Biomedical Research

Objective: To systematically evaluate the precise role of the excision repair cross-complementing group 1 (ERCC1) polymorphism Asn118Asn (C19007T, rs11615) in curative effects and prognosis of patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) receiving oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy.

Methods: Qualified studies were retrieved from databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Wanfang and CNKI until January 31^st, 2015. Literature published in English and Chinese were selected for metaanalysis on relationship between ERCC1 polymorphism Asn118Asn and therapeutic effects and prognosis of advanced CRC patients receiving oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy. Data extracted from these articles included study ID, title, author, publication year, ethnicity, country, numbers of cases and controls, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to estimate objective response with hazard ratios (HRs) using Stata software (version 11.0).

Results: A total of 13 articles were included in the study. Overall, meta-analysis showed no significant correlation between the ERCC1 C118T polymorphism and objective response (OR=0.78; 95% CI for 0.29-2.07), PFS (HR=1.70, 95% CI=0.92-3.14) or OS (HR=1.69, 95% CI=0.91-3.14) in advanced CRC patients with oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy. Stratified analysis among Asian and Caucasian populations showed that the ERCC1 C118T polymorphism was not significantly correlated with objective response (OR=2.03 vs. 0.40; 95% CI=0.62-6.68 vs. 0.12-1.30), but was significantly correlated with PFS and OS. Moreover, Asian patients carrying T/T or T/C genotypes of ERCC1 C118T had significant shorter PFS (HR=2.41, 95% CI=1.86-3.11) and OS (HR=2.36, 95% CI=1.76-3.16).

Conclusion: In patients with advanced CRC undergoing oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy, there is no correlation between ERCC1 Asn118Asn (C/T) gene polymorphism and therapeutic effects. Asian patients with T allele has shorter PFS and OS.

Author(s): Xue-Qiong Han, Tao Ren, Wei-Dong Yi, Ming-Hui Sun, Lu Zhou, Jian-Xun Lu
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