Chiyoda T, Tsuda H, Nomura H, Kataoka F, Tominaga E, Suzuki A, Susumu N, Aoki D
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2010;31(4):364-8.
At present, it remains unclear whether the third-line chemotherapy has clinical benefit. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the effect of third-line chemotherapy.
We reviewed the medical records of 40 women with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) who received third-line chemotherapy after platinum/taxan regimens as first line chemotherapy.
In the first recurrence, 23 cases were platinum-sensitive and 17 cases were platinum-resistant. The cases for which the treatment-free interval from second-line chemotherapy (TFI) was a 3 months had a higher non-PD rate than those with TFI < 3 months (86% vs 33%, p = 0.002). In addition, the median overall survival (OS) was longer for TFI > or = 3 months than for TFI < 3 months (1195 days vs 235 days, p = 0.004). Finally, TFI was an independent significant prognostic factor by univariate (HR 3.28, p = 0.006) and multivariate (HR 3.21, p = 0.018) proportional hazard tests.
TFI from second-line chemotherapy may predict a survival benefit of third-line chemotherapy.
目前,三线化疗是否具有临床获益尚不清楚。在本研究中,我们回顾性评估了三线化疗的效果。
我们回顾了40例复发性上皮性卵巢癌(EOC)患者的病历,这些患者在接受铂类/紫杉烷方案作为一线化疗后接受了三线化疗。
在首次复发时,23例对铂敏感,17例对铂耐药。二线化疗后无治疗间期(TFI)≥3个月的患者非疾病进展(non-PD)率高于TFI<3个月的患者(86%对33%,p = 0.002)。此外,TFI≥3个月的患者中位总生存期(OS)长于TFI<3个月的患者(1195天对235天,p = 0.004)。最后,通过单因素(HR 3.28,p = 0.006)和多因素(HR 3.21,p = 0.018)比例风险试验,TFI是一个独立的显著预后因素。
二线化疗后的TFI可能预测三线化疗的生存获益。