Department of Oncology for Child and Adolescent, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif cedex, France.
Medical Oncology Department, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France.
Cancer Med. 2021 Mar;10(5):1589-1604. doi: 10.1002/cam4.3712. Epub 2021 Jan 15.
Optimal Phase-II design to evaluate new therapies in refractory/relapsed Ewing sarcomas (ES) remains imperfectly defined.
Recurrent/refractory ES phase-I/II trials analysis to improve trials design.
Comprehensive review of therapeutic trials registered on five databases (who.int/trialsearch, clinicaltrials.gov, clinicaltrialsregister.eu, e-cancer.fr, and umin.ac.jp) and/or published in PubMed/ASCO/ESMO websites, between 2005 and 2018, using the criterion: (Ewing sarcoma OR bone sarcoma OR sarcoma) AND (Phase-I or Phase-II).
The 146 trials identified (77 phase-I/II, 67 phase-II, and 2 phase-II/III) tested targeted (34%), chemo- (23%), immune therapies (19%), or combined therapies (24%). Twenty-three trials were ES specific and 48 had a specific ES stratum. Usually multicentric (88%), few trials were international (30%). Inclusion criteria cover the recurrent ES age range for only 12% of trials and allowed only accrual of measurable diseases (RECIST criteria). Single-arm design was the most frequent (88%) testing mainly single drugs (61%), only 5% were randomized. Primary efficacy outcome was response rate (RR=CR+PR; Complete+Partial response) (n = 116/146; 79%), rarely progression-free or overall survival (16% PFS and 3% OS). H0 and H1 hypotheses were variable (3%-25% and 20%-50%, respectively). The 62 published trials enrolled 827 ES patients. RR was poor (10%; 15 CR=1.7%, 68 PR=8.3%). Stable disease was the best response for 186 patients (25%). Median PFS/OS was of 1.9 (range 1.3-14.7) and 7.6 months (5-30), respectively. Eleven (18%) published trials were considered positive, with median RR/PFS/OS of 15% (7%-30%), 4.5 (1.3-10), and 16.6 months (6.9-30), respectively.
This review supports the need to develop the international randomized phase-II trials across all age ranges with PFS as primary endpoint.
优化评估难治/复发性尤因肉瘤(ES)新疗法的 II 期设计仍不完善。
分析复发/难治性 ES I/II 期试验以改进试验设计。
综合评估了 2005 年至 2018 年间在五个数据库(who.int/trialsearch、clinicaltrials.gov、clinicaltrialsregister.eu、e-cancer.fr 和 umin.ac.jp)或 PubMed/ASCO/ESMO 网站上注册或发表的治疗试验,其纳入标准为:(尤文肉瘤或骨肉瘤或肉瘤)AND(I 期或 II 期)。
共确定了 146 项试验(77 项 I/II 期、67 项 II 期和 2 项 II/III 期),这些试验分别测试了靶向治疗(34%)、化疗(23%)、免疫治疗(19%)或联合治疗(24%)。其中 23 项试验为 ES 特异性,48 项试验具有特定的 ES 分层。这些试验通常为多中心(88%),仅有 30%为国际试验。纳入标准仅涵盖 12%的试验中复发性 ES 的年龄范围,且仅允许测量可测量的疾病(RECIST 标准)。单臂设计是最常见的设计(88%),主要测试单一药物(61%),仅有 5%为随机设计。主要疗效终点为缓解率(RR=CR+PR;完全缓解+部分缓解)(n=116/146;79%),很少为无进展生存期或总生存期(16% PFS 和 3% OS)。H0 和 H1 假设各不相同(分别为 3%-25%和 20%-50%)。已发表的 62 项试验共纳入 827 例 ES 患者。RR 较差(10%;15 例 CR=1.7%,68 例 PR=8.3%)。186 例患者的最佳缓解为疾病稳定(25%)。中位 PFS/OS 分别为 1.9(范围为 1.3-14.7)和 7.6 个月(5-30)。11 项(18%)已发表的试验被认为是阳性的,其 RR/PFS/OS 中位数分别为 15%(7%-30%)、4.5(1.3-10)和 16.6 个月(6.9-30)。
本综述支持在所有年龄范围内开展以 PFS 为主要终点的国际随机 II 期试验的必要性。