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Gut ; 71(3): 593-604, 2022 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33741640

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OBJECTIVE: The benefit of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) against HCV following successful treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. This meta-analysis of individual patient data assessed HCC recurrence risk following DAA administration. DESIGN: We pooled the data of 977 consecutive patients from 21 studies of HCV-related cirrhosis and HCC, who achieved complete radiological response after surgical/locoregional treatments and received DAAs (DAA group). Recurrence or death risk was expressed as HCC recurrence or death per 100 person-years (100PY). Propensity score-matched patients from the ITA.LI.CA. cohort (n=328) served as DAA-unexposed controls (no-DAA group). Risk factors for HCC recurrence were identified using random-effects Poisson. RESULTS: Recurrence rate and death risk per 100PY in DAA-treated patients were 20 (95% CI 13.9 to 29.8, I2=74.6%) and 5.7 (2.5 to 15.3, I2=54.3), respectively. Predictive factors for recurrence were alpha-fetoprotein logarithm (relative risk (RR)=1.11, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.19; p=0.01, per 1 log of ng/mL), HCC recurrence history pre-DAA initiation (RR=1.11, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.16; p<0.001), performance status (2 vs 0, RR=4.35, 95% CI 1.54 to 11.11; 2 vs 1, RR=3.7, 95% CI 1.3 to 11.11; p=0.01) and tumour burden pre-HCC treatment (multifocal vs solitary nodule, RR=1.75, 95% CI 1.25 to 2.43; p<0.001). No significant difference was observed in RR between the DAA-exposed and DAA-unexposed groups in propensity score-matched patients (RR=0.64, 95% CI 0.37 to 1.1; p=0.1). CONCLUSION: Effects of DAA exposure on HCC recurrence risk remain inconclusive. Active clinical and radiological follow-up of patients with HCC after HCV eradication with DAA is justified.


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Antivirales/uso terapéutico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/epidemiología , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/terapia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/epidemiología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/terapia , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/epidemiología , Humanos , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/diagnóstico , Puntaje de Propensión
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Liver Transpl ; 27(12): 1767-1778, 2021 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34388851

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Safety of regorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) has been recently demonstrated. We aimed to assess the survival benefit of regorafenib compared with best supportive care (BSC) in LT patients after sorafenib discontinuation. This observational multicenter retrospective study included LT patients with HCC recurrence who discontinued first-line sorafenib. Group 1 comprised regorafenib-treated patients, whereas the control group was selected among patients treated with BSC due to unavailability of second-line options at the time of sorafenib discontinuation and who were sorafenib-tolerant progressors (group 2). Primary endpoint was overall survival (OS) of group 1 compared with group 2. Secondary endpoints were safety and OS of sequential treatment with sorafenib + regorafenib/BSC. Among 132 LT patients who discontinued sorafenib included in the study, 81 were sorafenib tolerant: 36 received regorafenib (group 1) and 45 (group 2) received BSC. Overall, 24 (67%) patients died in group 1 and 40 (89%) in group 2: the median OS was significantly longer in group 1 than in group 2 (13.1 versus 5.5 months; P < 0.01). Regorafenib treatment was an independent predictor of reduced mortality (hazard ratio, 0.37; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.16-0.89; P = 0.02). Median treatment duration with regorafenib was 7.0 (95% CI, 5.5-8.5) months; regorafenib dose was reduced in 22 (61%) patients for adverse events and discontinued for tumor progression in 93% (n = 28). The median OS calculated from sorafenib start was 28.8 months (95% CI, 17.6-40.1) in group 1 versus 15.3 months (95% CI, 8.8-21.7) in group 2 (P < 0.01). Regorafenib is an effective second-line treatment after sorafenib in patients with HCC recurrence after LT.


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Antineoplásicos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Trasplante de Hígado , Antineoplásicos/efectos adversos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamiento farmacológico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/cirugía , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirugía , Trasplante de Hígado/efectos adversos , Compuestos de Fenilurea/efectos adversos , Piridinas , Estudios Retrospectivos , Sorafenib/uso terapéutico
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Liver Int ; 40(1): 60-73, 2020 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31654608

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Chronic liver diseases (CLDs) are major health problems that require complex and costly treatments. Liver-specific clinical outcome indicators (COIs) able to assist both clinicians and administrators in improving the value of care are presently lacking. The Value-Based Medicine in Hepatology (VBMH) study aims to fill this gap, devising and testing a set of COIs for CLD, that could be easily collected during clinical practice. Here we report the COIs generated and recorded for patients with HBV or HCV infection at different stages of the disease. METHODS/RESULTS: In the first phase of VBMH study, COIs were identified, based on current international guidelines and literature, using a modified Delphi method and a RAND 9-point appropriateness scale. In the second phase, COIs were tested in an observational, longitudinal, prospective, multicentre study based in Lombardy, Italy. Eighteen COIs were identified for HBV and HCV patients. Patients with CLD secondary to HBV (547) or HCV (1391) were enrolled over an 18-month period and followed for a median of 4 years. The estimation of the proposed COIs was feasible in the real-word clinical practice and COI values compared well with literature data. Further, the COIs were able to capture the impact of new effective treatments like direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in the clinical practice. CONCLUSIONS: The COIs efficiently measured clinical outcomes at different stages of CLDs. While specific clinical practice settings and related healthcare systems may modify their implementation, these indicators will represent an important component of the tools for a value-based approach in hepatology and will positively affect care delivery.


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Antivirales/uso terapéutico , Hepatitis B Crónica/tratamiento farmacológico , Hepatitis C Crónica/tratamiento farmacológico , Indicadores de Calidad de la Atención de Salud , Anciano , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/epidemiología , Femenino , Gastroenterología/normas , Hepatitis B Crónica/complicaciones , Hepatitis C Crónica/complicaciones , Humanos , Italia/epidemiología , Cirrosis Hepática/epidemiología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/epidemiología , Estudios Longitudinales , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Prospectivos , Análisis de Supervivencia , Resultado del Tratamiento , Seguro de Salud Basado en Valor
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Clin Transplant ; 29(2): 161-6, 2015 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25522890

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Autoantibodies are frequently detected after liver transplantation (LT), but their role is unclear. This study was designed to address three points: autoantibody prevalence pre-LT and over time up to five yr after LT, identification of possible predictors of autoantibody formation, and correlation between autoantibodies and graft dysfunction. To these aims, we retrospectively evaluated 92 consecutive LT recipients for whom prospectively stored frozen sera were available for autoantibodies assessment by immunofluorescence. The overall autoantibody prevalence resulted significantly higher after LT than before LT (64% vs. 27%, p < 0.001 and 35.9% vs. 8.7%, p < 0.001 considering cutoff titer of ≥ 1:80 and ≥ 1:160, respectively). Recipient gender, donor age and gender, and indication for LT and main immunosuppressant (cyclosporine vs. tacrolimus) were not associated with the presence of autoantibodies. Patients with graft dysfunction had a significantly higher autoantibody prevalence irrespective of the etiology of liver injury as compared to those patients with persistently normal liver biochemistry, but only for cutoff titers ≥ 1:160 (p = 0.004). No cases of de novo autoimmune hepatitis were observed. In conclusion, autoantibodies are very frequently detected after LT also at high titers and their association with graft dysfunction likely represents an aspecific indicator of liver injury.


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Autoanticuerpos/sangre , Enfermedades Autoinmunes/inmunología , Autoinmunidad , Trasplante de Hígado , Enfermedades Autoinmunes/sangre , Enfermedades Autoinmunes/etiología , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Italia/epidemiología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Complicaciones Posoperatorias , Prevalencia , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo
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Hepatology ; 57(3): 1046-54, 2013 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23299720

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UNLABELLED: The purpose was to assess the cost-effectiveness of sorafenib in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients incorporating current prices and the results of the recent published field practice SOraFenib Italian Assessment (SOFIA) study. We created a Markov Decision Model to evaluate, in a hypothetical cohort of Caucasian male patients, aged 67 years with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) C HCC, or BCLC B HCC who were unfit or failed to respond to locoregional therapies, well compensated cirrhosis, and with performance status 0-1 according to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), the cost-effectiveness of the following strategies: (1) full or dose-adjusted sorafenib for BCLC B and C patients together; (2) full or dose-adjusted sorafenib for BCLC B patients; (3) full or dose-adjusted sorafenib for BCLC C patients. Outcomes include quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), costs, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER). In the base-case analysis dose-adjusted sorafenib was the most effective of the evaluated strategies. For dose-adjusted sorafenib, QALY was 0.44 for BCLC B and C patients together, 0.44 for BCLC C patients, and 0.38 for BCLC B patients. The ICER of dose-adjusted sorafenib compared with BSC was €34,534 per QALY gained for BCLC B and C patients together, €27,916 per QALY gained for BCLC C patients, and €54,881 per QALY gained for BCLC B patients. Results were sensitive to BSC survival rate, and sorafenib treatment duration. CONCLUSION: In daily practice dose-adjusted, but not full-dose, sorafenib is a cost-effective treatment compared to BSC in intermediate and advanced HCC.


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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamiento farmacológico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/economía , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/economía , Niacinamida/análogos & derivados , Compuestos de Fenilurea/economía , Compuestos de Fenilurea/uso terapéutico , Anciano , Antineoplásicos/economía , Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/mortalidad , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Costos de los Medicamentos , Humanos , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Neoplasias Hepáticas/mortalidad , Masculino , Cadenas de Markov , Análisis Multivariante , Niacinamida/economía , Niacinamida/uso terapéutico , Estudios Prospectivos , Años de Vida Ajustados por Calidad de Vida , Sorafenib
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Liver Int ; 34(7): e308-16, 2014 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24529078

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AIMS: Aim of this study was to assess if host (immunogenetic traits, age, sex), exogenous (alcohol) or viral factors (viral type, past HBV infection) might affect the progression of chronic hepatitis C to liver decompensation or the development of HCC in a cohort of patients exposed to a single blood transfusion prior to the introduction of anti-HCV screening. METHODS: Two hundred and forty-eight patients with a history of a single exposure to blood or blood products prior to 1990 were retrospectively considered. Patients were devoid of other risk factors of liver disease or immunosuppression and naïve to antiviral therapies. Eight baseline variables were assessed: age at transfusion, sex, HBV core antibody, immunogenetic profile (DRB1*11, DRB1*1104, DRB1*07), HCV genotype and alcohol consumption. RESULTS: The follow-up was 22 (SD: 11) years. Sixty-eight patients (27%) progressed to hepatic decompensation over a median period of 22.5 years (IQR: 14-30) and 41 patients (16%) developed HCC over a median period of 31 years (IQR: 24-38). The cumulative incidence of liver failure was 0.4% (95% CI: 0.1-3.1), 4.9% (95% CI: 2.6-9.3) and 16.2% (95% CI: 10.4-24.7) at 10, 20 and 30 years after blood transfusion respectively. By univariate analysis, only age at transfusion was correlated with the risk of decompensation. Stratifying the age of transfusion by tertiles, the incidence of hepatic decompensation was 0.7% per year in patients transfused at ≤24 years of age as compared to 1.2% and 1.9% per year in those transfused at 25-35 and >36 years of age respectively (HR: 5.5, 95% CI: 2.78-10.7, P<0.001). The risk of HCC development was correlated by univariate analysis with age at transfusion (as continuous variable, HR: 1.12, 95% CI: 1.08-1.16 per year of age, P<0.001, >36 compared to ≤24 years, HR: 10.3, 95% CI: 3.9-26.9, P<0.001) and male sex (HR: 4.2, 95% CI: 1.7-10, P=0.001). Multivariate analysis confirmed age at transfusion and male sex as independent predictors of HCC development [HR: 1.12 per year (95% CI: 1.08-1.16), P<0.001 and HR: 5.4 (95% CI: 2.2-13.2), P<0.001 respectively]. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with transfusion-acquired HCV infection, age at transfusion affects the risk for hepatic decompensation. Age at transfusion and male sex are independent risk factors for HCC development.


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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/fisiopatología , Hepatitis C Crónica/complicaciones , Hepatitis C Crónica/epidemiología , Fallo Hepático/epidemiología , Fallo Hepático/fisiopatología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/fisiopatología , Reacción a la Transfusión/complicaciones , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/etiología , Femenino , Hepatitis C Crónica/etiología , Humanos , Incidencia , Fallo Hepático/etiología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/etiología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Análisis Multivariante , Pronóstico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores Sexuales , Reacción a la Transfusión/epidemiología
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Hepatology ; 54(6): 2055-63, 2011 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21898496

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UNLABELLED: A multicenter randomized controlled trial established sorafenib as a standard of care for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Because the study was prematurely interrupted due to survival benefits in the sorafenib arm, we conducted an observational study to adequately assess risks and benefits of this regimen in field practice. Starting in 2008, all clinically compensated patients with advanced HCC and those with an intermediate HCC who were unfit or failed to respond to ablative therapies were consecutively evaluated in six liver centers in Italy, for tolerability as well as radiologic and survival response to 800-mg/d sorafenib therapy. Treatment was down-dosed or interrupted according to drug label. Two hundred ninety-six patients (88% Child-Pugh A, 75% Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer [BCLC]-C, and 25% BCLC-B) received sorafenib for 3.8 months (95% CI 3.3-4.4). Two hundred sixty-nine (91%) patients experienced at least one adverse event (AE), whereas 161 (54%) had to reduce dosing. Treatment was interrupted in 103 (44%) for disease progression, in 95 (40%) for an AE, and in 38 (16%) for liver deterioration. The median survival was 10.5 months in the overall cohort, 8.4 months in BCLC-C versus 20.6 months in BCLC-B patients (P < 0.0001), and 21.6 months in the 77 patients treated for >70% of the time with a half dose versus 9.6 months in the 219 patients treated for >70% of the time with a full dose. At month 2 of treatment, the overall radiologic response was 8%. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, macrovascular invasion, extrahepatic spread of the tumor, radiologic response at month 2, and sorafenib dosing were independent predictors of shortened survival. CONCLUSION: Overall, safety, effectiveness, and generalizability of sorafenib therapy in HCC was validated in field practice. The effectiveness of half-dosed sorafenib may have implications for tailored therapy.


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Antineoplásicos/administración & dosificación , Bencenosulfonatos/administración & dosificación , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Piridinas/administración & dosificación , Anciano , Antineoplásicos/efectos adversos , Bencenosulfonatos/efectos adversos , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Efectos Colaterales y Reacciones Adversas Relacionados con Medicamentos , Femenino , Humanos , Italia , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Niacinamida/análogos & derivados , Compuestos de Fenilurea , Estudios Prospectivos , Piridinas/efectos adversos , Sorafenib , Análisis de Supervivencia
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Transplantation ; 104(3): 568-574, 2020 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31517781

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BACKGROUND: Sorafenib (SOR) is currently used for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurring after liver transplantation (LT) when HCC is unsuitable for surgical/locoregional treatments. We evaluated safety and effectiveness of early introduction of SOR after HCC-recurrence. METHODS: All patients with HCC-recurrence after LT treated with SOR in 2 centers were included (January 2008 to June 2018). Baseline and on-treatment data were collected. RESULTS: Fifty patients early treated with SOR for HCC-recurrence after LT (74% mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor [mTORi], 54% HCC-treated at baseline) were enrolled. During 7.3 (0.3-88) months of SOR, all patients had at least one adverse event (AE), 56% graded 3-4. SOR was reduced in 68%, being AEs the main cause of reduction, and discontinued in 84% (60% symptomatic progression, 33% AE). Objective response was obtained in 16% and stable disease in 50%. Median time to radiological progression was 6 months (95% confidence Interval [CI], 4-8). Thirty-three patients (69%) died, 94% for HCC progression. Median overall survival (OS) was 18 months (95% CI, 8-27); 5-year OS was 18% (95% CI, 4%-32%). Baseline predictors of OS were SOR+mTORi (hazard ratio [HR], 0.4; 95% CI, 0.2-0.9; P = 0.04), previous curative treatments (HR, 0.3; 95% CI, 0.2-0.7; P = 0.003) and alpha-fetoprotein > 100 ng/mL (HR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.1-5.0, P = 0.02). At multivariate analysis, HCC curative treatment was the only independent predictor (HR, 0.4; 95% CI 0.2-1.0; P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Early and combined treatment with SOR and mTORi resulted in a favorable safety profile, while its effectiveness should be confirmed by meta-analysis of previous studies or by larger studies. Curative treatment for HCC resulted the only independent predictor of OS.


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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/administración & dosificación , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/terapia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/terapia , Trasplante de Hígado , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/tratamiento farmacológico , Sorafenib/administración & dosificación , Adulto , Anciano , Aloinjertos/patología , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efectos adversos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/sangre , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/mortalidad , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patología , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Esquema de Medicación , Everolimus/administración & dosificación , Everolimus/efectos adversos , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Hígado/patología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/sangre , Neoplasias Hepáticas/mortalidad , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/sangre , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/mortalidad , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/patología , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Periodo Posoperatorio , Estudios Retrospectivos , Sorafenib/efectos adversos , Análisis de Supervivencia , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/antagonistas & inhibidores , Factores de Tiempo , Tiempo de Tratamiento , Resultado del Tratamiento , alfa-Fetoproteínas/análisis
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Front Oncol ; 10: 381, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32351877

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Background and aim: Liver transplantation (LT) is a validated treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC recurrence occurred between 8 and 20% of patients and lung is the most frequent site. Pulmonary metastases resection (PMR) prolongs survival, however in LT-setting the impact on survival is unclear. To give new lights on this issue, we report the experience of three Italian LT Centers. Methods: All consecutive HCC transplanted patients in three Italian LT Centers, who developed pulmonary metastasis from HCC (PM-HCC), as first metastasis, from 2008 to 2018, were included whenever treated with PMR. Results: Twenty-five patients were enrolled (median age 58 yrs, 84% male, 3% cirrhotics). HCC recurred after 34 months (9-306) since LT and PMR was performed after 2.4 months (0-43.1). A total of 28 PMR (19 single resections; 9 multiple resections; 16 right; 2 left) have been performed on 24 patients while in one case percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) was preferred. Four patients have been re-operated due to pulmonary HCC-recurrence after surgery. The majority of surgical resection type was wedge resection (26, 89%). Surgical access was: video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in 17 cases (59%); thoracotomy in 11 (38%); MWA in 1 (3%). The 48% of nodule was in right lower lobe. Perioperative in-hospital mortality and 30 days mortality were nil; median surgical time 90 min (50-365); median post-operative overall stay 5 days (2-11). Post-operative ICU treatment was necessary in 1 case (3%) for 3 days; blood transfusions in 2 cases (7%). Overall, 5 complications (2 bleeding; 1 AKI; 1 major cardiac; 1 wound dehiscence) occurred, with an overall complications rate of 23%. Eight (32%) patients died during a follow-up after HCC recurrence of 32 months (7-213): 7 for HCC progression, 1 for severe liver failure due to chronic rejection. The 1 and 5 year cumulative probability of OS from recurrence were 100 and 43% (95%CI 12-74), respectively, with a median OS of 51 months (95%CI 24-78). Conclusion: Selected patients with isolated pulmonary HCC-recurrence after LT and with preserved hepatic function showed that a pulmonary metastasectomy could be efficacious in managing a PM-HCC and could give an opportunity for long-term survival.

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Dig Liver Dis ; 47(4): 324-30, 2015 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25641331

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BACKGROUND: Data on survival and safety of sorafenib for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplant are still equivocal. AIM: We performed a meta-analysis of published studies, with the aim of estimating the 1-year rates of survival, analysing the variability in survival rates and, finally, identifying the factors associated with a longer survival. METHODS: Data from 8 of the 17 selected studies were pooled, while the other 9 were excluded because survival rates were missing. All included studies were retrospective. RESULTS: Overall, the 1-year survival ranged from 18% to 90%. Tumour progression was the main cause of death. The second cause was bleeding, reported only in patients undergoing m-Tor inhibitor therapy. The pooled estimate of 1-year survival was 63%. There was a significant heterogeneity among studies (P < 0.0001). Among the 34 variables assessed by univariate meta-regression, 5 were associated with an increase in the 1-year survival rate: (1) male gender (P = 0.001); (2) Time to progression (P = 0.038); and adverse drug events, divided in (3) gastrointestinal (P = 0.038), (4) cardiovascular (P = 0.029), and (5) dermatological (P = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS: Additional data from multicentre prospective studies are required to clearly determine if sorafenib is a safe and acceptable treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplant. Nevertheless, its association with m-Tor inhibitors should be discouraged.


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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/cirugía , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirugía , Trasplante de Hígado , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia , Niacinamida/análogos & derivados , Compuestos de Fenilurea/uso terapéutico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamiento farmacológico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/mortalidad , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/mortalidad , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/tratamiento farmacológico , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/etiología , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/mortalidad , Niacinamida/uso terapéutico , Periodo Posoperatorio , Receptores de Factores de Crecimiento Endotelial Vascular , Sorafenib , Tasa de Supervivencia/tendencias
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Cancer Lett ; 208(1): 75-9, 2004 May 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15105048

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Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most frequent cause of progressive liver disease and liver cancer in the West. The p53 tumor suppressor gene is known to play an important role in carcinogenesis of different tissues being involved in gene transcription, DNA synthesis and repair and somatic mutations of p53 are common in primary liver cancer. The p53 gene displays a common genetic Arg/Pro polymorphism at codon 72 with functional significance, that has been investigated as risk factor in several cancer models. We analyzed p53 codon 72 polymorphism in a group of 340 HCV-infected subjects at different stages of disease, including 84 hepatocellular carcinoma patients. No association between codon 72 genotypes and disease severity or liver cancer was observed.


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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/genética , Genes p53/genética , Hepacivirus/patogenicidad , Hepatitis C/complicaciones , Cirrosis Hepática/genética , Polimorfismo Genético , Anciano , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/virología , Codón/genética , ADN de Neoplasias/análisis , ADN de Neoplasias/genética , Hepatitis C/genética , Humanos , Cirrosis Hepática/virología , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Neoplasias Hepáticas/virología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Factores de Riesgo
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Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 25(2): 180-6, 2013 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23044808

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AIMS: The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of sorafenib, with or without everolimus, in the treatment of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after an orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). METHODS: We reviewed the outcome of our consecutive cohort series of patients. Eleven patients (nine men) with recurrent HCC after OLT were treated. Four patients received cyclosporine plus sorafenib at a starting dose of 400 mg twice daily; seven received the combination of sorafenib (same dosage) and everolimus. Sorafenib was reduced or stopped according to the drug label. RESULTS: The median time to recurrence was 12 months (range 2-66). The mean age at the start of treatment was 57 ± 9 years. Sorafenib was withdrawn because of intolerance or side-effects in four (36%) patients. Dose reduction because of adverse events or intolerance was required in 91% of patients after 26 ± 11 days from the start of treatment. The average length of treatment was 68 days (range 15-444). One patient died because of a massive gastrointestinal bleeding while receiving sorafenib and everolimus. The most frequent adverse events were fatigue (54%), skin toxicity (45%), and hypophosphatemia (36%). Two patients (18%) showed a radiological partial response, one (9%) had a stable disease, and six (54%) showed a progressive disease. None of the patients achieved a complete response. Treatment response could not be assessed in two (18%) patients. The overall median survival since the start of treatment was 5 months. One-year survival was 18%. CONCLUSION: Sorafenib, with or without mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors, is poorly tolerated and rarely effective in the treatment of recurrent HCC after OLT.


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Antineoplásicos/efectos adversos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico , Trasplante de Hígado , Niacinamida/análogos & derivados , Compuestos de Fenilurea/efectos adversos , Anciano , Antineoplásicos/administración & dosificación , Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/secundario , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/cirugía , Evaluación de Medicamentos , Everolimus , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirugía , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Niacinamida/administración & dosificación , Niacinamida/efectos adversos , Niacinamida/uso terapéutico , Compuestos de Fenilurea/administración & dosificación , Compuestos de Fenilurea/uso terapéutico , Recurrencia , Estudios Retrospectivos , Sirolimus/administración & dosificación , Sirolimus/análogos & derivados , Sorafenib , Análisis de Supervivencia , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Liver Transpl ; 13(5): 733-40, 2007 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17370330

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In recent years, a worsening outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive recipients and a faster progression of recurrent disease to overt cirrhosis has been reported. Our aims were to 1) assess patient survival and development of severe recurrent disease (Ishak fibrosis score > 3) in different transplant years; and 2) model the effects of pre- and post-liver transplantation (LT) variables on the severity of recurrent disease. A multicenter retrospective analysis was conducted on 502 consecutive HCV-positive transplant recipients between January 1990 and December 2002. Protocol liver biopsies were obtained at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 yr post-LT in almost 90% of the patients. All 502 patients were included in the overall survival analysis, while only the 354 patients with a follow-up longer than 1 yr were considered for the analysis of predictors of disease progression. The overall Kaplan-Meier survival rates were 78.7%, 66.3%, and 58.6%, at 12, 60, and 120 months, respectively, and a trend for a better patient survival over the years emerged from all 3 centers. The cumulative probability of developing HCV-related recurrent severe fibrosis (Ishak score 4-6) in the cohort of 354 patients who survived at least 1 yr remained unchanged over the years. Multivariate analysis indicated that older donors (P = 0.0001) and female gender of recipient (P = 0.02) were the 2 major risk factors for the development of severe recurrent disease, while the adoption of antilymphocytic preparations was associated with a less aggressive course (P = 0.03). Two of these prognostic factors, donor age and recipient gender, are easily available before LT and their combination showed an important synergy, such that a female recipient not only had a much higher probability of severe recurrent disease than a male recipient but her risk increased with the increasing age of the donor, reaching almost 100% when the age of the donor was 60 or older. In conclusion, a trend for a better patient survival was observed in more recent years but the cumulative probability of developing severe recurrent disease remained unchanged. The combination of a female recipient receiving an older graft emerged as a strong risk factor for a severe recurrence.


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Hepatitis C/complicaciones , Cirrosis Hepática/cirugía , Cirrosis Hepática/virología , Trasplante de Hígado , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Estudios de Cohortes , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Hepatitis C/fisiopatología , Humanos , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Cirrosis Hepática/fisiopatología , Estudios Longitudinales , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recurrencia , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores de Riesgo , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Factores Sexuales , Factores de Tiempo , Donantes de Tejidos
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Gastroenterology ; 130(3): 695-702, 2006 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16530511

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: This study extends our previously reported observations that various immunological factors are associated with the occurrence of histologically proven recurrent hepatitis C. The two specific issues investigated were to confirm the associations of MHC alleles and donor/recipient mismatch with the occurrence of recurrent hepatitis C in an independent cohort of newly transplanted patients and to look for immunologic and nonimmunologic variables affecting the severity of the recurrent disease. METHODS: Two separate cohorts of consecutive patients were studied: a look-back cohort (LC) of 120 patients and a cohort for studying the disease progression (CSDP) of 190 patients. Protocol liver biopsies were obtained at least 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 years after liver transplantation (LT). RESULTS: A fully mismatched donor/recipient pair at the DRB1 locus was confirmed to be associated with both the recurrence of histologic hepatitis in the LC (59% vs 23%, P = .0002) and its progression beyond stage 3 in the CSPD (71.4% vs 39.3%, P = .0003). Relevant immunologic and nonimmunologic variables were included into a multivariate Cox proportional model and three variables, namely, donor age, full HLA-DRB1 donor-recipient mismatch, and HLA B14, resulted in independent risk factors for the development of severe fibrosis. CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that DRB1 donor-recipient mismatch affects both the occurrence and progression of recurrent hepatitis C disease. This information is clinically relevant as it may help to better allocate organs and to recognize patients at risk for progression so that specific interventions can be implemented.


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Antígenos HLA-DR/genética , Hepatitis C/etiología , Prueba de Histocompatibilidad , Trasplante de Hígado/efectos adversos , Adulto , Anciano , Alelos , Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Femenino , Cadenas HLA-DRB1 , Humanos , Cirrosis Hepática/genética , Trasplante de Hígado/inmunología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recurrencia
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