scholarly journals Temozolomide as Second or Third Line Treatment of Patients with Neuroendocrine Carcinomas

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid H. Olsen ◽  
Jens B. Sørensen ◽  
Birgitte Federspiel ◽  
Andreas Kjaer ◽  
Carsten P. Hansen ◽  
...  

Background. Knowledge of the clinical efficacy in recurrent neuroendocrine carcinomas is sparse. Treatment with temozolomide alone or in combination with capecitabine and bevacizumab has recently shown promising results.Patients and Methods. Analysis of consecutive patients with neuroendocrine carcinomas (Ki-67 proliferation index >20%) and performance status 0–2 treated with temozolomide 200 mg/sqm orally days 1–5 every 28 days after at least one previous platin-containing chemotherapy regimen.Results. Twenty-eight eligible patients received a median of 3 courses. Sixteen patients were evaluable for response: Six achieved stable disease and ten progressed. The median survival for the 28 patients was 3.5 months. Survival in patients with tumors of pancreatic origin (n=7) was 7.0 months versus 2.9 months in non-pancreatic origin (n=21). Patients in PS 0-1 (n=22) had a median survival of 4.5 months versus 1.1 months in patients in PS 2 (n=6). Ki-67 index ≥50% was associated with a significantly shorter median survival than Ki-67 index <50% (2.7 months versus 10.9 months). The treatment was well tolerated.Conclusion. Temozolomide monotherapy has limited effect in treatment of recurrent neuroendocrine carcinomas. Second line treatment with temozolomide in combination with other compounds should be further investigated in patients in good performance with Ki-67 index <50%.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e21086-e21086
Author(s):  
Geoffroy Bilger ◽  
Anne-Claire Toffart ◽  
Marie Darasson ◽  
Michaël Duruisseaux ◽  
Lucie Ulmer ◽  
...  

e21086 Background: With the growing role of immunotherapy (ICI) as first-line setting for advanced NSCLC, strategies must be redefined after failure. The combination paclitaxel-bevacizumab showed in the ULTIMATE trial a significant superiority versus docetaxel as second or third-line treatment. Limited restropective studies has demonstrated unexpected efficacy of chemotherapy after prior progression on ICI. This combination could be use as salvage treatment following ICI. Methods: This multi-centric retrospective study identifies patients treated with the combination paclitaxel-bevacizumab in metastatic non-squamous NSCLC as second-line therapy or beyond. Main objectives were to describe safety and efficacy of this combination, with a special attention to the sub-group treated just after ICI. Results: From January 2010 to February 2020, 314 patients started the paclitaxel-bevacizumab combination : 55% male, with a median age of 60 years, 27% with a performance status ≥2, 45% with brain metastases. A majority of patients were treated in second (20%) and third-line (39%), and 28% were treated just after ICI failure (88/314). Objective response rate (ORR) was 40% and disease control rate was 77 %. Median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 5,7 months [IQ,3,2–9,6] and 10,8 months [IQ,5,3–19,6] respectively. All grades adverse events concerned 82% of patients, including 53% asthenia and 39% neurotoxicity, and 25% of patients continued a monotherapy alone due to toxicity. Median PFS for patients treated after ICI failure (ICI+) was significantly superior compare to those not previously treated with ICI (ICI-) : 7,0 months [IQ,4,2–11,0] vs 5,2 months [IQ,2,9–8,8] p (log-rank) = 0,01. There was not statistically significant difference in term of OS between this two groups. In multivariate analysis, factors associated with superior PFS were previous ICI treatment (ICI+) and performance status. Conclusions: This study confirms an acceptable toxicity profile associated with interesting efficacy of the combination paclitaxel-bevacizumab as second-line treatment or beyond for non–squamous NSCLC patients, particularly after progression with ICI.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Tafuto ◽  
Claudia von Arx ◽  
Monica Capozzi ◽  
Fabiana Tatangelo ◽  
Manuela Mura ◽  
...  

Background. Platinum-based chemotherapy is the mainstay of front-line treatment of patients affected by pluri-metastatic intermediate/high grade NeuroEndocrine Neoplasms (NENs). However, there are no standard second-line treatments at disease progression. Previous clinical experiences have evidenced that temozolomide (TMZ), an oral analog of dacarbazine, is active against NENs at standard doses of 150 to 200 mg/mq per day on days 1 to 5 of a 28-day cycle, even if a significant treatment-related toxicity is reported. Methods. Metastatic NENs patients were treated at the ENETS (European NeuroEndocrine Tumor Society) center of excellence of Naples (Italy), from 2014 to 2017 with a second-line alternative metronomic schedule of TMZ, 75 mg/m2 per os “one week on/one week off”. Toxicity was graded with NCI-CTC criteria v4.0; objective responses with RECIST v1.1 and performance status (PS) according to ECOG. Results. Twenty-six consecutive patients were treated. Median age was 65.5 years. The predominant primary organs were pancreas and lung. Grading was G2 in 11 patients, G3 in 15. More than half of patients had a PS 2 (15 vs. 11 with PS 1). The median time-on-temozolomide therapy was 12.2 months (95% CI: 11.4–19.6). No G3/G4 toxicities were registered. Complete response was obtained in 1 patient, partial response in 4, stable disease in 19 (disease control rate: 92.3%), and progressive disease in 2. The median overall survival from TMZ start was 28.3 months. PS improved in 73% of patients. Conclusions. Metronomic TMZ is a suitable treatment for G2 and G3 NENs particularly in PS 2 patients. Prospective and larger trials are needed to confirm these results.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. iv14-iv14
Author(s):  
Aimee Goel ◽  
Lillie Shahabi ◽  
Ganesalingam Narenthiran ◽  
Kevin O’Neill ◽  
David Peterson ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction For older patients with glioblastoma (GBM), age, extent of resection, and performance status are prognostic factors. However, an international survey conducted by our Unit found that >40% of neurosurgeons use age alone to discount surgery in older (65+) patients. The aim of this study was to review management in our Unit for 65+ GBM patients, to inform future approaches. Methods Patients 65+ with a new GBM diagnosis in our Unit, between 2014 and 2017, were identified. Demographic data, performance status (PS), comorbidity and frailty indices, together with details of surgical/oncological management and outcome were collected. Results 78 patients were identified. 78% aged 65–74 underwent maximal safe resection, compared with 45% aged 75–84, and 10% aged 85+. Resection was undertaken in 68% PS1, 73% PS2 and 23% PS3 patients. No PS3 patient completed intended radiotherapy, compared with 79% PS1 and 74% PS2 patients. There was a significant difference in frailty scores of patients who completed scheduled oncological therapy compared with those who did not (median score 2 vs 4.5, p=0.0338). Median survival was 10 months for patients 65–74, 4 months for aged 75 -84, and 40 days for 85+ (p<0.0167). Median survival was significantly lower for PS3 patients (44 days) compared with PS1 or 2 (9.5 months and 7 months respectively; p<0.0167). Conclusion There is considerable variability in performance status and frailty of 65+ GBM patients. PS3 patients at diagnosis are very unlikely to complete oncological treatment. These factors, rather than age alone, should be used to guide management decisions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-528
Author(s):  
Hirofumi Tazawa ◽  
Takahisa Suzuki ◽  
Toshiaki Komo ◽  
Haruna Kubota ◽  
Shunya Tahara ◽  
...  

Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is detected in 14% of gastric cancers at the time of initial diagnosis, with a median survival time of 4 months. A 66-year-old woman diagnosed with cT4a(SE) N2M1(LYN) cStage IV was treated with three lines of chemotherapy for a year. During the third line of chemotherapy, computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a large amount of ascites, periportal collar sign, and bilateral ureteral stenosis owing to PM. The tumor biomarkers (CEA and CA 19–9) remained elevated similar to the initial levels. The patient was administered 3 mg/kg nivolumab intravenously biweekly as the fourth line of chemotherapy. Three months after the nivolumab treatment, gastroscopy revealed an extreme reduction of the tumor size, while CT scan revealed the absence of ascites and a well-controlled tumor. There was no immune-related adverse event with nivolumab during and after the treatment, and performance status improved to 0. The patient has been alive for about 2.5 years since her first visit with her sixth line of chemotherapy (docetaxel). We report a case of advanced gastric cancer with PM that was treated successfully with nivolumab.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Arias Ron ◽  
Carmen M. Labandeira ◽  
Soledad Cameselle García ◽  
Jesús García Mata ◽  
Mercedes Salgado Fernández

In a patient who had been diagnosed in 2006 with appendiceal adenocarcinoma with peritoneal metastases after an incomplete surgery, palliative chemotherapy was administered. First-line treatment with 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) and second-line treatment including 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan (FOLFIRI) plus panitumumab showed inefficiency in controlling disease progression. Third-line chemotherapy combining capecitabine plus bevacizumab was started, achieving good control of the tumour growth and a minor response in the second computed tomography scan. We decided to maintain the treatment, although forced bevacizumab “breaks” were necessary due to unexpected adverse events, with the patient suffering disease progression every time bevacizumab was stopped and reaching minor response again once the antiangiogenic treatment was reintroduced. During more than 10 years after starting third-line treatment, the patient maintained good performance status and disease stability with this “up and down” management until January 2019, when a neurological adverse event during bevacizumab infusion drove us to abandon it definitely.


2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 18036-18036
Author(s):  
J. W. Singer ◽  
F. B. Oldham ◽  
B. Bandstra ◽  
L. Sandalic ◽  
J. Bianco ◽  
...  

18036 Background: CB is an estrogen-influenced lysosomal cysteine protease produced by tumor cells and tumor-associated macrophages; tumor tissue CB protein levels and proteolytic activity are prognostic in NSCLC (Anticancer Res. 2004; 24:4147–61). The prognostic value of serum CB has not previously been evaluated in NSCLC. Here we evaluate the impact of pretreatment CB levels on survival in pts from 2 phase III trials in advanced NSCLC, STELLAR 3 and 4. These trials compared paclitaxel poliglumex (PPX) against commonly used regimens. As the intratumoral metabolic pathway of PPX is characterized by the CB-mediated release of paclitaxel (P) from a polymeric backbone (Ca Chemother Pharm. 2006. Epub ahead of print), correlation of CB levels with PPX efficacy was assessed as well. Methods: Pretreatment serum samples from 450 chemo-naive pts with advanced NSCLC and PS 2 enrolled in STELLAR 3 (P + carboplatin (C) v. PPX + C) (N=315) and STELLAR 4 (vinorelbine or gemcitabine v. PPX) (N=135) were assayed for CB by ELISA (ICON Labs). Values were assessed by quartiles and there was a clear breakpoint at the median. Pts were categorized as high or low CB based on values above or below the median (64 ng/ml). The effect of CB levels on survival was evaluated by log rank for pooled pts from the studies. Results: As detailed in the table , median survival for non-PPX-treated pts was worse if CB was high; in contrast, median survival for PPX-treated pts did not differ by CB level. Pts with high CB receiving PPX showed a trend towards better survival compared to those receiving control regimens. Conclusions: The data suggest that serum CB may be prognostic biomarker for NSCLC. Retrospective analysis suggests a trend towards improved survival in patients with high CB receiving PPX; prospective studies are required to confirm this observation. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e20531-e20531
Author(s):  
Y. Manikyam ◽  
G. G. Hanna ◽  
R. J. Harte ◽  
P. G. Henry ◽  
R. F. Houston ◽  
...  

e20531 Background: The survival advantage for combination chemotherapy in advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma is well documented. Epirubicin and cisplatin in combination with either 5FU (ECF) or capecitabine (ECX) result in response rates of 35–46% and a median survival of around 9 months in RCT. We report the impact of socioeconomic status on the outcome of ECF and ECX treatment in advanced gastroesophageal cancer patients in Northern Ireland between 2000 and 2007. Methods: All patients with advanced esophageal (O), gastric (G), or esophagogastric junction (OGJ) adenocarcinoma, receiving palliative chemotherapy from January 2000 to August 2007, were identified from our institutional database. Baseline demographics, clinical characteristics, treatment details, and clinical outcomes were recorded. Patients receiving chemotherapy in a clinical trial were excluded. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Deprivation was assessed using the patient's home address deprivation index (DPI) (Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2005; May 2005. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. www.nisra.gov.uk ). Results: 274 eligible patients (m=200, f=74, O=114, OGJ=19, G=141) were identified. Median age was 62 years (range 22–83). 172 (62.8%) had ECOG performance status 0 or 1. 231 patients (84.3%) had metastatic disease, 43 (15.7%) had locally advanced disease. 216 (78.8%) patients received ECF and 58 (21.2%) patients received ECX. Overall median survival was 7.3 months. Treatment response and performance status were strong predictors of survival, however disease extent did not influence survival. Median survival was significantly longer in those with DPIs in the upper two quintiles than the lower 3 quintiles (9.5 months vs. 6.8 months, p=0.032). Conclusions: Outcomes achieved with palliative ECF/ECX treatment are similar to the reference clinical trials. Socioeconomic deprivation is significantly associated with reduced survival in this group of patients and is unrelated to disease extent at presentation; however it may be related to nutritional status and comorbidity and requires further investigation. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e22190-e22190
Author(s):  
Kokoro Kobayashi ◽  
Yoshinori Ito ◽  
Akiko Ogiya ◽  
Naoya Gomi ◽  
Rie Horii ◽  
...  

e22190 Background: The metastatic breast tumor tends to be more aggressive with high proliferation, but this has not been proven in clinical sampling of metastatic tumors. Methods: Forty-eight patients who had histological specimens of both primary and metastatic sites of luminal breast cancer (ER and/or PgR positive and HER2 negative) were examined. We classified them as luminal A (LA) with Ki-67 labeling index of less than 14% and as luminal B (LB) with Ki-67 labeling index of more than 14%. We analyzed their overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) of 1st line treatment of each subtype of primary and metastatic tumors. Results: Subtypes of primary tumors and metastatic tumors were as follows; the primary tumor: LA; 34 patients (70.8%), LB; 14 (29.2%), metastatic tumors: LA; 21 (43.8%), LB; 27 (56.2%). Patients with LA of the primary tumor demonstrated statistically longer OS (LA; 72.5 months, LB 39.6 months, p=0.009). OS depended on the subtype of the primary tumor. In contrast, patients with LB of a metastatic tumor showed a statistically worse PFS (LA; 20.5 months, LB; 11.5 months, p=0.040). PFS of the 1st line treatment for MBC depended on the subtype of the metastatic tumor. Conclusions: The frequency of LB was increased on metastatic tumors and tended to acquire a higher proliferation index. This suggests that characterization of metastatic tumors could be better as an indicator of subsequent treatment for MBC. [Table: see text]


2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 620-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Qiu ◽  
F. Bi ◽  
J. Liu ◽  
Q. Li ◽  
C. Yi

620 Background: There is no standard chemotherapeutic regimen for patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) progressing after combination regimens including irinotecan and oxaliplatin and having good performance status. 5-FU and gemcitabine are synergistic in preclinical studies of colon cancer cells. And gemcitabine also increases intracellular release of 5-FU from capecitabine. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of the gemcitabine/capecitabine combination as third-line treatment for patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Methods: Between May 2007 and September 2009, the data on 12 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of irinotecan- and oxaliplatin-containing regimens reviewed retrospectively. The median patient age was 54.0 years (range 37-77). The ECOG performance status was 0, 1 or 2. All patients has 2 or more previous chemotherapy. Patients received GemCap regimen (oral capecitabine 1,000 mg/m2 twice daily on days 1 to 14 plus Gem 1,000 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks). Eleven patients were evaluable for the response and all patients were evaluable for toxicity. Results: No partial response was achieved and disease stabilization in 4 (36.4.3%) cases. Median progression-free survival and median overall survival were 9.1 weeks (range 3.0-18.0) and 22.3 weeks (range 10.5- 53.0). Four patients with disease stabilization had longer median progression-free survival than those with disease progression (13 weeks vs. 6.2 weeks). No toxic deaths occurred. Grade 3 toxicities were thrombocytopenia (in 2 patients), neutropenia (in 2 patients) and mucositis (in 1 patient), hand-foot syndrome (in 1 patient) and GI toxicity (in 2 patients). Conclusions: The combination of gemcitabine and capecitabine was found to be a safe palliative regimen for heavily pretreated patients with metastatic CRC. Despite no patients had radiologic response, patients with disease stabilization achieved better progression-free survival. This regimen seems to be potentially effective regimen in the treatment of CRC. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 1261-1261
Author(s):  
Jean-Marie Bruey ◽  
Zeev Estrov ◽  
Hagop M. Kantarjian ◽  
Wanlong Ma ◽  
Chen-Hsiung Yeh ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 1261 Poster Board I-283 Ki-67 is a nuclear antigen that is expressed in all stages of the cell cycle except G0 and is widely used as a marker of cellular proliferation in human tumors. We recently demonstrated that levels of plasma circulating Ki-67 (cKi-67) are significantly higher in patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) than in healthy control subjects, and that elevated levels of cKi-67 are associated with a shorter survival in ALL patients. Here we examined the associations of cKi-67 levels with laboratory and clinical variables in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The study included 194 patients with CLL and 96 healthy control subjects. The cKi-67 levels in plasma were determined using electro-chemiluminescence-based immunoassay using the Mesoscale Discovery platform. Since usually Ki-67 is used as an index of tumor cell proliferation, we took into account the lymphocyte count of the CLL patients in peripheral blood and normalized the levels of the cKi67 to the absolute number of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood establishing plasma cKI-67 index (cKi-67 level ng/1000 circulating lymphocytes/μL plasma). Median (range) levels of absolute cKi-67 were significantly higher in patients with CLL than in control subjects (914.65 [102.0-4975.12] ng/mL vs 353 [35.76-2830.65] ng/mL; P<0.0001). However, absolute levels did not correlate with clinical or other laboratory variables (white cell count, hemoglobin, platelets, beta-2 microglobulin, or Rai stage, performance status). In contrast, the cKI-67 index correlated significantly with bone marrow involvement (p<0.001), number of lymph node sites involved (p<0.001), and Rai stage (p=0.05), but not with IgVH mutation (P=0.62) or performance status (p=0.71) The cK-I67 index was significantly associated with survival when used as either as a continuous variable (P=0.002) or as a dichotomous variable (P=0.005). Multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis incorporating cKi67 index with IgVH mutation status and B2M, demonstrated that only cKi-67 and B2M were independent predictors of survival. This data shows that there variability in proliferation between patients with CLL and those patients high relative proliferation (index) have more aggressive disease. Furthermore, plasma cKi-67 index and B2M levels are strong predictors of clinical behavior in CLL. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


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