Usual Adult Dose for Colorectal Cancer
-Initial dose: 35 mg/m2 orally twice a day on Days 1 through 5 and Days 8 through 12 of each 28-day cycle (based on trifluridine component)
-Maximum dose: 80 mg per dose (based on trifluridine component)
-Duration of therapy: Until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Comments:
-Dose should be taken within 1 hour of completion of morning and evening meals.
-The dose should be rounded to the nearest 5 mg increment.
-Do not initiate a cycle of this drug until absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is 1,500/mm3 or greater or febrile neutropenia is resolved; platelets are 75,000/mm3 or greater; and Grade 3 or 4 non-hematological adverse reactions are resolved to Grade 0 or 1.
Use: Treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF biological therapy, and an anti-EGFR therapy (if RAS wild-type).