Can adding targeted therapy to second-line systemic chemotherapy improve outcomes in people with metastatic colorectal cancer?

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Targeted Therapy ◽  
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Systemic Chemotherapy ◽  
Second Line

FOLFIRI versus irinotecan monodrug as second-line treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer patients: An open, multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled phase III clinical study.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4038-4038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weijian Guo ◽  
Xiaowei Zhang ◽  
Yusheng Wang ◽  
Wen Zhang ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Targeted Therapy ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Local Treatment ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Line Treatment ◽  
Second Line ◽  
First Line

4038 Background: The most commonly used treatment methods for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC)are systemic chemotherapy, molecular targeted therapy and local treatment. The main chemotherapy drugs for mCRC include Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and 5-Fu. V308 Research shows that FOLFOX and FOLFIRI can be standard first or second-line of each other in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. However if the first-line treatment regimen containing 5-FU fails, whether it is necessary to re-challenge 5-FU when Irinotecan is applied in the second line is unknown. There is no head-to-head comparative study to answer whether the FOLFIRI regimen is better than the Irinotecan monodrug. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a comparative study of FOLFIRI Versus Irinotecan monodrug to observe whether adding 5-Fu on the basis of Irinotecan can improve the therapeutic effect. Methods: This was a randomized phase III trial. Patients from 5 centers in China with metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma, for whom first-line of chemotherapy including oxaliplatin combined with fluorouracil drugs (combined or not combined with targeted therapy) had failed, were enrolled. 172 patients with mCRC were randomly treated with FOLFIRI or Irinotecan monodrug were included in this study. FOLFIRI group: Irinotecan 180mg/m2; Lecovorin 400mg/m2; 5-Fu 400mg/m2; 5-Fu 2400mg/m2 CIV 46h. Irinotecan monodrug group 180mg/m2, The regimen was repeated every 2 weeks. The primary endpoint is PFS, and this clinical trail is a superiority trial. Results: ITT (Intention-To-Treat) analysis: Among 172 patients, 10 had PR, 93 had SD, and 63 had PD, 6 patients have not received efficacy evaluation yet. The ORR was 5.68% VS. 5.95%, and the DCR was 61.36% and 54.76% in FOLFIRI group and Irinotecan monodrug group, respectively. Adverse reactions included neutropenia, stomatitis, diarrhea, fatigue, abnormal liver enzymes, pyrexia, arrhythmia, nausea and most of these were grade 1-2. The dose reduction rate induced by drug tocixity of was 13.64% and 7.14% in FOLFIRI group and Irinotecan monodrug group, respectively. Conclusions: These data show that Irinotecan monodrug has the similar ORR and DCR with FOLFIRI regimen in second-line treatment of mCRC. Irinotecan monodrug has lower adverse effect. Clinical trial information: NCT02935764 .

Efficacy and Toxicity of Addition of Bevacizumab to Chemotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 718-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Cong Ruan ◽  
Yue-Ping Che ◽  
Li Ding ◽  
Hai-Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Adverse Event ◽  
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Line Treatment ◽  
Second Line ◽  
First Line ◽  
Second Line Therapy ◽  
Clinical Prognosis ◽  
Line Therapy ◽  
Significant Difference

Background: Pre-treated patients with first-line treatment can be offered a second treatment with the aim of improving their poor clinical prognosis. The therapy of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients who did not respond to first-line therapy has limited treatment options. Recently, many studies have paid much attention to the efficacy of bevacizumab as an adjuvant treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of bevacizumab plus chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab-naive based chemotherapy as second-line treatment in people with metastatic CRC. Methods: Electronic databases were searched for eligible studies updated to March 2018. Randomized-controlled trials comparing addition of bevacizumab to chemotherapy without bevacizumab in MCRC patients were included, of which, the main interesting results were the efficacy and safety profiles of the addition of bevacizumab in patients with MCRC as second-line therapy. Result: Five trials were eligible in the meta-analysis. Patients who received the combined bevacizumab and chemotherapy treatment in MCRC as second-line therapy showed a longer overall survival (OS) (OR=0.80,95%CI=0.72-0.89, P<0.0001) and progression-free survival (PFS) (OR=0.69,95%CI=0.61-0.77, P<0.00001). In addition, there was no significant difference in objective response rate (ORR) (RR=1.36,95%CI=0.82-2.24, P=0.23) or severe adverse event (SAE) (RR=1.02,95%CI=0.88-1.19, P=0.78) between bevacizumab-based chemotherapy and bevacizumabnaive based chemotherapy. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the addition of bevacizumab to the chemotherapy therapy could be an efficient and safe treatment option for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer as second-line therapy and without increasing the risk of an adverse event.

scholarly journals Evidence-Based Second-Line Treatment in RAS Wild-Type/Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in the Precision Medicine Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 7717
Author(s):  
Guido Giordano ◽  
Pietro Parcesepe ◽  
Giuseppina Bruno ◽  
Annamaria Piscazzi ◽  
Vincenzo Lizzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Checkpoint Inhibitors ◽  
Line Treatment ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
First Line ◽  
Braf Mutations ◽  
Mutational Status ◽  
First Line Treatment

Target-oriented agents improve metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) survival in combination with chemotherapy. However, the majority of patients experience disease progression after first-line treatment and are eligible for second-line approaches. In such a context, antiangiogenic and anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) agents as well as immune checkpoint inhibitors have been approved as second-line options, and RAS and BRAF mutations and microsatellite status represent the molecular drivers that guide therapeutic choices. Patients harboring K- and N-RAS mutations are not eligible for anti-EGFR treatments, and bevacizumab is the only antiangiogenic agent that improves survival in combination with chemotherapy in first-line, regardless of RAS mutational status. Thus, the choice of an appropriate therapy after the progression to a bevacizumab or an EGFR-based first-line treatment should be evaluated according to the patient and disease characteristics and treatment aims. The continuation of bevacizumab beyond progression or its substitution with another anti-angiogenic agents has been shown to increase survival, whereas anti-EGFR monoclonals represent an option in RAS wild-type patients. In addition, specific molecular subgroups, such as BRAF-mutated and Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) mCRCs represent aggressive malignancies that are poorly responsive to standard therapies and deserve targeted approaches. This review provides a critical overview about the state of the art in mCRC second-line treatment and discusses sequential strategies according to key molecular biomarkers.

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