Table 5 Toxicity of neoadjuvant chemo/radiotherapy trials

From: CPT-11 and concomitant hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy induce efficient local control in rectal cancer patients: results from a phase II

Author

Drug

Diarrhea 3°4° (%)

Postop complic (%)

AL (%)

Minsky ‘99 (Minsky et al, 1999)

CPT-11

18

Mehta ‘03 (Mehta et al, 2003)

CPT-11, 5-FU

28

38#

6

Mitchell ‘03 (Mitchell et al, 2003)

CPT-11, 5-FU

27

Dotor ‘04 (Dotor et al, 2004)

CPT-11, 5-FU

14

Levine ‘04 (Levine et al, 2004)

CPT-11, 5-FU

3

Hofheinz ‘05 (Hofheinz et al, 2005)

CPT-11, CAP

50–75*

47

7

Klautke ‘05 (Klautke et al, 2005)

CPT-11, 5-FU

32

14

9

Voelter ‘06

CPT-11

24

27

6

Minsky ‘93 (Minsky et al, 1993)

5-FU

17

45

18

Rödel ‘00 (Rodel et al, 2000)

5-FU

23

28

18

Sauer ‘04 (Sauer et al, 2004)

5-FU

12

36

11

Bosset ‘04 (Bosset et al, 2004)

/5-FU®

17/34**

22/23

Marijnen ‘02 (Marijnen et al, 2002)

14**

48

11

SRCT ‘97 (Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial, 1997)

44

11

  1. Abbreviations. Postop complic, postoperative complication rate; AL, anastomotic leakage; 5-FU, 5 Fluorouracil; CPT-11, irinotecan; CAP, Capecitabine.
  2. Fields without values correspond to no reported data. #Excluding three patients with postoperative anaemia. *Grade 1–2. **Grade 2. ®Randomised phase III.