Phase II Study of a Combination of Irinotecan and S-1 in Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer (OGSG0002)

Abstract

To investigate the efficacy and safety of the combination therapy of irinotecan (CPT-11) plus S-1 in patients with advanced gastric cancer at the dose recommended by a previous phase I study. A total of 23 patients received 80 mg/m(2) of CPT-11 on days 1 and 15, and S-1 at a dose level set on the basis of the body surface area (BSA): 40 (BSA or =1.25 to or =1.5 m(2)) b.i.d. was given from days 1-21. The overall response rate was 47.8% (11 of 23, 95% confidence interval, CI: 27.4-68.2%). The median time to progression (TTP) was 210 days (95% CI: 145-322 days) and the median survival time was 394 days (95% CI: 241-484 days). The incidence of grade 3 or 4 hematological and non-hematological toxicity was 17.4 and 8.7%. The most common hematological toxicity was anemia and the most common non-hematological toxicity was diarrhea. The combination therapy of CPT-11 and S-1 provided prolonged TTP with low toxicity, and the results warrant a further phase III study to define the efficacy in improvement of survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer.