Abstract
Background
Colorectal cancer (CRC) patients have a better prognosis if metastases are resectable. Initially, unresectable liver-only metastases can be converted to resectable with chemotherapy plus a targeted therapy. We assessed which of chemotherapy doublet (2-CTx) or triplet (3-CTx), combined with targeted therapy by RAS status, would be better in this setting.
Methods
PRODIGE 14 was an open-label, multicenter, randomised Phase 2 trial. CRC patients with initially defined unresectable liver-only metastases received either, 2-CTx (FOLFOX or FOLFIRI) or 3-CTx (FOLFIRINOX), plus bevacizumab/cetuximab by RAS status. The primary endpoint was to increase the R0/R1 liver-resection rate from 50 to 70% with the 3-CTx.
Results
Patients (n = 256) were mainly men with an ECOG PS of 0, and a median age of 60 years. In total, 109 patients (42.6%) had RAS-mutated tumours. After a median follow-up of 45.6 months, the R0/R1 liver-resection rate was 56.9% (95% CI: 48–66) with the 3-CTx versus 48.4% (95% CI: 39–57) with the 2-CTx (P = 0.17). Median overall survival was 43.4 months with 3-CTx versus 40 months with 2-CTx.
Conclusion
We failed to increase from 50 to 70% the R0/R1 liver-resection rate with the use of 3-CTx combined with bevacizumab or cetuximab by RAS status in CRC patients with initially unresectable liver metastases.
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Acknowledgements
We thank the patients and their families for participating in the study. Also, we would like to thank Trevor Stanbury (UNICANCER) for medical writing support. We are also indebted to all the participating centers and to The Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer. This trial was made possible through an unrestricted grant from Merck-Serono France.
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This trial was made possible through an unrestricted grant from Merck-Serono France. Investigators list: INVESTIGATOR NAME: SITE, CITY. Pr. Marc YCHOU: Institut Régional du Cancer de Montpellier/Val d’Aurelle (ICM), Montpellier; Dr. Laurent MINEUR: Institut Ste Catherine, Avignon; Pr. Olivier BOUCHE: CHU de Reims, Reims; Dr. Pascale MARIANI: Institut Curie, Paris; Dr. Kartine BOUHIER-LEPORIER: CHU Côte de Nacre, Caen; Dr. Marianne FONCK: Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux; Dr. Roger FAROUX: CHD Vendée, La Roche sur Yon; Dr. Alice GAGNAIRE: CHU Dijon - Hôpital Du Bocage, Dijon; Dr. Eric FRANCOIS: Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice; Dr. Julien FORESTIER: Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon; Pr François GHIRINGHELLI: Centre G. F. Leclerc, Dijon; Dr. Driffa MOUSSATA: Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Benite; Dr. Gaël DEPLANQUE: Centre Hospitalier Saint-Joseph, Paris; Dr. Jean-Louis LEGOUX: CHR d’Orléans - La Source, Orleans; Dr. Cédric LECAILLE: Polyclinique de Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, Bordeaux; Pr. Nicole TUBIANA-MATHIEU: CHU Dupuytren, Limoges; Mr. Michel RIVOIRE: Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; Dr. Marie-Pierre GALAIS: Centre François Baclesse, Caen; Pr. Rosine GUIMBAUD: Centre hospitalier Rangueil, Toulouse; Dr. Francine FEIN: CHU Jean Minjoz, Besancon; Dr. Philippe HOUYAU: Clinique Claude Bernard, Albi; Pr. Thomas APARICIO: Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny; Pr. Jean-François SEITZ: CHU La Timone, Marseille; Dr. Stephen ELLIS: Centre Catalan d’oncologie, Perpignan; Dr. Stéphane REMY: Centre d’oncologie et de radiothérapie du Pays basque, Bayonne; Dr. Faiza KHEMISSA - AKOUZ: Hôpital Saint Jean, Perpignan; Dr. Mohammed RAMDANI: Centre Hospitalier de Béziers, Béziers; Dr. Anne MERCIER - BLAS: CHP Saint Grégoire, Saint Gregoire; Pr. Eric ASSENAT: CHU Saint Eloi - CHRU de Montpellier, Montpellier; Pr. Julien TAIEB: Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris; Pr. René ADAM: Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif; Dr. Hervé PERRIER: Hôpital St Joseph, Marseille; Dr. Agnès PELAQUIER: Centre hospitalier Montelimar, Montelimar; Pr. Emmanuel MITRY: Hôpital Huguenin - Institut Curie, Saint-Cloud; Dr. Serge FRATTE: CHBM - Site du Mittan, Montbeliard; Dr. Franck AUDEMAR: Centre hospitalier Côte Basque, Bayonne; Dr. Jean-Luc LABOUREY: Centre hospitalier de Carcassonne, Carcassone; Dr. Mathilde MARTINEZ: Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse; Dr. Christian BOREL: Centre Paul Strauss, Strasbourg; Dr. Etienne SUC: Clinique St Jean du Languedoc, Toulouse; Dr. Christine LE FOLL: Centre hospitalier Marne la Vallée, Jossigny; Dr. Etienne MAURIAC: Polyclinique Côte Basque Sud, Saint Jean de Luz; Dr. Denis PÈRE-VERGĒ: Centre Hospitalier Saint-Joseph-Saint-Luc, Lyon.
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Dr. MY had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Concept and design: MY, RA, OB and MR. Acquisition, analysis or interpretation of the data: MY, AA and ST. Drafting of the manuscript: AA, EL-C, ST and MY. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: all the authors. Statistical analysis: Thezenas. Administrative, technical or material support: MY, MR, RG, FG, EL-C, AM-B, LM, EF, FK, MC, RK, MF, PH, TA, M-PG, FA, EA, CJ, AA and OB; supervision: MY.
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MY reported receiving honoraria from Amgen, Bayer, Merck, Roche, and Servier. MR has nothing to disclose. ST has nothing to disclose. RG reported personal fees from AAA, Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, BMS, P. Fabre, Novartis, Roche, Servier, outside the submitted work. FG served on external advisory boards for Roche; research funding from Roche, Genentech, Amgen, Enterome, Servier; received funding for a clinical trial from Astra-Zeneca, received fee for communication by Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, BMS, Sanofi, Merck-Serono, Servier and received fee for travel by Roche and Servier. AM-B has nothing to disclose. LM has nothing to disclose. EF reported personal fees from ROCHE, personal fees from SERVIER, personal fees from NOVARTIS, personal fees from MSD, outside the submitted work. FK reported personal feed from Sanofi, other fees from Roche (congress support), other fees from Ipsen (congress support), outside the submitted work. MC has nothing to disclose. RK has nothing to disclose. MF has nothing to disclose. PH has nothing to disclose. TA reported personal fees from Roche, personal fees from Servier, personal fees from Amgen, personal fees from Ipsen, personal fees from Sanofi, non-financial support from Bayer, outside the submitted work. M-PG reported other relevant financial interest from Roche (travel), other relevant financial interest from Amgen (travel, board), outside the submitted work. FA reported personal fees from Sanofi, personal fees from Merck, personal fees from Amgen, personal fees from Servier, personal fees from Roche, outside the submitted work. EA reported other fees (advisory board) from Roche, from Astrazeneca, from Ipsen, from Bayer, from Sanofi, from AMGEN, from AAA, outside the submitted work. EL-C has nothing to disclose, CJ has nothing to disclose. AA reported receiving honoraria from Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck-Sharp Dohme, Sanofi, and Servier. RA reported personal fees from Merck (congress presentation), personal fees from Sanofi (congress presentation), outside the submitted work. OB reported personal fees from ROCHE (self honoraria, advisory/consultancy), personal fees from AMGEN (self honoraria, speaker bureau/expert testimony), personal fees from MERCK KGaA (self honoraria, advisory/consultancy), personal fees from SERVIER (self honoraria, speaker bureau/expert testimony), personal fees from BAYER (self honoraria, advisory/consultancy), personal fees from PIERRE FABRE (self honoraria, speaker bureau/expert testimony), personal fees from Astra-Zeneca (self honoraria, advisory/consultancy), personal fees from Grunenthal (self honoraria, advisory/consultancy), personal fees from MSD (Self honoraria, advisory/consultancy), non-financial support from Roche (travel/accommodation/expenses) and non-financial support from Servier (travel/accommodation/expenses) outside the submitted work.
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Ychou, M., Rivoire, M., Thezenas, S. et al. Chemotherapy (doublet or triplet) plus targeted therapy by RAS status as conversion therapy in colorectal cancer patients with initially unresectable liver-only metastases. The UNICANCER PRODIGE-14 randomised clinical trial. Br J Cancer 126, 1264–1270 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01644-y
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