Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Unit of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Dig Liver Dis. 2024 Dec;56(12):2079-2084. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2024.07.035. Epub 2024 Aug 20.
Most patients receiving atezolizumab-bevacizumab (AB) for hepatocellular carcinoma will eventually experience disease progression. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are undergoing to identify second-line treatments. Where RCTs are unavailable or patients are non-eligible, sorafenib is often prescribed based on approval and reimbursement policies. However, evidence supporting this approach is minimal.
To assess the efficacy and safety of sorafenib in patients who permanently discontinued AB.
The ARTE database prospectively collects patients treated with AB in a real-life setting. We analysed the outcome of patients who received sorafenib as second-line treatment.
Amongst 213 patients, 130 (61.0 %) permanently discontinued AB. Of them, 54 received second- line treatments, and sorafenib was prescribed in 40 patients. The disease control rate (DCR) was 10.0 %. The median progression-free (PFS) and overall survival were 3.3 (95 % confidence interval [CI] 2.7-3.9) and 6.9 months (95 % CI 2.7-11.1), respectively.
In patients progressing under AB, the efficacy of sorafenib on different outcomes is limited.
大多数接受阿特珠单抗-贝伐珠单抗(AB)治疗肝细胞癌的患者最终会出现疾病进展。正在进行随机临床试验(RCT)以确定二线治疗方法。在 RCT 不可用或患者不符合条件的情况下,根据批准和报销政策,通常会开索拉非尼。然而,支持这种方法的证据很少。
评估索拉非尼在永久性停用 AB 的患者中的疗效和安全性。
ARTE 数据库前瞻性地收集了真实环境中接受 AB 治疗的患者的数据。我们分析了接受索拉非尼作为二线治疗的患者的结局。
在 213 名患者中,有 130 名(61.0%)永久性停用 AB。其中,54 名患者接受了二线治疗,40 名患者开了索拉非尼。疾病控制率(DCR)为 10.0%。中位无进展生存期(PFS)和总生存期分别为 3.3 个月(95%置信区间 [CI] 2.7-3.9)和 6.9 个月(95%CI 2.7-11.1)。
在接受 AB 治疗后进展的患者中,索拉非尼对不同结局的疗效有限。