Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Computational Oncology Group, Molecular Precision Oncology Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Eur J Cancer. 2023 Sep;190:112945. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.112945. Epub 2023 Jun 19.
Anti-EGFR antibodies plus doublet chemotherapy is the standard of care in RAS/BRAF wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). No phase-3 level of evidence is available to guide treatment de-escalation after anti-EGFR-based first-line. Several randomised clinical trials investigated de-intensification strategies with 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin (5-FU/LV) and/or anti-EGFR.
We performed an individual patient data pooled analysis of Valentino, Panama, MACRO-2, COIN-B trials including RAS wild-type mCRC patients who received first-line therapy with FOLFOX plus panitumumab or cetuximab followed by pre-specified maintenance strategy. Only patients who started maintenance according to the assigned arm were included. Patients were categorised by type of maintenance (i.e. 5-FU/LV, anti-EGFR or 5-FU/LV + anti-EGFR). Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were calculated from the start of maintenance; toxicity was evaluated for the maintenance treatment period.
A total of 518 patients were included in the pooled analysis. Overall, 123, 185 and 210 patients received maintenance with 5-FU/LV, anti-EGFR, 5-FU/LV + anti-EGFR, respectively. Median PFS was 5.6, 6.0 and 9.0 (P = 0.009) and OS was 25.7, 24.0 and 28.0 months (P = 0.134) in 5-FU/LV, anti-EGFR and 5-FU/LV + anti-EGFR arms, respectively. Monotherapy maintenance (either 5-FU/LV or anti-EGFR) was inferior to combination in terms of PFS (hazard ratios [HR] 1.26, P = 0.016) and non-significantly trending also in OS (HR 1.20, P = 0.111). An increase of overall any grade and grade ≥ 3 AEs and selected AEs was reported in combination compared to either 5-FU/LV or anti-EGFR arms.
This pooled analysis including four randomised phase II supports the use of 5-FU/LV plus anti-EGFR as the preferred maintenance regimen. Data provide rational for a more individualised maintenance treatment approach based on tumour and patients features.
抗 EGFR 抗体联合双药化疗是 RAS/BRAF 野生型转移性结直肠癌(mCRC)的标准治疗方法。目前尚无 III 期临床试验证据可指导抗 EGFR 一线治疗后的治疗降级。几项随机临床试验研究了氟尿嘧啶/亚叶酸(5-FU/LV)和/或抗 EGFR 药物的减量化策略。
我们对 Valentino、Panama、MACRO-2 和 COIN-B 试验进行了个体患者数据汇总分析,纳入了接受 FOLFOX 联合帕尼单抗或西妥昔单抗一线治疗后接受预定维持治疗策略的 RAS 野生型 mCRC 患者。仅纳入根据分配臂开始维持治疗的患者。根据维持治疗类型(即 5-FU/LV、抗 EGFR 或 5-FU/LV+抗 EGFR)对患者进行分类。从维持治疗开始计算无进展生存期(PFS)和总生存期(OS);评估维持治疗期间的毒性。
共有 518 名患者纳入汇总分析。总体而言,123、185 和 210 名患者分别接受了 5-FU/LV、抗 EGFR 和 5-FU/LV+抗 EGFR 维持治疗。5-FU/LV、抗 EGFR 和 5-FU/LV+抗 EGFR 组的中位 PFS 分别为 5.6、6.0 和 9.0 个月(P=0.009),OS 分别为 25.7、24.0 和 28.0 个月(P=0.134)。单药维持(5-FU/LV 或抗 EGFR)在 PFS 方面劣于联合治疗(风险比 [HR] 1.26,P=0.016),OS 也有非显著趋势(HR 1.20,P=0.111)。与 5-FU/LV 或抗 EGFR 组相比,联合治疗组的总体任何级别和≥3 级不良事件(AE)以及选定 AE 的发生率均有所增加。
这项包括四项随机 II 期试验的汇总分析支持使用 5-FU/LV 加抗 EGFR 作为首选维持治疗方案。数据为基于肿瘤和患者特征的个体化维持治疗方法提供了依据。