Capecitabine is an orally-administered chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of metastatic breast and colorectal cancers. Capecitabine is a prodrug, that is enzymatically converted to fluorouracil (antimetabolite) in the tumor, where it inhibits DNA synthesis and slows growth of tumor tissue.
Capecitabine is indicated as treatment for a variety of cancer types. For colorectal cancer, capecitabine is indicated as a single agent or a component of a combination chemotherapy regiment for the adjuvant treatment of stage III colon cancer and treatment unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. It can also be used as a part of a combination chemotherapy perioperative treatment of adult locally advanced rectal cancer. For breast cancer, capecitabine is indicated for advanced or metastatic breast cancer as a single agent if an anthracycline- or taxane-containing chemotherapy is not indicated or as a regimen with docetaxel after disease progression on prior anthracycline-containing chemotherapy. For gastric, esophageal, or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, capecitabine is indicated as a component of a combination chemotherapy treatment for the treatment of adult unresectable or metastatic gastric, esophageal, or GEJ cancer or adult HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma who have not received prior treatment for metastatic disease. Finally, for pancreatic cancer, capecitabine is indicated as adjuvant treatment for adult pancreatic adenocarcinoma as a component of a combination chemotherapy regimen.
Renji Hospital Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
LAC & USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cedars- Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Investigational Drug Service, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada, Spain
Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain
Hospital Universitario Clinico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Kanagawa Clinical Site1, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Tokyo Clinical Site3, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Chiba Clinical Site2, Chiba, Japan
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, MI, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, PI, Italy
Research Site, Taoyuan, Taiwan
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté, Montbéliard, France
CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France
Centre georges-François Leclerc, Dijon, France
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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