Results of a german noninterventional study (NIS) of cetuximab-based therapy in pretreated-patients (pts) with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of irinotecan (CPT-11) in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer in both chemotherapy-naive and pretreated patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two hundred thirteen patients (aged 18 to 75 years) with metastatic colorectal cancer, World Health Organization (WHO) performance status < or = 2, and life expectancy > or = 3 months were treated with CPT-11 350 mg/m2 every 3 weeks. All 178 patients eligible for efficacy analysis had not received more than one prior fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy regimen (adjuvant or palliative) and had adequate hematologic, renal, and hepatic function. RESULTS Primary tumor sites were the colon (71%) and rectum (28%). Sixty-six percent of the patients had > or = two metastatic sites. Ninety-eight percent of the patients had undergone previous surgery, and 77.5% had received prior chemotherapy. Thirty-two of 178 eligible patients achieved on objective response (four complete responses [CRs] and 28 partial responses [PRs]; response rate, 18%; 95% confidence interval, 12.6% to 24.4%), 65 were stable, and 59 progressed. The response rate was 17.7% in the pretreated group and 18.8% in the chemotherapy-naive group. Within the former subgroup, response rates of 16.1% were reported in patients who were progressive on prior 5-FU chemotherapy and 19.1% in patients who were progressive off such treatment. The median duration of objective response (9.1 months) and median time to achievement of a response (9.3 weeks) did not differ between chemotherapy-naive and pretreated patients. The most frequent adverse events were neutropenia, which developed in 80% of the patients, delayed diarrhea (87%), alopecia (88%), fatigue (81%), and nausea/vomiting (77%). All these adverse events were manageable. Severe (WHO grade 3 or 4) neutropenia was only observed in 18% of the cycles, leukopenia in 11%, delayed diarrhea in 11%, and nausea and vomiting in 3%. Development of simultaneous grade 3 or 4 neutropenia and delayed diarrhea during 4% of the cycles was the safety issue of greatest concern. CONCLUSION CPT-11 has definite activity in the treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer both in chemotherapy-naive and in pretreated patients who experienced disease progression on 5-FU, which suggests a lack of cross-resistance between CPT-11 and 5-FU. Diarrhea and neutropenia, the major toxicities of CPT-11, contribute to the risk to develop febrile neutropenic sepsis.

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A phase II trial of bevacizumab and capecitabine combination in metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of irinotecan- and oxaliplatin-containing regimens

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.14555 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽

pp. 14555-14555

Author(s):

P. Zoran ◽

D. Tarabar ◽

R. Doder

Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽

Phase Ii ◽

Drug Regimen ◽

Survival Duration ◽

Heavily Pretreated ◽

Pretreated Patients ◽

Third Line ◽

Grade 3

14555 Background: This is a phase II study combination of capecitabine plus bevacizumab for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of both irinotecan- and oxaliplatin-containing regimens. Methods: The dose of capecitabine was 1000 mg/m2, administered twice daily for 14 days every 3 weeks. Bevacizumab was given at a dose of 5mg/kg on day 1 as i.v. infusion every 3 weeks. Treatment was repeated until the occurrence of disease progression or unaccepted toxicity. Results: Twenty-eight patients were enrolled. Of 28 patients, the overall response rate was 14.3% and the disease control rate was 42.9%. With a median follow-up period of 7 months, median time to progression and overall survival duration were 3 months and 14 months, respectively. The 1-year survival rate of all patients was 60.7%. The most common treatment-related grade 3/4 hematological toxicities included leukopenia/neutropenia in 4 patients and thrombocytopenia in 3 patients. Nonhematologic toxicities attributable to bevacizumab included bleeding in 3 patients, hypertension in 4 patients, thromboses in 3 patients, proteinuria in 5 patients, and gastrointestinal perforation in 1 patient. Conclusions: This drug regimen was well tolerated and combination of bevacizumab and capecitabine shows potential as third line chemotherapy in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

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Intravenous weekly high-dose infusion of 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid in previously heavily pretreated patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2016.34.4_suppl.766 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 34 (4_suppl) ◽

pp. 766-766

Author(s):

Gudrun Piringer ◽

Verena Huber ◽

Sonja Burgstaller ◽

Martin Weninger ◽

Andreas Karrer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽

Folinic Acid ◽

Retrospective Analysis ◽

Progression Free Survival ◽

Median Number ◽

High Dose ◽

Dose Infusion ◽

Heavily Pretreated ◽

Pretreated Patients

766 Background: Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) usually receive multiple lines of treatment. Using a present day standard 1st line chemotherapy combination a progression free survival in the range of 8-12 months can be obtained. With consecutive treatment lines the median survival has now exceeded the 2-year landmark. In case of disease progression after two or more lines of treatment, the survival is about 4-6 months with best supportive care alone. However, some patients are still able and willing to receive further therapy. In the present retrospective analysis the efficacy of a weekly intravenous high-dose infusion of 5-Fluorouracil and folinic acid in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic CRC beyond the standard chemotherapy lines was evaluated. Methods: The Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen collects data on all CRC patients since July 2006 in a clinical tumor registry. In this retrospective analysis pretreated CRC patients that were treated with the Ardalan-regimen (500mg/m2 folinic acid as 1 hour infusion followed by 2.600mg/m25-Fluorouracil as 24-hour infusion) have been evaluated. Results: A total of 23 evaluable patients with a median age of 66 years received the Ardalan-regimen as 2nd (4.4%), 3rd (13%), 4th (13%), 5th (52.2%), 6th (4.4%) or 7th (13%) line treatment. The median number of cycles received was 9 (range 2-18) and the Ardalan-regimen was started within 13-56 months (median 26 months) after the diagnosis of metastatic disease. Fourteen (60.9%) and nine (39.1%) out of these patients were women and men, respectively. 60.9% (14 patients) had a tumor located in the colon and 39.1% had rectal cancer. 17.4% of patients had stable disease and 65.2% of patients had progressive disease after 3 months of therapy. In 4 patients response according to RECIST criteria was not evaluable. Median overall survival since the start of the Ardalan-regimen was 6.7 months. Conclusions: Patients with advanced metastatic CRC can be candidates for multiple lines of therapy. In previously heavily pretreated patients, the Ardalan-regimen is able to control the disease in a limited proportion of patients.

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HER2 in metastatic colorectal cancer: a new to target to remember

Biomarkers in Medicine ◽

10.2217/bmm-2020-0491 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 133-136

Author(s):

Lynn Bitar ◽

Joseph Zouein ◽

Fady Gh Haddad ◽

Roland Eid ◽

Hampig R Kourie

Keyword(s):

Colorectal Cancer ◽

Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors ◽

Advanced Disease ◽

Checkpoint Inhibitors ◽

Her2 Overexpression ◽

Standard Chemotherapy ◽

Common Cause ◽

Heavily Pretreated ◽

Pretreated Patients

Metastatic colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death. Standard chemotherapy in combination with targeted therapies represent the backbone for the treatment of advanced disease. However, options are limited for patients progressing on these regimens. Genetic testing can offer patients the opportunity to benefit from novel therapies, namely immune checkpoint inhibitors in microsatellite instability-positive tumors. HER2 overexpression has recently emerged as a potentially targetable tumor marker in colorectal cancer (CRC). Despite the absence of approvals for anti-HER2 therapies in CRC, many agents such as trastuzumab and pertuzumab were tested and demonstrated significant antitumor activity, even in heavily pretreated patients. Early trials are also evaluating lapatinib, T-DM1, tucatinib and other anti-HER2 agents in patients with metastatic CRC, with promising results.

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