Lenvatinib as Second-Line Treatment after Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Results Show Importance of Hepatic Reserve Function.
Oncology
; 101(10): 624-633, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Lack of an established methodology for post-progression systemic treatment following atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (Atez/Bev) administration is an important clinical issue. The present study aimed to elucidate the potential of lenvatinib as a second-line treatment option after Atez/Bev failure.METHODS:
From 2020 to 2022, 101 patients who received lenvatinib as second-line treatment were enrolled (median 72 years, males 77, Child-Pugh A 82, BCLC-ABCD = 135614), while 29 treated with another molecular targeting agent (MTA) during the period as second-line treatment were enrolled as controls. The therapeutic efficacy of lenvatinib given as second-line treatment was retrospectively evaluated.RESULTS:
Median progression-free survival/median overall survival for all patients was 4.4/15.7 months and for those with Child-Pugh A was 4.7 months/not-reached. When prognosis was compared with patients who received another MTA, there was no significant difference for PFS (3.5 months, p = 0.557) or OS (13.6 months, p = 0.992), and also no significant differences regarding clinical background factors. mRECIST findings showed that objective response and disease control rates in patients treated with lenvatinib were 23.9% and 70.4%, respectively (CRPRSDPD = 3143321), while those shown by RECIST, ver. 1.1, were 15.4% and 66.2%, respectively (CRPRSDPD = 1103624). Adverse events (any grade ≥10%) were appetite loss (26.7%) (grade 123 = 21510), general fatigue (21.8%) (grade 123 = 3136), protein in urine (16.8%) (grade 123 = 0413), and hypertension (13.9%) (grade 123 = 185).CONCLUSION:
Although lenvatinib treatment might not provide a pseudo-combination immunotherapy effect following Atez/Bev failure, lenvatinib when used as second-line treatment after Atez/Bev failure might be expected to be comparable as compared to its use as first-line treatment.Palabras clave
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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Male
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2023
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