Long-term overall survival and progression-free survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treated by pirfenidone or nintedanib or their switch. Real world data from the EMPIRE registry

Author(s):  
Martina Vasakova ◽  
Martina Sterclova ◽  
Nesrin Mogulkoc ◽  
Katerzyna Lawandowska ◽  
Veronika Müller ◽  
...  
2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (135) ◽  
pp. 58-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Cottin ◽  
Toby Maher

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, irreversible, progressively destructive lung disease that culminates in respiratory failure and death. Randomised controlled trials have demonstrated that treatment of IPF patients with pirfenidone reduces lung function decline, improves progression-free survival and significantly reduces the risk of all-cause mortality at 1 year. Pirfenidone has been shown to have a favourable safety profile and was generally well tolerated over the long term in clinical trials and real-world experience. However, side-effect management is critical to help some patients remain on treatment over the long term. The primary treatment-related adverse events associated with pirfenidone therapy are gastrointestinal upset, rash and photosensitivity. Gastrointestinal events may be mitigated by ensuring that pirfenidone is taken with food, while skin symptoms may be reduced by avoiding sun exposure and frequent use of sunblock. Educating patients about the potential for these adverse events to occur and providing instructions prior to treatment to avoid adverse drug reactions are an important means of ensuring patients may derive the important benefits provided by long-term treatment with pirfenidone.


Drug Safety ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 971-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigél M. Kolonics-Farkas ◽  
Martina Šterclová ◽  
Nesrin Mogulkoc ◽  
Jan Kus ◽  
Marta Hájková ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e20578-e20578
Author(s):  
Fadi Nasr ◽  
Reem El Khoury ◽  
Intissar Yehia ◽  
Saada Diab ◽  
Ahmad Al Ghoche ◽  
...  

e20578 Background: Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), accounts for approximately 15% to 17% of all diagnosed lung cancers. It is an aggressive high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, diagnosed during advanced stages in the majority of patients. Despite the fact that first line treatment provides response rates of up to 80%, the majority of patients relapse within 6 months after completion of initial treatment. Few advances have been made in the management of recurrent disease and treatments patterns are poor and limited in each line of the disease. The aim of this study is to present real world data regards survival outcomes such as progression free survival and overall survival in SCLC patients receiving carboplatine etoposide or tecentriq carboplatin etoposide regimens as first line of treatment. Methods: This is a retrospective (descriptive) study on 56 patients aged ≥ 18 years and with confirmed histological SCLC. Patients with extensive stage of SCLC were enrolled in this cohort study from 2 health institutions in Lebanon from July 2007 to December 2019 and followed up until progression or death. Primary end points were overall survival (time from randomization to death from any cause) and progression free survival at 6 and 12 months (time from randomization to disease progression). Secondary endpoints included objective response rate and the duration of response. Exploratory analyses included the assessment of survival outcomes of each type of treatment according to liver and brain metastasis. Results: Overall, 56 SCLC patients, diagnosed between 2003 and 2019, were observed (age <65: (27.0%, 10 patients); ≥65 (73.0%, 41 patients)). Most often prescribed treatment were etoposide-carboplatyl (80.8%, 42 patients) and atezolizumab (19.2%10 patients). Regarding metastasis at diagnosis, liver and brain metastasis were respectively (26.8%, 11 patients) and (17.1%, 7 patients). 27patients (71.1%) were alive at 6 months without progressive disease and 13 patients (34.21 %) alive at 12 months without PD. Median progression free survival incidence since diagnosis was 8.8 months. Overall survival was 10.86 months. Objective response rate after first line was 84.2%. In a cox regression analysis, liver metastasis, brain metastasis, survival at 6 or 12 months without progressive disease did not decrease significantly PFS or OS since diagnosis. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first real world clinical data on SCLC in Lebanon. This study showed limited treatment options and short survival outcomes with PFS= 8.8months and OS= 10.86 months respectively for carboplatin etoposide regimen and tecentriq carboplatin etoposide regimen. There is an essential needs for clinical comparative studies in real world practicing between treatments at each line, specially for novel treatment like atezolizumab that may present new hope and directions for SCLC.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (146) ◽  
pp. 170057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa H. Lancaster ◽  
Joao A. de Andrade ◽  
Joseph D. Zibrak ◽  
Maria L. Padilla ◽  
Carlo Albera ◽  
...  

Pirfenidone is one of two approved therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Randomised controlled clinical trials and subsequent post hoc analyses have demonstrated that pirfenidone reduces lung function decline, decreases mortality and improves progression-free survival. Long-term extension trials, registries and real-world studies have also shown similar treatment effects with pirfenidone. However, for patients with IPF to obtain the maximum benefits of pirfenidone treatment, the potential adverse events (AEs) associated with pirfenidone need to be managed. This review highlights the well-known and established safety profile of pirfenidone based on randomised controlled clinical trials and real-world data. Key strategies for preventing and managing the most common pirfenidone-related AEs are described, with the goal of maximising adherence to pirfenidone with minimal AEs.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kentaro Sawada ◽  
Hiroki Yukami ◽  
Saori Mishima ◽  
Hisashi Fujiwara ◽  
Tomohiro Kadota ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Recently, the JCOG0502 has shown a comparable efficacy of chemoradiotherapy and esophagectomy in patients with clinical T1N0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. However, few studies have compared the clinical outcomes of these treatments in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients (including elderly patients) based on real-world data. Methods This retrospective study determined real-world outcomes in patients who underwent chemoradiotherapy or esophagectomy, including those with clinical T1N0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, between 2009 and 2017 at the National Cancer Center Hospital East. Results Among a total of 156 patients, 120 and 36 patients underwent esophagectomy and chemoradiotherapy, respectively; 138, 12 and 6 patients had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0, 1, and 2, respectively; and 33 and 123 patients had clinical tumor depth MM-SM1 and SM2-SM3, respectively. In a median follow-up of 72 months, 5-year progression-free survival and overall survival were respectively 77.0% and 81.5% in the esophagectomy group and 74.4% and 82.6% in the chemoradiotherapy group (P = 0.48 and, P = 0.89). Moreover, no treatment-related death was detected in both groups. In elderly patients (75 years or older), 5-year progression-free survival and overall survival were not significantly different between esophagectomy and chemoradiotherapy groups (5-year progression-free survival: 72.3% vs. 81.8%, P = 0.38; 5-year overall survival: 76.9% vs. 81.8%, P = 0.59). Conclusions This real-world study confirms the results of a previous clinical trial, and the present findings support chemoradiotherapy as one of the standard treatment options in patients of all ages with clinical T1N0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.


Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 878-P
Author(s):  
KATHERINE TWEDEN ◽  
SAMANWOY GHOSH-DASTIDAR ◽  
ANDREW D. DEHENNIS ◽  
FRANCINE KAUFMAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Albano ◽  
S Nagumo ◽  
M Vanderheyden ◽  
J Bartunek ◽  
C Collet ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Hypothetical concept of disproportionate secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) has been recently introduced to facilitate patient's selection for mitral valve intervention. However, real world data validating this concept are unavailable. Purpose To investigate long-term effects of minimally invasive mitral valve annuloplasty (MVA) in patients with disproportionate (dSMR) versus proportionate SMR. Methods The study population consisted of 44 consecutive patients (age 67±9,5 years; 64% males) on guidelines-directed therapy with advanced heart failure (HF), reduced LV ejection fraction (EF) (32±9,7%) and SMR undergoing isolated mini-invasive MVA. Patients with organic mitral regurgitation or concomitant myocardial revascularization were excluded. To assess SMR disproportionality, the PISA-derived effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) and regurgitant volume (RV) were compared to the estimated EROA and RV by using Gorlin formula and pooled real world data. Results According to EROA, a total of 20 (46%) and 24 (54%) patients, respectively, had dSMR and proportionate SMR (pSMR). According to RV, a total of 17 (39%) had dSMR and 27 (61%) had pSMR. Patients with dSMR showed significantly lower prevalence of male gender and higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus than patients with pSMR (p&lt;0,001). Moreover, we observed smaller LV end-diastolic volume, larger EROA and RV (both p&lt;0,01) and higher LV EF (p=0,02) in the dSMR versus the pSMR group. Other baseline characteristics were similar. During median follow up of 4.39 y (IQR 2,2–9,96y), a total of 25 (56%) patients died from any cause while 21 (47%) individuals were readmitted for worsening HF. Patients with dSMR versus pSMR according to both EROA and RV showed significantly lower rate of HF readmissions (both p&lt;0.05) (Figure 1, 2). In Cox regression analysis combining clinical and imaging parameters, dSMR was the only independent predictor of HF readmissions (HR 0.20, 95% CI 0.07–0.60, p=0.004). In contrast, mortality was similar between dSMR and pSMR (NS) with age as the only independent predictor (HR 1,10; 95% CI 1,03–1,18, p=0,003). Conclusions Minimally invasive MVA is associated with significant reduction of HF readmissions in patients with dSMR versus pSMR while the mortality is similar. This suggests the importance of other parameters, i.e. age and degree of LV remodeling, to guide clinical management in SMR. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None


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