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Antibiotic use influences outcomes in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients
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Antibiotic use influences outcomes in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients

Chirayu Mohindroo, Merve Hasanov, Jane E Rogers, Wenli Dong, Laura R Prakash, Seyda Baydogan, Jonathan D Mizrahi, Michael J Overman, Gauri R Varadhachary, Robert A Wolff, …
Cancer medicine (Malden, MA), Vol.10(15), pp.5041-5050
08/2021
DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3870
PMID: 34250759
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Abstract

Recent studies defined a potentially important role of the microbiome in modulating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and responses to therapies. We hypothesized that antibiotic usage may predict outcomes in patients with PDAC. We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of patients with resectable or metastatic PDAC seen at MD Anderson Cancer from 2003 to 2017. Demographic, chemotherapy regimen and antibiotic use, duration, type, and reason for indication were recorded. A total of 580 patients with PDAC were studied, 342 resected and 238 metastatic patients, selected retrospectively from our database. Antibiotic use, for longer than 48 hrs, was detected in 209 resected patients (61%) and 195 metastatic ones (62%). On resectable patients, we did not find differences in overall survival (OS) or progression-free survival (PFS), based on antibiotic intake. However, in the metastatic cohort, antibiotic consumption was associated with a significantly longer OS (13.3 months vs. 9.0 months, HR 0.48, 95% CI 0.34-0.7, p = 0.0001) and PFS (4.4 months vs. 2 months, HR 0.48, 95% CI 0.34-0.68, p = <0.0001). In multivariate analysis, the impact of ATB remained significant for PFS (HR 0.59, p = 0.005) and borderline statistically significant for OS (HR 0.69, p = 0.06). When we analyzed by chemotherapy regimen, we found that patients who received gemcitabine-based chemotherapy as first-line therapy (n = 118) had significantly prolonged OS (HR 0.4, p 0.0013) and PFS (HR 0.55, p 0.02) if they received antibiotics, while those receiving 5FU-based chemotherapy (n = 98) had only prolonged PFS (HR 0.54, p = 0.03). Antibiotics-associated modulation of the microbiome is associated with better outcomes in patients with metastatic PDAC.
Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - microbiology Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - mortality Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - secondary Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - therapy Deoxycytidine - analogs & derivatives Deoxycytidine - therapeutic use Epidemiologic Methods Female Fluorouracil - therapeutic use Gastrointestinal Microbiome - drug effects Humans Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Pancreatic Neoplasms - microbiology Pancreatic Neoplasms - mortality Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology Pancreatic Neoplasms - therapy Progression-Free Survival Retrospective Studies Time Factors Treatment Outcome

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