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Support Care Cancer · Jun 2001
Control of irinotecan-induced diarrhea by octreotide after loperamide failure.
- V Barbounis, G Koumakis, M Vassilomanolakis, M Demiri, and A P Efremidis.
- 2nd Department of Medical Oncology, St Saves Hospital, Athens, Greece.
- Support Care Cancer. 2001 Jun 1; 9 (4): 258-60.
AbstractDiarrhea is a well-recognized side effect of chemotherapy, which affects the quality of life and when refractory is potentially life threatening. Irinotecan (CPT-11) is associated with an elevated incidence of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea and subsequent morbidity. Standard antidiarrheal treatment is based on high-dose loperamide, but this agent is associated with a significant failure rate. Octreotide is active against chemotherapy-induced diarrhea caused by fluoropyrimidines and irinotecan, with a distinct mechanism of action. We administered octreotide in a phase I trial in 37 patients who received irinotecan and experienced loperamide-refractory diarrhea, 23 of whom experienced grade III-IV diarrhea and were treated with loperamide. The 13 patients in whom to loperamide failed to control diarrhea received octreotide, with a high response rate (92%). We conclude that octreotide is effective against loperamide-refractory diarrhea resulting from irinotecan-based chemotherapy.
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