RADT-33. LONG-TERM OUTCOMES, TREATMENT UTILIZATION, AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR PEDIATRIC CHORDOMA: AN NCDB ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Supplement_6) ◽  
pp. vi48-vi48
Author(s):  
James Cantrell ◽  
Pawan Acharya ◽  
Sara Vesely ◽  
Michael Confer ◽  
Ozer Algan ◽  
...  

Abstract BACKGROUND Chordomas are rare tumors arising from the embryonal notochord presenting at the base of skull, spine, or sacrum. Pediatric chordomas (PC) comprise less than 5% of all chordomas and are more likely to be atypical or dedifferentiated. Evidence for management is limited to single institution series with 5-year overall survival (OS) between 60-100%. METHODS Using the NCDB Participant User File, a retrospective observational cohort study was performed. The cohort was defined using the bone-soft-tissue, brain, and central nervous system databases selecting for cases with chordoma ICD-03 codes and age ≤ 25 years. Kaplan Meier method, log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazards regression were performed. RESULTS 297 patients from 2004-2017 met inclusion criteria for descriptive analysis with 269 cases included for survival analysis. Mean age was 16.9 years, with 10% less than age 5. The cohort was 55% female, 8% Black, and 79% White. Primary sites included bones of the skull (70%), spine (22%), and pelvis (6%). Regarding treatment, 7% had no resection, 49% sub-total resection (STR), 33% gross-total resection (GTR), and 11% unspecified resection. 51% received radiation therapy with 46% of those receiving proton therapy. 7% received chemotherapy. The 1, 3, 5, and 10-year OS was 95%, 86%, 77%, and 72%. Selected prognostic factors from univariable OS model for OS analysis included: age > 5 (HR 0.30 (95% CI 0.16-0.57) p = 0.0002), surgical resection [GTR (HR 0.28 (95% CI 0.12-0.63) p = 0.0023) and STR (HR 0.27 (95% CI 0.12-0.59) p = 0.0011)], and radiation dose ≥ 7200cGy (HR 0.40 (95% CI 0.16-0.99) p = 0.047). CONCLUSION In the largest cohort reported for PC, 3 and 10-year OS was 86% and 72%. Age, surgery, and radiation dose are important prognostic factors. Propensity score analysis to gauge effect of treatment, tumor, and patient characteristics on OS is forthcoming.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhei Ideguchi ◽  
Kazuko Yamamoto ◽  
Masahiro Tahara ◽  
Tomohiro Koga ◽  
Shotaro Ide ◽  
...  

Rheumatoid arthritis frequently complicates airway diseases and is associated with high rates of pneumonia and mortality. The relationship between microorganisms colonizing the lower respiratory tract and the subsequent incidence of pneumonia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is unclear. In this study, we aimed to identify microorganisms colonizing the lower respiratory tract in patients with rheumatoid arthritis related to the risk of developing subsequent pneumonia in these patients. A retrospective cohort study was designed to include a total of 121 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (median age, 67 years; women, 78.5%) who underwent bronchoscopy at three hospitals from January 2008 to December 2017. The following information was extracted from their electronic medical records: patient characteristics, microorganisms detected by bronchoscopy, and subsequent incidences of pneumonia. The patients were divided into groups based on the microorganisms isolated from the lower respiratory tract and compared with control subjects. The cumulative incidence of pneumonia was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test. Risk factors for pneumonia were analyzed using the Cox proportional-hazards analysis. The most frequently isolated microbes from the lower respiratory tract in descending order were Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Haemophilus influenzae. The annual incidence rates of pneumonia per 1000 patients were 100, 62, 132, and 38, in the P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, H. influenzae, and control group, respectively. Patients colonized with P. aeruginosa had a higher frequency of macrolide use and a higher degree of bronchiectasis than patients in the control group. The rate of the subsequent incidence of pneumonia was higher in the P. aeruginosa group (P = 0.038), and P. aeruginosa was an independent risk factor for pneumonia (hazard ratio, 3.504; 95% confidence interval, 1.153-10.330). The colonization of the lower respiratory tract by P. aeruginosa in patients with rheumatoid arthritis was associated with the subsequent incidence of pneumonia.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiyu Tai ◽  
Zhiyun Zhu ◽  
Haifeng Mei ◽  
Wenbin Sun ◽  
Wei Zhang

Background. This study is aimed at investigating whether albumin-to-fibrinogen ratio (AFR) could independently predict the prognosis in patients with peritonitis-induced sepsis. Methods. A total of 246 eligible patients who were scheduled to undergo surgical treatment for peritonitis-induced sepsis were enrolled in this study. The primary observational endpoint was 28-day hospital mortality. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis with the Wald test was performed to identify prognostic factors for 28-day mortality in septic patients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and Kaplan-Meier curve analyses were carried out to evaluate the association of baseline AFR and prognosis in septic patients. Results. Of all the cohort study participants, there were 59 nonsurvivors with a 28-day mortality of 24.0% (59/246). Baseline AFR (hazard ratio (HR): 0.67, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.42–0.93, P=0.018) and the presence of septic shock (HR: 2.43, 95% CI: 1.42–3.91, P=0.021) were two independent prognostic factors for 28-day mortality in patients with peritonitis-induced sepsis by multivariate Cox analysis. Baseline AFR was a significant predictor for 28-day mortality with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.751, a cut-off value of 8.85, a sensitivity of 66.10%, and a specificity of 70.05%, respectively (95% CI: 0.688–0.813, P<0.001). A low baseline AFR level (≤8.85) was significantly associated with a lower overall survival rate in septic patients by Kaplan-Meier curve analysis with log-rank test (P=0.004). Conclusions. This study indicates that AFR independently predicts 28-day mortality in patients with peritonitis-induced sepsis.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 598-598
Author(s):  
Koshi Fujikawa ◽  
Satoshi Yuki ◽  
Takahide Sasaki ◽  
Yasuo Takahashi ◽  
Ichiro Iwanaga ◽  
...  

598 Background: Cmab and Pmab have antitumor activity and acceptable safety profiles in patients (pts) with mCRC. Although IRI-based chemotherapy combined with Cmab or Pmab has demonstrated the effectiveness in salvage-line, there has been no reported trials comparing these antibodies directly. Methods: Data of 96 pts with mCRC treated by Cmab plus IRI-based chemotherapy (Cmab/IRI) from HGCSG 0901 and 27 pts treated by Pmab plus IRI-based chemotherapy (Pmab/IRI) from HGCSG1002 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients with KRAS wild type were refractory to or intolerant for 5-FU/ irinotecan/ oxaliplatin and also were never administered anti-EGFR-antibodies. Survival analyses were performed with Kaplan-Meier method, log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model. Results: Patient characteristics were as below (Cmab/IRI vs. Pmab/IRI); male/female 58/38 vs. 16/11, median age (range) 63(38-80) vs. 64(49-81), PS 0/1/2 52/35/9 vs. 21/6/0, number of metastatic organs 1/2/3- 29/37/30 vs. 6/12/7, prior bevacizumab administration 62.5% vs. 92.6% (p = 0.002). MST was 9.9 months in the Cmab/IRI and 14.9 months in the Pmab/IRI (p = 0.196). PFS was 4.8 months in the Cmab/IRI, as compared with 5.4 months in the Pmab (p = 0.083); the corresponding RR was 25.0 % and 18.5% (p = 0.611). After adjusting other prognostic factors with Cox proportional hazard model, the administration of Cmab/Pmab made significant difference neither for OS (HR 0.908, 95% CI 0.513-1.610, p = 0.742), nor PFS (HR 0.732, 95% CI 0.447-1.199, p = 0.732). Conclusions: In this integration analysis of two studies, there were no significant difference in efficacy between Cmab and Pmab with IRI-based chemotherapy in the salvage-line treatment of pts with mCRC.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Leonard Naymagon ◽  
Douglas Tremblay ◽  
John Mascarenhas

Data supporting the use of etoposide-based therapy in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) arise largely from pediatric studies. There is a lack of comparable data among adult patients with secondary HLH. We conducted a retrospective study to assess the impact of etoposide-based therapy on outcomes in adult secondary HLH. The primary outcome was overall survival. The log-rank test was used to compare Kaplan-Meier distributions of time-to-event outcomes. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Ninety adults with secondary HLH seen between January 1, 2009, and January 6, 2020, were included. Forty-two patients (47%) received etoposide-based therapy, while 48 (53%) received treatment only for their inciting proinflammatory condition. Thirty-three patients in the etoposide group (72%) and 32 in the no-etoposide group (67%) died during follow-up. Median survival in the etoposide and no-etoposide groups was 1.04 and 1.39 months, respectively. There was no significant difference in survival between the etoposide and no-etoposide groups (log-rank <i>p</i> = 0.4146). On multivariable analysis, there was no association between treatment with etoposide and survival (HR for death with etoposide = 1.067, 95% CI: 0.633–1.799, <i>p</i> = 0.8084). Use of etoposide-based therapy was not associated with improvement in outcomes in this large cohort of adult secondary HLH patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si-wei Pan ◽  
Peng-liang Wang ◽  
Han-wei Huang ◽  
Lei Luo ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
...  

Background. In gastric cancer, various surveillance strategies are suggested in international guidelines. The current study is intended to evaluate the current strategies and provide more personalized proposals for personalized cancer medicine. Materials and Methods. In the aggregate, 9191 patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy from 1998 to 2009 were selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Disease-specific survival was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to confirm the independent prognostic factors. As well, hazard ratio (HR) curves were used to compare the risk of death over time. Conditional survival (CS) was applied to dynamically assess the prognosis after each follow-up. Results. Comparisons from HR curves on different stages showed that earlier stages had distinctly lower HR than advanced stages. The curve of stage IIA was flat and more likely the same as that of stage I while that of stage IIB is like that of stage III with an obvious peak. After estimating CS at intervals of three months, six months, and 12 months in different periods, stages I and IIA had high levels of CS all along, while there were visible differences among CS levels of stages IIB and III. Conclusions. The frequency of follow-up for early stages, like stages I and IIA, could be every six months or longer in the first three years and annually thereafter. And those with unfavorable conditions, such as stages IIB and III, could be followed up much more frequently and sufficiently than usual.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Thai ◽  
Nguyen Tien Thinh ◽  
Thai Doan Ky ◽  
Mai Hong Bang ◽  
Dinh Truong Giang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background This retrospective analysis was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of SIRT with Y-90 microspheres and determined prognostic factors affecting patients with unresectable HCC. Methods A total of 97 patients diagnosed with unresectable HCC who underwent SIRT with Y-90 microspheres. Patient survival was assessed using the Kaplan–Meier method, and prognostic factors affecting survival were assessed using log-rank tests and Cox proportional hazards regression. Results Among the 97 patients (90 males, mean age 60.4 ± 12.3 years) who underwent SIRT, the median clinical follow-up was 16.4 (1.8–62) months. The median overall survival (OS) was 23.9 ± 2.4 months. Tumor response according to the Modified RECIST in patients followed up beyond 6 months included a complete response (CR) to treatment in 12 patients (18.8%), partial response (PR) in 23 (35.8%), stable disease (SD) in 8 (12.5%), and progressive disease (PD) in 21 (32.8%). Factors associated with longer OS included age > 65 years, BCLC stage B, tumor size < 5 cm, tumor burden < 25%, and tumor response (CR/PR). In multivariate analysis, unilobar disease and objective tumor response (CR/PR) were predictors of longer OS. Conclusion SIRT was an effective treatment for unresectable HCC. Unilobar disease before SIRT and tumor response (CR/PR) were positive prognostic factors.


Blood ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 128 (22) ◽  
pp. 5358-5358
Author(s):  
Abrahão Elias Hallack Neto ◽  
Graziela Toledo Costa Mayrink ◽  
Luciano J. Costa ◽  
Kelli Borges dos Santos

Abstract Introduction: The association between classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma (cHL) and tumor Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) status is well established. However, the presence of EBV within Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells and its prognosis remains controversial, with conflicting findings from studies of various regions of the world. It is considered essential to deepen the understanding of the pathogenic role of EBV in cHL and its impact in prognosis. Methods: We assessed the correlation between EBV presence in HRS and outcomes in a cohort of Brazilian patients with cHL. EBV positivity was determined by in situ hybridization (ISH) for EBV-encoded RNA (EBER) and immunohistochemistry (IMH) for viral latent membrane protein (LMP-1). All cases were histologically confirmed by an expert hematopathologist who also performed the assays for EBV identification. We examined the prognostic impact of EBV status in 29 patients with cHL. The prognostic factors by IPS (International Prognostic Score) for patients with advanced stage and the risk factors by GHSG (German Hodgkin Study Group) for patients with limited stage were correlated with EBV status tumor cells. For associations between the presence of EBV and other categorical variables, we applied Chi-square or Fisher's exact tests. For describe the effect size (ES) measures for chi-square, we used Cramér's V (V) and odds ratios (OR) with the respective 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs). To evaluate the correlation between all methods of identification of EBV status and among evaluators in histological classification, we applied the Kappa test (K), which measures the degree of agreement these assessments. Differences in OS (overall survival) and EFS (event-free survival) Kaplan-Meier survival curves between EBV-positive and EBV-negative patients were compared statistically using the log-rank test. To evaluate the impact of EBV status on event-free survival controlling for prognostic factors and unfavorable risks, we applied Cox proportional hazards regression to determine hazards ratios (HR) and associated the respective 95% CIs. Multivariate analyses included variables significant at p ≤ 0.15 in univariate models. Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 33 years. Sixty-five percent of the patients had the Nodular Sclerosis histologic subtype and 62,1% had Ann Arbor stage I or II disease at diagnosis. According to GHSG, 88,3% of early-stage patients were classified with unfavorable risk (at least one risk factor) at diagnosis. Compared to advanced-stage patients, 81,9% were considered with favorable IPS (< 4 prognostic factors) at diagnosis. HRS cells were EBV-positive in 37.9% of cases. EBV-positive cHL cases were more frequent in patients ≥ 45 years (71,4% vs. 27,3%, p =0,07). Mixed cellularity (MC) histology subtype was more common in EBV-related tumor cells (p= 0,02) and its effect-size index was medium. The correlation between all methods of identification of EBV status was 96,5% (p< 0,001; K=0.93). The correlation among evaluators in histological classification was 89,6% (p< 0,001; K=0.79). In univariate analysis, age, stage, histologic subtype, nodal involvement, extranodal disease, sex, bulky disease, laboratory data were not associated with adverse EFS (p>0,05). EBV-positive HL seemed to have better EFS than EBV-negative HL (log-rank test, p = 0,07). Cox proportional hazards model confirmed that EBV-positive tumor status and prognosis factors did not impact HL outcome. Conclusions: Despite EBV status in HRS cells not being associated with adverse prognostic factors and not influencing the overall and event-free survivals, the presence of EBV was linked to MC subtype, showing possible implication in histological subtype and worse prognosis. Disclosures Costa: Sanofi: Honoraria, Research Funding.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chao Tsai ◽  
Yi-Hao Yen ◽  
Kuo-Chin Chang ◽  
Chao-Hung Hung ◽  
Chien-Hung Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) is an extracellular matrix-degrading protease that is involved in the invasiveness and progression of cancer. There is good evidence that uPA expression is a clinically relevant biomarker in some solid tumors, but its role in hepatocellulcar carcinoma (HCC) is uncertain. We evaluated the prognostic value of serum uPA before surgery in HCC patients receiving curative resection.Methods Serum uPA levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 282 HCC patients who received complete liver resections at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Overall survival (OS) curves were constructed using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test. A Cox proportional -hazards regression model was used to identify independent prognostic factors. The median follow-up time was 52 months.Results Patients with higher pretreatment serum uPA (≥1 ng/ml) had significantly shorter OS (p = 0.002). Patients with liver cirrhosis, hypoalbuminemia, and thrombocytopenia were significantly more likely to present with elevated uPA levels. Multivariate Cox regression analyses indicated that high pretreatment serum uPA [hazard ratio (HR), 1.848, p = 0.006], vascular invasion (HR, 2.940, p <0.001), and pathology stage III/IV (HR, 3.517, p<0.001) were independent prognostic factors for OS. In further stratified analyses, the combination of serum uPA and AFP had more capacity to predict OS.Conclusions We conclude that uPA is a clinically relevant biomarker in HCC patients receiving curative resection, with higher expression of uPA being associated with higher mortality. This also highlights the potential utility of uPA as a therapeutic target for improved treatment strategies.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxin Ding ◽  
Runyi Jiang ◽  
Yuhong Chen ◽  
Jing Jing ◽  
Xiaoshuang Yang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Previous studies have reported poorer survival in head and neck melanoma (HNM) than in body melanoma (BM). Individualized tools to predict the prognosis for patients with HNM or BM remain insufficient. Objectives To compare the characteristics of HNM and BM, and to establish and validate the nomograms for predicting the 3-, 5- and 10-year survival of patients with HNM or BM. Methods We studied patients with HNM or BM from 2004 to 2015 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. The HNM group and BM group were randomly divided into training and validation cohorts. We performed the Kaplan-Meier method for survival analysis, and used multivariate Cox proportional hazards models to identify independent prognostic factors. Nomograms for HNM patients or BM patients were developed via the rms package, and were measured by the concordance index (C-index), the area under the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) and calibration plots. Results Of 70605 patients acquired, 21% (n = 15071) had HNM and 79% (n = 55534) had BM. The HNM group contained more older patients, male patients, and lentigo maligna melanoma, and more frequently had thicker tumors and metastases than the BM group. The 5-year CSS and OS rates were 88.1 ± 0.3% and 74.4 ± 0.4% in the HNM group and 92.5 ± 0.1% and 85.8 ± 0.2% in the BM group, respectively. Eight independent prognostic factors (age, sex, histology, thickness, ulceration, stage, metastases, and surgery) were identified to construct nomograms for HNM patients or BM patients. The performance of the nomograms were excellent: the C-index of the CSS prediction for HNM patients and BM patients in the training cohort were 0.839 and 0.895, respectively; in the validation cohort, they were 0.848 and 0.888, respectively; the AUCs for the 3-, 5- and 10-year CSS rates of HNM were 0.871, 0.865 and 0.854 (training), and 0.881, 0.879 and 0.861 (validation), respectively; of BM, the AUCs were 0.924, 0.918 and 0.901 (training) and 0.916, 0.908 and 0.893 (validation), respectively; and the calibration plots showed great consistency. Conclusions The characteristics of HNM and BM are heterogeneous, and we constructed and validated specific nomograms as practical prognostic tools for patients with HNM or BM.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1924
Author(s):  
Abecassis ◽  
Wainstock ◽  
Sheiner ◽  
Pariente

The aim of this study was to evaluate perinatal outcome and long-term offspring gastrointestinal morbidity of women with celiac disease. Perinatal outcomes, as well as long-term gastrointestinal morbidity of offspring of mothers with and without celiac disease were assessed. The study groups were followed until 18 years of age for gastrointestinal-related morbidity. For perinatal outcomes, generalized estimation equation (GEE) models were used. A Kaplan–Meier survival curve was used to compare cumulative incidence of long-term gastrointestinal morbidity, and Cox proportional hazards models were constructed to control for confounders. During the study period, 243,682 deliveries met the inclusion criteria, of which 212 (0.08%) were to mothers with celiac disease. Using GEE models, maternal celiac disease was noted as an independent risk factor for low birth weight and cesarean delivery. Offspring born to mothers with celiac disease had higher rates of gastrointestinal related morbidity (Kaplan–Meier log rank test P < 0.001). Using a Cox proportional hazards model, being born to a mother with celiac disease was found to be an independent risk factor for long-term gastrointestinal morbidity of the offspring. Pregnancy of women with celiac disease is independently associated with adverse perinatal outcome as well as higher risk for long-term gastrointestinal morbidity of offspring.


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