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15.06.2016 | Original Research Article
Early Tumor Shrinkage and Depth of Response as Predictors of Favorable Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treated with FOLFOX Plus Cetuximab (JACCRO CC-05)
verfasst von:
Akihito Tsuji, Yu Sunakawa, Wataru Ichikawa, Masato Nakamura, Mitsugu Kochi, Tadamichi Denda, Tatsuro Yamaguchi, Ken Shimada, Akinori Takagane, Satoshi Tani, Masahito Kotaka, Hidekazu Kuramochi, Kaoru Furushima, Junichi Koike, Yutaka Yonemura, Masahiro Takeuchi, Masashi Fujii, Toshifusa Nakajima
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Targeted Oncology
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Ausgabe 6/2016
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Abstract
Background
Retrospective studies have found that early tumor shrinkage (ETS) and depth of response (DpR) are associated with favorable outcomes in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC); however, few prospective studies have evaluated ETS and DpR.
Patients and Methods
We performed a phase II study of FOLFOX plus cetuximab as first-line treatment in Japanese patients with KRAS wild-type mCRC. The primary endpoint was response rate (RR), and secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), chronological tumor shrinkage (evaluated every 8 weeks), and safety. The association of ETS and DpR with survival time was analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
Results
In 54 participants, the RR, median PFS, and OS were 66.7 % (95 % CI, 53.4–77.8 %), 11.1 months, and 33.9 months, respectively. There was no unexpected toxicity. Forty (80 %) of 50 assessable patients had ETS, which was associated with prolonged PFS and OS (11.3 vs. 3.7 months, HR 0.26, p = 0.0003; 42.8 vs. 9.0 months, HR 0.40, p = 0.0279, respectively). Median DpR was 56.3 %. The DpR correlated with OS (r
s = 0.314, p = 0.027) as well as post-progression survival (PPS) (r
s = 0.366, p = 0.017). Interestingly, DpR was moderately associated with OS and PPS (r
s = 0.587, r
s = 0.570, respectively) in patients harboring tumors with larger target lesions, but was not associated with OS or PPS in patients with smaller target lesions. FOLFOX plus cetuximab was active as a first-line treatment for Japanese mCRC patients, with no unexpected toxicities.
Conclusions
Our prospective evaluation of chronological tumor shrinkage showed that ETS and DpR correlate with outcomes in patients with
KRAS wild-type mCRC who receive cetuximab-based chemotherapy (UMIN000004197).