Safety and efficacy of trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) plus bevacizumab in clinical practice for patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer: A retrospective comparative study.
112 Background: Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) significantly improves overall survival (OS) in patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The phase I/II C-TASKFORCE study of FTD/TPI + bevacizumab (Bev) for patients with mCRC who are refractory to standard chemotherapy demonstrated promising efficacy results. FTD/TPI + Bev were linked to significant and clinically relevant improvements in progression-free survival (PFS) and OS compared with FTD/TPI monotherapy and a favorable safety profile in a Danish randomized trial. This retrospective study investigated the safety and efficacy of FTD/TPI alone or in combination with Bev for patients with refractory mCRC in clinical practice. Methods: We reviewed the outcomes of patients with chemorefractory mCRC who received FTD/TPI alone (monotherapy; 35 mg/m2, twice daily on days 1–5 and 8–12 in a 28-day cycle) or FTD/TPI + Bev (combination; 5 mg/kg, days 1 and 15) in our institution since 2014. We compared the safety and efficacy of the monotherapy and combination regimens. Adverse events were evaluated using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Eventsv4.0. Median PFS and OS were analyzed using the Kaplan–Meier method. Results: In total, 56 patients received chemotherapy containing FTD/TPI. Twenty-four patients were treated with monotherapy, and 32 patients received the combination regimen. The median PFS was 1.8 months in the monotherapy arm, versus 4.7 months in the combination arm (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.28; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.15–0.51; P < 0.0001). The median OS was 6.3 months for the monotherapy arm, versus 11.7 months for the combination arm (HR = 0.25; 95% CI = 0.13–0.48; P < 0.0001). There was no significant difference in the rates of adverse events between the groups excluding neutropenia. Neutropenia (Grade 3 or worse) developed in five patients (20.8%) in the monotherapy arm and 17 patients (53.1%) in the combination arm ( P = 0.030). There were no treatment-related deaths. Conclusions: In patients with chemorefractory mCRC, FTD/TPI + Bev significantly improved PFS and OS versus FTD/TPI monotherapy.