Chen Yen-Hao, Chen Yen-Yang, Wang Jing-Houng, Hung Chao-Hung
Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.;
School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Anticancer Res. 2023 Mar;43(3):1377-1384. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16286.
BACKGROUND/AIM: This study aimed to assess the clinical impact of lenvatinib after disease progression on atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 14 patients who received lenvatinib after failure of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab and all patients were classified as having a Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C. Six patients had macrovascular invasion, and a liver occupation rate of >50% was reported in seven patients. The Kaplan-Meier method was performed to analyze the cumulative survival, while log-rank test was used to detect the differences. The dose of lenvatinib was determined based on body weight. RESULTS: The participants' responses to lenvatinib treatment were as follows: 21.4% achieved partial response (PR), while 35.7% had a stable disease, with a disease control rate of 57.1%. The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 4.2 months and 8.3 months, respectively; the median PFS and OS were 6.7 months and 10.5 months in the PR group. No significant difference was observed in the median PFS and OS between patients with and without macrovascular invasion or liver occupation rate of >50%. Most of the adverse events (AEs) were categorized as grade 1-2; all patients tolerated the AEs, and no drug-related mortality was reported. Additionally, half of the population underwent subsequent therapy after progression on lenvatinib treatment. CONCLUSION: Lenvatinib is effective and can be safely used as second-line systemic therapy after progression on atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in patients with advanced HCC in real-world clinical practice.
背景/目的:本研究旨在评估乐伐替尼在晚期肝细胞癌(HCC)患者中,于阿替利珠单抗联合贝伐单抗治疗疾病进展后的临床疗效。 患者与方法:共有14例患者在阿替利珠单抗联合贝伐单抗治疗失败后接受乐伐替尼治疗,所有患者均被归类为巴塞罗那临床肝癌分期C期。6例患者存在大血管侵犯,7例患者报告肝脏占位率>50%。采用Kaplan-Meier方法分析累积生存率,同时使用对数秩检验检测差异。乐伐替尼的剂量根据体重确定。 结果:参与者对乐伐替尼治疗的反应如下:21.4%达到部分缓解(PR),而35.7%病情稳定,疾病控制率为57.1%。中位无进展生存期(PFS)和总生存期(OS)分别为4.2个月和8.3个月;PR组的中位PFS和OS分别为6.7个月和10.5个月。在有或无大血管侵犯或肝脏占位率>50%的患者之间,中位PFS和OS未观察到显著差异。大多数不良事件(AE)被归类为1-2级;所有患者均耐受AE,未报告与药物相关的死亡。此外,一半的患者在乐伐替尼治疗进展后接受了后续治疗。 结论:在现实世界的临床实践中,对于晚期HCC患者而言,乐伐替尼在阿替利珠单抗联合贝伐单抗治疗进展后作为二线全身治疗是有效的且可安全使用。