Review Article

Up-to-Date Tailored Systemic Treatment in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Summary of first- and second-line trials in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

ReferenceTreatment armsPrimary endpointResponse rate (%)Median PFS (months)Median OS (months)

First-line therapy
Burris et al. [8]Gemcitabine vs.126CBR23.82.15.65
5-FU4.81.24.41
Cunningham et al. [14]Gemcitabine-capecitabine vs.533OS19.15.37.1
gemcitabine12.33.86.2
HR 0.78HR 0.86
PRODIGE4/ACCORD 11 [6]FOLFIRINOX vs.342OS31.66.411.1
gemcitabine9.43.36.8
HR 0.47HR 0.57
MPACT [15]Gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel vs.861OS235.58.5
gemcitabine73.76.7
HR 0.69HR 0.72

Second-line therapy
CONKO-003 [18]OFF vs.168OSNR2.95.9
FF2.03.3
HR 0.68HR 0.66
PANCREOX [19]mFOLFOX6 vs.108PFS13.23.16.1
5-FU+leucovorin8.52.99.9
HR 1.00HR 1.78
NAPOLI-1 [21]Nal-IRI+5-FU/LV vs.417OS173.16.2
5-FU/LV11.54.2
HR 0.57HR 0.75
Nal-IRI vs.62.74.9
5-FU/LV11.64.2
HR 0.81HR 1.07

Abbreviations: CBR: clinical benefit response; FF: leucovorin+fluorouracil; HR: hazard ratio; FOLFIRINOX: 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan+oxaliplatin; mFOLFOX6 (modified FOLFOX6): 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin; OFF: oxaliplatin+leucovorin+fluorouracil; LV: leucovorin; Nal-IRI: nanoliposomal irinotecan; OS: overall survival; PFS: progression-free survival; 5-FU: 5-fluorouracil.