Phase II Study of Combination Chemotherapy With S-1 Plus Avastin in Unresectable or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer After Failure of Prior Chemotherapy, Including Irinotecan and Oxaliplatin Regimens.
Inclusion Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed colorectal carcinoma
- Inoperable, locally advanced, or metastatic disease
- KRAS-mutated
- Concurrently receiving treatment containing irinotecan and oxaliplatin regimens for
unresectable or recurrent colorectal cancer
- Measurable disease according to RECIST
- No moderate or severe ascites or pleural effusion requiring treatment
- No metastasis to the CNS
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- White blood cell count > 3,500/mm³ but < 12,000/mm³
- Neutrophil count > 1,500/mm³
- Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dL
- Platelet count > 100,000/mm³
- Total bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dL
- AST and ALT < 100 U/L (< 200 U/L in patients with liver metastasis)
- Serum creatinine < 1.2 mg/dL
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
- Urine dipstick for proteinuria < 1+
- INR < 1.5
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Able to take capsules orally
- No active second cancer
- No active infections (e.g., patients with pyrexia of ≥ 38°C)
- No serious complications (e.g., pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonitis, heart
failure, renal failure, hepatic failure, poorly controlled diabetes, or hypertension)
- No electrocardiographic abnormalities with cardiac disorder that would clinically
preclude the execution of the study as judged by the investigator
- No serious drug hypersensitivity or a history of drug allergy
- No thrombosis, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, or pulmonary embolism
- No history or evidence of inherited bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy with the risk
of bleeding
- No clinically significant traumatic injury within the past 4 weeks
- No severe mental disorder
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- Concurrent low-dose aspirin therapy (< 325 mg/day) allowed
- More than 4 weeks since prior major surgical procedure or open biopsy
- No prior therapy radiotherapy
- No prior therapy with S-1
- No prior chemotherapy include irinotecan and oxaliplatin as first- or second-line
treatment.
- No concurrent continuous treatment with steroids
- No concurrent treatment with flucytosine