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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Erick Gamelin, Bouchemaine, FR;
Michéle Boisdron-celle, Saint Leger Des Bois, FR;
Alain Morel, Juigne Sur Loire, FR;
Erick Gamelin, Bouchemaine, FR;
Michéle Boisdron-Celle, Saint Leger Des Bois, FR;
Alain Morel, Juigne Sur Loire, FR;
INSTITUT DE CANCEROLOGIE DE L'OUEST, Angers, FR;
UNIVERSITE D'ANGERS, Angers, FR;
Abstract
The present invention belongs to the field of improved personalized medicine. More precisely, the present invention relates to a method for progressively optimizing the 5-FU dose administered by continuous infusion in patients treated by a FOLFIRI regimen or a similar regimen, based on the 5-FU plasmatic concentration measured during the previous 5-FU continuous infusion and on a herein described decision algorithm. The present invention also relates to a method for treating a cancer patient in which the 5-FU dose administered in continuous infusion in each FOLFIRI or similar treatment cycle is optimized using the decision algorithm according to the invention.