Real world eligibility for cabozantinib (C), regorafenib (Reg), and ramucirumab (Ram) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients after sorafenib (S).

Authors

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Andrea S. Fung

Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada

Andrea S. Fung , Vincent C. Tam , Daniel E. Meyers , Hao-Wen Sim , Jennifer J. Knox , Valeriya O. Zaborska , Janine Marie Davies , Yoo-Joung Ko , Eugene Batuyong , Winson Y. Cheung , Haider Samawi , Richard M. Lee-Ying

Organizations

Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada, University of Calgary Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada, University of Calgary, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia Cancer Agency- Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, BC, Canada, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Tom Baker Cancer Center, Calgary, AB, Canada, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Research Funding

Other

Background: The CELESTIAL, RESORCE, and REACH-2 trials showed survival benefit of C, Reg, and Ram, respectively, when given after S to HCC patients. However, strict eligibility criteria (SEC) may limit generalizability. In clinical practice, modified eligibility criteria (MEC) may be used to offer treatments to select patients with slightly worse performance status (ECOG 2) or limited liver dysfunction (Child-Pugh (CP) B7). This study evaluated which patients in the real world would be eligible for these new treatments using SEC and MEC, and their prognostic impact. Methods: HCC patients who received S between 01/2008-06/2017 in British Columbia, Alberta, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Sunnybrook Cancer Centre in Canada were included. Clinical, pathologic, laboratory and outcome data were collected. Patients were classified as eligible or ineligible based on available CELESTIAL, RESORCE, REACH-2 clinical trial SEC or MEC. Median overall survival (mOS) for these groups was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: A total of 730 patients were identified. Using SEC, only 13.1% of patients would be eligible for C, Reg, or Ram (table). Expanding eligibility to include patients who meet MEC increased the proportion of eligible patients to 31.7%. Patients who met SEC had longer mOS compared to those who were ineligible. The most common reasons for not meeting SEC across all 3 trials were ECOG ≥ 2 (61.7%) and CP ≥ B (63.9%). Higher ineligibility for Reg or Ram was likely driven by strict trial-specific criteria, with 28.0% of patients ineligible for Reg due to S intolerance and 58.9% ineligible for Ram due to AFP < 400. Conclusions: Only a small proportion of real-world HCC patients would be eligible for C, Reg, or Ram based on SEC. More than twice as many patients would likely receive treatment if MEC were applied. If MEC are adopted, ongoing real-world evidence generation will be important to evaluate outcomes in these unstudied patient groups.

Trial EligibilityC
Reg
Ram
Eligible for at least 1 of C, Reg or Ram
%mOS%mOS%mOS%mOS
SEC10.18.87.59.75.86.213.19.4
MEC23.46.219.36.013.44.931.76.2

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Track

Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Sub Track

Multidisciplinary Treatment

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl 4; abstr 422)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.4_suppl.422

Abstract #

422

Poster Bd #

N2

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