gemcitabine doublets more effective than monotherapy for pancreatic cancer
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Inpharma 1610 - 20 Oct 2007
■ Gemcitabine-based doublets are more effectivethan gemcitabine alone for advanced and metastaticpancreatic cancer, according to researchers fromFrance and Italy. They performed a systematic reviewand meta-analysis of 23 controlled phase II–III trialsinvolving 5886 such patients who were randomised toreceive either gemcitabine alone (n = 2954) orgemcitabine-based doublets.* In patients treated withgemcitabine-based doublets, the risk of death wassignificantly reduced by 8%, 4%, and 3% at 6, 12 and18 months, respectively, compared with those whoreceived gemcitabine alone.* gemcitabine in combination with one of the following;capecitabine, cisplatin, erlotinib, etalocib, exatecan, fluorouracil,gastrin-17 vaccine, irinotecan, marimastat, oxaliplatin,pemetrexed, tegafur/uracil, tipifarnib or ukrain, or with acombination of cisplatin, epirubicin and fluorouracil
Banu E, et al. Meta-analysis of randomised trials comparing gemcitabine-baseddoublets versus gemcitabine alone in patients with advanced and metastaticpancreatic cancer. Drugs and Aging 24: 865-879, No. 10, 2007 801055267
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