Efficacy and safety of regorafenib as third-line therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer: An indirect meta-analysis.

Authors

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Yinying WU

The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi an, China

Yinying WU , Yangwei Fan , Dan Feng Dong , Xuyuan Dong , Yuan Hu , Yu Shi , Jiayu Jing , En Xiao Li

Organizations

The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi an, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, Department of Medical Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

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Background: The evidence base for optimum third-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is not conclusive. Recent studies have demonstrated the efficacy of regorafenib as third-line therapy in mCRC. This indirect meta-analysis compared the efficacy and safety of regorafenib in comparison to other available third-line therapies in mCRC. Methods: Literature search for randomized controlled trials was conducted in PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library for studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of fruquintinib, regorafenib, TAS-102 and nintedanib as third-line therapies in mCRC patients. The primary outcomes included overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR) and safety as the secondary outcome. Hazard ratio (HR) and relative risk (RR) with their respective 95% confidence interval (CI) were used for analysis of survival, clinical response and safety data, respectively. An adjusted indirect meta-analysis with placebo as the common comparator was performed. Results: We identified 8 RCTs studies comparing regorafenib (2 studies), fruquintinib (2 studies), TAS-102 (3 studies) and nintedanib (1 study) against placebo. The OS with regorafenib was significantly better when compared to nintedanib (HR= 0.66, 95% CI 0.45, 0.95, p=0.02), but was similar to that of fruquintinib (HR=1.01, 95% CI 0.67, 1.52, p=0.94) and TAS-102 (HR= 0.97, 95% CI 0.68, 1.38, p=0.88). The PFS and ORR for regorafenib were slightly better than TAS-102 (PFS: HR= 0.86, 95% CI 0.54, 1.37, p=0.5; ORR: RR= 1.13, 95% CI 0.11, 11.05, p=0.92) and nintedanib (PFS: HR= 0.68, 95% CI 0.42, 1.10, p=0.12, ORR: not reported) but was lower than fruquintinib (PFS: HR= 1.53, 95% CI 0.93, 2.52, p=0.08; ORR: RR= 0.68269, 95% CI 0.045, 10.32, p=0.79). Safety analysis showed that the relative risk of adverse events was lesser in patients treated with regorafenib in comparison to fruquintinib but was similar to that of nintedanib and TAS-102. Conclusions: Regorafenib with its efficacy and safety coupled with comprehensive continuously anti-angiogenic therapy, might be the first option in third-line mCRC. Head-on comparisons are required for further validation.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session C: Anal and Colorectal Cancer

Track

Colorectal Cancer,Anal Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 119)

Abstract #

119

Poster Bd #

F5

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