Efficacy of liposomal-irinotecan (nal-IRI) plus 5-fluorouracil/folinic acid (5-FU/LV) versus oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines in previous gemcitabine treated pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) patients (pts).

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 383-383
Author(s):  
Markus Kieler ◽  
Matthias Unseld ◽  
Daniela Bianconi ◽  
Werner Scheithauer ◽  
Gerald W. Prager

383 Background: The chemotherapy regimens nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV as well as oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines are used after previous gemcitabine based chemotherapy in the 2nd line treatment of metastatic PAC. We aimed to compare the clinical efficacy of these two treatment options. Methods: In this single institutional retrospective cohort analysis all pts with advanced PAC that were treated between 01/2012-08/2018 with nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV or oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines after previous 1st line gemcitabine based chemotherapy were analysed for clinical parameters, median progression free survival (mPFS) and overall survival (mOS). Survival analyses were performed by Kaplan-Meier method. Results: Characteristics of pts were well matched (Table). mPFS in pts (n=30) that received nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV in the 2nd line treatment after gemcitabine based chemotherapy was 4.49 months while treatment with oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines (n=31) resulted in a mPFS of 3.44 months (p=0.007, HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.27-0.81). Furthermore, pts with a CA 19-9 level >1000 kU/l at the beginning of 2nd line treatment had a significantly improved mPFS and mOS, when treated with nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV compared to oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines (mPFS 4.94 months versus 3.44 months, p=0.0186, HR 0.42, 95% CI 0.18-0.98; mOS 9.31 months versus 6.16 months, p=0.0386, HR 0.43, 95% CI 0.18-1.02). Conclusions: The efficacy of nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV in our study is encouraging and outperforms oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in the 2nd line treatment setting for PAC pts pretreated with gemcitabine. Prospective randomized trials are urged to validate our observation. [Table: see text]

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 614-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian I. Rini ◽  
Bernard Escudier ◽  
Danielle Murphy ◽  
Panpan Wang ◽  
Jamal Christo Tarazi ◽  
...  

614 Background: Axitinib (axi) is approved for 2nd-line treatment of aRCC. In AXIS trial, median progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly longer in axi- vs sorafenib (sor)-treated pts (hazard ratio [HR] 0.67, 95% CI 0.54–0.81, P<0.0001). Association between mRNA/miRNA expression and clinical outcomes in a subset of axi- or sor-treated pts from AXIS was assessed. Methods: mRNA/miRNA analyses were performed on archival tumor samples. Expression was summarized for responders (complete and partial response) vs non-responders (stable and progressive disease), and for maximum percent tumor change. PFS and overall survival (OS) were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier. Results: Pt characteristics were similar between axi (n=34) and sor (n=33) arms. Association with outcomes is shown in the Table. A correlation was observed for CD68 protein and mRNA expression in axi-treated pts (R=0.4774 P=0.0043 and R=0.3985 P=0.0196, respectively). Both CXCR4 and TLR3 showed differences between treatment arms and association with PFS. TNFSF10 <median, and CD163, CSF1R and miR-221-5p ≥median were associated with shorter OS with axi vs sor ( P<0.05). Clinical trial information: NCT00678392. Conclusions: Immune-related biomarkers were associated with clinical outcomes in axi/sor-treated aRCC pts. Lower CCR7 expression was associated with better response and OS in axi-treated pts. CXCR4 and TLR3 may be predictive of response to axi. Analysis in a larger cohort is warranted.[Table: see text]


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeong Hak Bang ◽  
Jeong Eun Kim ◽  
Ji Sung Lee ◽  
Sun Young Kim ◽  
Kyu-Pyo Kim ◽  
...  

AbstractThere is an unmet medical need for later-line treatment options for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Considering that, beyond progression, co-treatment with bevacizumab and cytotoxic chemotherapy showed less toxicity and a significant disease control rate, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of capecitabine and bevacizumab. This single-center retrospective study included 157 patients between May 2011 and February 2018, who received bevacizumab plus capecitabine as later-line chemotherapy after progressing with irinotecan, oxaliplatin, and fluoropyrimidines. The study treatment consisted of bevacizumab 7.5 mg/kg on day 1 and capecitabine 1,250 mg/m2 orally (PO) twice daily on day 1 to 14, repeated every 3 weeks. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). The median PFS was 4.6 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.9–5.3). The median overall survival (OS) was 9.7 months (95% CI 8.3–11.1). The overall response rate was 14% (22/157). Patients who had not received prior targeted agents showed better survival outcomes in the multivariable analysis of OS (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.59, 95% CI 0.43–0.82, P = 0.002) and PFS (HR = 0.61, 95% CI 0.43–0.85, P = 0.004). Bevacizumab plus capecitabine could be a considerably efficacious option for patients with mCRC refractory to prior standard treatments.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1564-1564 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Puduvalli ◽  
P. Giglio ◽  
M. D. Groves ◽  
K. R. Hess ◽  
M. Gilbert ◽  
...  

1564 Background: Patients with recurrent anaplastic glioma (AG) have few treatment options after initial alkylating agent therapy. In this study, the efficacy of thalidomide and irinotecan against recurrent AG was tested to assess if synergistic activity of cytotoxic and antiangiogenic agents could affect clinical outcome. Methods: Patients with recurrent AG with a KPS≥70 not on enzyme inducing anticonvulsants and with fewer than three relapses after radiation therapy and chemotherapies were eligible; the total planned enrollment is 39 patients. Irinotecan is administered at 125 mg/m2 weekly for 4 weeks followed by 2 weeks rest; thalidomide is initiated at 100 mg daily and escalated weekly up to 400 mg daily. Warfarin (1 mg) is given for prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Patients undergo clinical and radiologic evaluations every 6-weeks. The primary endpoint is progression free survival at 6 months (PFS-6). To determine possible radiologic correlates to treatment effects, DCE- MR perfusion-imaging studies are obtained at baseline and subsequent follow up visits. Results: 17 are evaluable for response; the remainder were inevaluable. All evaluable patients had previously failed temozolomide and 9 had also failed nitrosourea therapy. The median age is 44 yrs and median KPS is 90. Four patients are alive and progression free at 6-months whereas 9 have progressed; the median progression free survival is 23 weeks and the PFS-6 is 34%. The best response was a CR in one patient, PR in 2 and stable disease in 9. Two patients have died of unspecified causes probably related to treatment. Median overall survival has not been reached; the 12-month and 18 month survivals by Kaplan Meier analysis are 73% and 26% respectively. Grade 3 and 4 toxicities included fatigue (29%), leukopenia (29%), nausea/vomitting (24%), and diarrhea (18%) requiring dose reductions. Two patients had VTE. Conclusions: The preliminary results of this ongoing study suggest that the combination of irinotecan and thalidomide has activity in patients with recurrent anaplastic gliomas; the ongoing assessment of this combination in patients with AG will more definitively define whether the combination can be an effective second line therapy for this population. [Table: see text]


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 9105-9105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Menefee ◽  
Yutao Gong ◽  
Pallavi Shruti Mishra-Kalyani ◽  
Rajeshwari Sridhara ◽  
Bindu Kanapuru ◽  
...  

9105 Background: Docetaxel is a common comparator arm to test novel therapies in post-platinum mNSCLC trials. The advent of Real World Evidence (RWE) has renewed interest in the use of synthetic control arms (control arms from previously conducted randomized trials) to improve accrual to trials and increase patient access of promising experimental agents. We reviewed legacy second-line (2L) mNSCLC trials to assess the impact of switching docetaxel control arms from one trial to another and compare to an experimental regimen. Methods: We identified 5 contemporary 2L trials that enrolled 2013 patients receiving an experimental therapy vs. docetaxel: 5 immunoncology head-to-head trials (one with 2 arms) and one anti-VEGF add-on trial. Kaplan-Meier curves of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were produced for docetaxel controls. We calculated OS and PFS hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for each synthetic trial. A pooled doc arm was also compared with each experimental agent. Results: See Table. Conclusions: Both individual and pooled docetaxel switching of control arms approximated the original OS HR and 95% CI. Methods such as bootstrapped sampling and propensity score matching will be performed in an effort to more closely approximate the original trial characteristics. [Table: see text]


2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 620-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Qiu ◽  
F. Bi ◽  
J. Liu ◽  
Q. Li ◽  
C. Yi

620 Background: There is no standard chemotherapeutic regimen for patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) progressing after combination regimens including irinotecan and oxaliplatin and having good performance status. 5-FU and gemcitabine are synergistic in preclinical studies of colon cancer cells. And gemcitabine also increases intracellular release of 5-FU from capecitabine. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of the gemcitabine/capecitabine combination as third-line treatment for patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Methods: Between May 2007 and September 2009, the data on 12 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of irinotecan- and oxaliplatin-containing regimens reviewed retrospectively. The median patient age was 54.0 years (range 37-77). The ECOG performance status was 0, 1 or 2. All patients has 2 or more previous chemotherapy. Patients received GemCap regimen (oral capecitabine 1,000 mg/m2 twice daily on days 1 to 14 plus Gem 1,000 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks). Eleven patients were evaluable for the response and all patients were evaluable for toxicity. Results: No partial response was achieved and disease stabilization in 4 (36.4.3%) cases. Median progression-free survival and median overall survival were 9.1 weeks (range 3.0-18.0) and 22.3 weeks (range 10.5- 53.0). Four patients with disease stabilization had longer median progression-free survival than those with disease progression (13 weeks vs. 6.2 weeks). No toxic deaths occurred. Grade 3 toxicities were thrombocytopenia (in 2 patients), neutropenia (in 2 patients) and mucositis (in 1 patient), hand-foot syndrome (in 1 patient) and GI toxicity (in 2 patients). Conclusions: The combination of gemcitabine and capecitabine was found to be a safe palliative regimen for heavily pretreated patients with metastatic CRC. Despite no patients had radiologic response, patients with disease stabilization achieved better progression-free survival. This regimen seems to be potentially effective regimen in the treatment of CRC. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107815522110611
Author(s):  
Rocio Tamayo-Bermejo ◽  
Juan Carlos del Rio-Valencia ◽  
Beatriz Mora-Rodriguez ◽  
Isabel Muñoz-Castillo

Introduction Immunotherapy has become a standard treatment for lung cancer; the objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness, safety of pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer used in real-world clinical practice. Material and methods Retrospective observational study of every patient treated with pembrolizumab in our centre from January 2017 to June 2019. Outcomes collected: sex, age, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, programmed death receptor 1 level, previous metastatic line therapies, adverse events and smoking status. Results A total of 62 patients were reviewed. The median age was 62.34 ± 10.62 years, 48 (77.41%) were men and 91.93% of patients had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group 0. The median dose administered was 170.5 mg (108 – 240 mg) and the median follow-up was 3 months (range: 1 – 38). A median of four cycles of pembrolizumab (range: 1 – 56) were administered as monotherapy. The reason for treatment discontinuation was mainly due to disease progression in 38.70% of patients or death in 30.64%. As first-line pembrolizumab monotherapy, median progression-free survival was 7.7 months (95% CI: 3.66 – 11.73) ( N = 33). With respect to patients who were treated in second–third-line treatment, median progression-free survival was 3.5 months (95% CI: 2.40 – 4.59) ( N=29). As to overall survival, pembrolizumab-treated patients as first-line treatment reached 19 months median OG (95% CI: 13.36 – 24.63) ( N = 33) and those treated in second–third-line treatment got 11 months (95% CI: 3.4 – 18.5). A total of 64.51% of patients presented some adverse events to pembrolizumab however, only, 9.38% of them were grade 3. Conclusion Pembrolizumab represents an effective and feasible alternative in terms of progression-free survival. It is a well-tolerated treatment option.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 175883591985319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Kieler ◽  
Matthias Unseld ◽  
Daniela Bianconi ◽  
Werner Scheithauer ◽  
Gerald W. Prager

Background: Nanoliposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI) plus 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin (5-FU/LV) is a novel treatment option for gemcitabine-pretreated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) patients, but real-world evidence is rare. Our aim was to determine the effectiveness and tolerability of this regimen in advanced PAC patients and to compare it with oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines in the second-line setting after failure of gemcitabine. Methods: This is a retrospective single-center analysis of all patients who have been treated with nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV. To compare its effectiveness with other second-line treatment options, all patients who had received oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines after gemcitabine-based chemotherapy were also eligible for analysis. Results: Fifty-two patients were treated with nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV between April 2016 and August 2018. The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.84 months and the median overall survival (OS) was 6.79 months. Median OS from the beginning of the treatment for advanced disease was 19.9 months. Median PFS in patients that received nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV as second-line treatment after gemcitabine-based chemotherapy was 4.49 months whereas median PFS in a matched cohort of patients treated with oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines was 3.44 months ( p = 0.007). Between these two groups the median OS of patients with CA 19-9 levels above the statistical median (⩾772.8 kU/l) differed significantly (9.33 versus 6.18 months, p = 0.038). Conclusion: Our data confirms the effectiveness of nal-IRI plus 5-FU/LV treatment as a well-tolerated regimen in the treatment of advanced PAC and extends available data on its use as a second-line treatment option when compared with oxaliplatin plus fluoropyrimidines.


2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
pp. 1134-1142
Author(s):  
Elena Laakmann ◽  
Julius Emons ◽  
Florin-Andrei Taran ◽  
Wolfgang Janni ◽  
Sabrina Uhrig ◽  
...  

Abstract Purpose Pertuzumab and T-DM1 are two efficient anti-HER2 treatments for patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer. While pertuzumab is usually given in first-line treatment and T-DM1 in second-line treatment, standard therapy options seem to be exhausted up to now after the treatment of patients with these two therapy options. Therefore, it is important to have data that describes the therapy situation and prognosis after T-DM1 treatment. Methods The PRAEGNANT metastatic breast cancer registry (NCT02338167) is a prospective registry for breast cancer patients with a focus on molecular biomarkers. Patients of all therapy lines with any kind of treatment are eligible. Collected data comprises therapies, adverse events, quality of life and other patient reported outcomes. Here we report on the patient characteristics and descriptive prognostic data for HER2-positive patients who have completed a treatment with T-DM1. Therapy patterns after T-DM1 and progression-free survival are reported as well as overall survival. Results A total of 85 patients were identified for the study who were prospectively observed during therapy after the termination of T-DM1. The main reason for T-DM1 termination was progress. Following T-DM1, lapatinib, trastuzumab and chemotherapy were the main therapy choices. Median progression-free survival was 4.8 months (95% CI: 3.2 – 6.3) and median overall survival was 18.4 months (95% CI: 15.5 – 21.3). Conclusions Therapy options after T-DM1 in a real-world setting seem to exhibit a relevant clinical efficacy, supporting the concept of continuous anti-HER2 treatments in the advanced therapy setting for breast cancer patients. Novel therapies are needed to improve the rather short median progression-free survival.


Oncoreview ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2(42)) ◽  
pp. 44-47
Author(s):  
Leszek Kraj ◽  
Maciej Gryziak ◽  
Ewa Żurawińska-Grzelka ◽  
Krzysztof Woźniak

The paper presents a case of a 54-year-old man with pancreatic tumor and intraperitoneal dissemination. The patient received treatment with gemcitabine in combination with nab-paclitaxel. After 18 months, the disease progressed, therefore the line of treatment was applied in the form of liposomal irinotecan with 5-FU/LV. This therapy provided progression-free survival for 7 months. The obtained results are better than the median progression-free survival obtained in the studies. This case demonstrates that liposomal irinotecan in the treatment of stage IV disease in patients progressing after gemcitabine opens up new treatment options.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1836-1843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Di Maio ◽  
Paolo Chiodini ◽  
Vassilis Georgoulias ◽  
Dora Hatzidaki ◽  
Koji Takeda ◽  
...  

Purpose Doublet chemotherapy is more effective than single-agent as first-line treatment of advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). As second-line treatment, several randomized trials have been performed comparing single-agent with doublet chemotherapy, but each trial had an insufficient power to detect potentially relevant differences in survival. Methods We performed meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomized trials, both published and unpublished, comparing single-agent with doublet chemotherapy as second-line treatment of advanced NSCLC. Primary end point was overall survival (OS). All statistical analyses were stratified by trial. Results Eight eligible trials were identified. Data of two trials were not available, and data of six trials (847 patients) were collected. Median age was 61 years. Performance status was 0 or 1 in 90%; 80% of patients had received previous platin-based chemotherapy. OS was not significantly different between arms (P = .32). Median OS was 37.3 and 34.7 weeks in the doublet and single-agent arms, respectively. Hazard ratio (HR) was 0.92 (95% CI, 0.79 to 1.08). Response rate was 15.1% with doublet and 7.3% with single-agent (P = .0004). Median progression-free survival was 14 weeks for doublet and 11.7 weeks for single agent (P = .0009; HR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.68 to 0.91). There was no significant heterogeneity among trials for the three efficacy outcomes. Patients treated with doublet chemotherapy had significantly more grade 3 to 4 hematologic (41% v 25%; P < .0001) and grade 3 to 4 nonhematologic toxicity (28% v 22%; P = .034). Conclusion Doublet chemotherapy as second-line treatment of advanced NSCLC significantly increases response rate and progression-free survival, but is more toxic and does not improve overall survival compared to single-agent.


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