, Angela; Aprile, Giuseppe; Puglisi, Fabio; Fasola, Gianpiero; Pella, Nicoletta.

In: Future Oncology, Vol. 16, No. 32, 11.2020, p. 2645-2660.

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Garattini, SK, Bonotto, M, Porcu, L, Ongaro, E , Gerratana, L, Basile, D, Parnofiello, A, Pelizzari, G, Cortiula, F, Corvaja, C, Casagrande, M, Cardellino, GG, Buonadonna, A, Aprile, G, Puglisi, F, Fasola, G & Pella, N 2020, 'Determinants of choice in offering drug holidays during first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer', Future Oncology, vol. 16, no. 32, pp. 2645-2660. https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2020-0270

Garattini, Silvio Ken ; Bonotto, Marta ; Porcu, Luca ; Ongaro, Elena ; Gerratana, Lorenzo ; Basile, Debora ; Parnofiello, Annamaria ; Pelizzari, Giacomo ; Cortiula, Francesco ; Corvaja, Carla ; Casagrande, Mariaelena ; Cardellino, Giovanni Gerardo ; Buonadonna, Angela ; Aprile, Giuseppe ; Puglisi, Fabio ; Fasola, Gianpiero ; Pella, Nicoletta. / Determinants of choice in offering drug holidays during first-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. In: Future Oncology. 2020 ; Vol. 16, No. 32. pp. 2645-2660.

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