Patients in the FOLFIRINOX arm received oxaliplatin (85 mg/m2 over two hours), leucovorin (400 mg/m2 over two hours), irinotecan (180 mg/m2 over 90 minutes), and 5-FU(400 mg/m2 bolus then 2,400 mg/m2 over 46 hours), all on day 1, and then repeated every two weeks. Patients in the control arm received gemcitabine (1,000 mg/m2 IV over 30 minutes weekly for seven of eight weeks, one week rest, and then weekly for three of four weeks). Recent results from this french study have shown this combination is promising.