Real World Efficacy, Safety of Nanoliposomal Irinotecan With Fluorouracil and Folinic Acid in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer After Previous Gemcitabine-based Therapy

Nanoliposomal irinotecan combined with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid was shown to be effective after gemcitabine-based treatment in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the phase III NAPOLI-1 randomized trial.

Nanoliposomal irinotecan is authorized in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin (LV), as it has shown an improvement in overall survival (median +1.9 months, HR = 0.67) compared to 5-FU/LV alone, without degradation of quality-of-life scales.

However, patients included in clinical trials regularly differ from patients in routine practice, and a real-life study is fundamental in this poor prognosis situation where quality of life preservation is paramount

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• histological or cytological confirmation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
• measurable lesion(s)
• progression after gemcitabine-based treatment administered in a neoadjuvant, adjuvant protocol (only if remote metastases developed within 6 months of the end of adjuvant treatment), locally advanced, or metastatic phase. They may have already received irinotecan and/or fluorouracil.
• Performance Status (PS) 0 or 1
• Oral consent
• Health insurance

Exclusion criteria

• symptomatic brain metastases (cerebral edema, corticosteroids, progressive disease)
• thromboembolic events within six months of inclusion;
• Class III or IV congestive heart failure, ventricular arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension.
• Patient under legal protection
• Hypersensitivity to irinotecan
• Breast feeding