UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute-ECOG-ACRIN Biostatistics Center, Boston, MA.
J Clin Oncol. 2022 Jan 10;40(2):138-149. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01752. Epub 2021 Oct 26.
Definitive or postoperative chemoradiation (CRT) is curative for human papillomavirus-associated (HPV+) oropharynx cancer (OPC) but induces significant toxicity. As a deintensification strategy, we studied primary transoral surgery (TOS) and reduced postoperative radiation therapy (RT) in intermediate-risk HPV+ OPC.
E3311 is a phase II randomized trial of reduced- or standard-dose postoperative RT for resected stage III-IVa (American Joint Committee on Cancer-seventh edition) HPV+ OPC, determined by pathologic parameters. Primary goals were feasibility of prospective multi-institutional study of TOS for HPV+ OPC, and oncologic efficacy (2-year progression-free survival) of TOS and adjuvant therapy in intermediate-risk patients after resection. TOS plus 50 Gy was considered promising if the lower limit of the exact 90% binomial confidence intervals exceeded 85%. Quality of life and swallowing were measured by functional assessment of cancer therapy-head and neck and MD Anderson Dysphagia Index.
Credentialed surgeons performed TOS for 495 patients. Eligible and treated patients were assigned as follows: arm A (low risk, n = 38) enrolled 11%, intermediate risk arms B (50 Gy, n = 100) or C (60 Gy, n = 108) randomly allocated 58%, and arm D (high risk, n = 113) enrolled 31%. With a median 35.2-month follow-up for 359 evaluable (eligible and treated) patients, 2-year progression-free survival Kaplan-Meier estimate is 96.9% (90% CI, 91.9 to 100) for arm A (observation), 94.9% (90% CI, 91.3 to 98.6]) for arm B (50 Gy), 96.0% (90% CI, 92.8 to 99.3) for arm C (60 Gy), and 90.7% (90% CI, 86.2 to 95.4) for arm D (66 Gy plus weekly cisplatin). Treatment arm distribution and oncologic outcome for ineligible or step 2 untreated patients (n = 136) mirrored the 359 evaluable patients. Exploratory comparison of functional assessment of cancer therapy-head and neck total scores between arms B and C is presented.
Primary TOS and reduced postoperative RT result in outstanding oncologic outcome and favorable functional outcomes in intermediate-risk HPV+ OPC.
对于人乳头瘤病毒相关性(HPV+)口咽癌(OPC),明确或术后放化疗(CRT)是有治愈效果的,但会引起显著的毒性。作为一种减量化策略,我们研究了接受原发经口手术(TOS)和减少术后放疗(RT)的中危 HPV+ OPC。
E3311 是一项关于中危 HPV+ OPC 患者接受切除术后标准或低剂量术后 RT 的 II 期随机试验,HPV+的确定取决于病理参数。主要目标是前瞻性多机构研究 HPV+ OPC 患者的 TOS 的可行性,以及 TOS 和辅助治疗在切除术后中危患者中的肿瘤疗效(2 年无进展生存率)。如果精确 90%二项置信区间的下限超过 85%,则认为 TOS 加 50 Gy 有前景。通过癌症治疗头颈部功能评估和 MD 安德森吞咽指数测量生活质量和吞咽功能。
合格的外科医生为 495 名患者进行了 TOS。符合条件并接受治疗的患者被分配如下:A 组(低危,n = 38)占 11%,B 组(50 Gy,n = 100)或 C 组(60 Gy,n = 108)随机分配 58%,D 组(高危,n = 113)占 31%。对 359 名可评估(符合条件并接受治疗)患者进行了中位 35.2 个月的随访,A 组(观察)2 年无进展生存率 Kaplan-Meier 估计值为 96.9%(90%CI,91.9 至 100),B 组(50 Gy)为 94.9%(90%CI,91.3 至 98.6]),C 组(60 Gy)为 96.0%(90%CI,92.8 至 99.3),D 组(66 Gy 加每周顺铂)为 90.7%(90%CI,86.2 至 95.4)。无法评估或未进行 2 期治疗的患者(n = 136)的治疗分组和肿瘤学结果与可评估的 359 名患者相似。报告了 B 组和 C 组之间癌症治疗头颈部功能评估总评分的探索性比较。
原发 TOS 和减少术后 RT 为中危 HPV+ OPC 带来了出色的肿瘤学结果和良好的功能结果。