The pretreatment lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) to predict treatment efficacy and prognosis in metastatic colorectal cancer treated with the combination of TAS-102 and bevacizumab (TAS-CC3 Study).

Authors

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Akihisa Matsuda

Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Akihisa Matsuda , Yoichiro Yoshida , Hirohiko Kamiyama , Chihiro Kosugi , Hiroshi Yoshida , Keiichiro Ishibashi , Keisuke Ihara , Makoto Takahashi , Hidekazu Kuramochi , Atsuko Fukazawa , Hiromichi Sonoda , Kazuhiko Yoshimatsu , Satoru Yamaguchi , Hideyuki Ishida , Suguru Hasegawa , Takeshi Yamada , Kazuhiro Sakamoto , Keiji Koda

Organizations

Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nippon Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, Department of Surgical Oncology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan, 3-1-3 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyoshi Chiba, Japan, Department of Surgery, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan, Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital, Kuki, Saitama, Japan, Department of Digestive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan

Research Funding

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Background: The combination regimen of TAS-102 and bevacizumab as salvage-line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) was established based on its high clinical effectiveness (C-TASK FORCE). Recently, our current phase II TAS-CC3 study demonstrated comparable median progression-free survival (PFS: 4.5m) and overall survival (OS: 9.2m) with exclusive inclusion of 3rd line therapy patients. However, practical predictors for its efficacy are lacking. This study evaluated inflammation-based scores as potential predictors for this combination therapy. Methods: This is a post hoc analysis of investigator-initiated, open-label, single-arm, multicentered phase II study (TAS-CC3) in Japan with 32 mCRC patients treated with the combination therapy. We investigated the predictive and prognostic values of pretreatment blood inflammation-based scores, including neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR), and lymphocyte-monocyte ratios (LMR), on disease-control (DC), PFS and OS. These were divided into two groups (high and low) using cut-off of each median values. This study was registered at the University Hospital Medical Information Network, as UMIN#000022438. Results: ROC curve analyses of 3 inflammation-based scores versus DC showed a best predictive performance in LMR, followed by NLR and PLR (AUC: 0.89, 0.85, and 0.68, respectively). The high LMR group had a significantly higher DC rate than the low group (87.5 vs. 43.8%, P= 0.023). Two patients showing partial responses were in the high group. The high LMR group showed significantly longer survivals compared with the low group (4.9 vs. 2.3m, respectively for median PFS, P= 0.014) (20.5 vs. 5.1m, respectively for median OS, P< 0.001). The values of LMR were significantly correlated with PFS and OS (r = 0.56: P< 0.001 and 0.62: P< 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: Pretreatment LMR is a valid predictive and prognostic biomarker for mCRC patients with TAS-102 and bevacizumab treatment and might be clinically useful for selecting patients of the responder. Clinical trial information: 000022438.

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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

Tumor Biology, Biomarkers, and Pathology

Clinical Trial Registration Number

000022438

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 224)

Abstract #

224

Poster Bd #

L2

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