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Irinotecan in an encapsulated form inside a nanoliposome is being used in advanced pancreatic cancer patients who have been earlier been treated using gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. <ref name="pmid27140876">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chiang NJ, Chang JY, Shan YS, Chen LT |title=Development of nanoliposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI, MM-398, PEP02) in the management of metastatic pancreatic cancer |journal=Expert Opin Pharmacother |volume=17 |issue=10 |pages=1413–20 |year=2016 |pmid=27140876 |doi=10.1080/14656566.2016.1183646 |url=}}</ref>
Liposomal Irinotecan is used along with leucovorin and fluorouracil.<ref name="pmid26615328">{{cite journal |vauthors=Wang-Gillam A, Li CP, Bodoky G, Dean A, Shan YS, Jameson G, Macarulla T, Lee KH, Cunningham D, Blanc JF, Hubner RA, Chiu CF, Schwartsmann G, Siveke JT, Braiteh F, Moyo V, Belanger B, Dhindsa N, Bayever E, Von Hoff DD, Chen LT |title=Nanoliposomal irinotecan with fluorouracil and folinic acid in metastatic pancreatic cancer after previous gemcitabine-based therapy (NAPOLI-1): a global, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial |journal=Lancet |volume=387 |issue=10018 |pages=545–57 |year=2016 |pmid=26615328 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00986-1 |url=}}</ref>
 


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Irinotecan in an encapsulated form inside a nanoliposome is being used in advanced pancreatic cancer patients who have been earlier been treated using gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. [1]

Liposomal Irinotecan is used along with leucovorin and fluorouracil.[2]


References

  1. Chiang NJ, Chang JY, Shan YS, Chen LT (2016). "Development of nanoliposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI, MM-398, PEP02) in the management of metastatic pancreatic cancer". Expert Opin Pharmacother. 17 (10): 1413–20. doi:10.1080/14656566.2016.1183646. PMID 27140876.
  2. Wang-Gillam A, Li CP, Bodoky G, Dean A, Shan YS, Jameson G, Macarulla T, Lee KH, Cunningham D, Blanc JF, Hubner RA, Chiu CF, Schwartsmann G, Siveke JT, Braiteh F, Moyo V, Belanger B, Dhindsa N, Bayever E, Von Hoff DD, Chen LT (2016). "Nanoliposomal irinotecan with fluorouracil and folinic acid in metastatic pancreatic cancer after previous gemcitabine-based therapy (NAPOLI-1): a global, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial". Lancet. 387 (10018): 545–57. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00986-1. PMID 26615328.