Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-D and clinical outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients (pts) treated with second-line FOLFIRI plus bevacizumab (Bev): A biomarker study of the WJOG 6210G trial.

Authors

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Naoki Izawa

St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

Naoki Izawa , Kohei Shitara , Toshiki Masuishi , Tadamichi Denda , Kentaro Yamazaki , Toshikazu Moriwaki , Hiroyuki Okuda , Chihiro Kondoh , Tomohiro Nishina , Akitaka Makiyama , Hideo Baba , Hironori Yamaguchi , Masato Nakamura , Yu Sunakawa , Kohei Akiyoshi , Mikio Sato , Kimio Yonesaka , Takayuki Yoshino , Takeharu Yamanaka , Kei Muro

Organizations

St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, Chiba Cancer Center Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shimonagakubo, Japan, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Keiyukai Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, Matsuyama, Japan, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Kyushu Hospital, Kita-Kyushu, Japan, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan, Aizawa Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Ryugasaki Saiseikai Hospital, Ryugasaki, Japan, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Research Funding

Other Government Agency
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

Background: The WJOG 6210G trial demonstrated a similar efficacy between FOLFIRI plus Bev and FOLFIRI plus panitumumab (Pani) at 2nd-line treatment in pts with KRAS exon2 wild-type mCRC (Shitara K, et al, Cancer Sci 2016). Recently, angiogenesis biomarker studies of clinical trials have identified VEGF-D as a potential predictor for angiogenesis inhibitors in mCRC. We evaluated whether VEGF-D level are associated with clinical outcomes in the WJOG 6210G trial. Methods: Plasma samples which were collected at pre-treatment were analyzed. VEGF-D level in plasma was measured by means of magnetic bead panel (G & G SCIENCE CO., LTD.). The correlations of VEGF-D level with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated by cox regression analyses. Results: Ninety-nine pts were evaluable for VEGF-D level (Bev, n = 51; Pani, n = 48) among 121 pts enrolled in the WJOG6210G. The median VEGF-D level was 441 pg/ml (range 60-1570). VEGF-D level was not affected by the period from last administration of 1st-line Bev to start of 2nd-line treatment. When the median VEGF-D level was adopted as cut-off value, pts with high VEGF-D achieved a shorter PFS and OS than pts with low VEGF-D in the Bev arm [HR: 0.58 (95%CI 0.32-1.07), p = 0.08; HR: 0.62 (95%CI 0.34-1.11), p = 0.10]. In pts with high VEGF-D, the Bev arm tended to have a shorter OS and PFS compared to Pani arm [median: 12.4 m vs. 17.5 m, HR: 1.58 (95%CI 0.87-2.88); median: 4.7 m vs. 5.5 m, HR: 1.31 (95%CI 0.72-2.40)]; whereas, comparable OS and PFS in pts with low VEGF-D [median: 18.9 m vs. 16.5 m, HR: 1.08 (95%CI 0.59-2.01); median: 5.9 m vs. 7.2 m, HR: 1.10 (95%CI 0.62-1.99)]. OS was stratified by VEGF-D level quartile, then OS of Bev arm in each quartile was compared with that of Pani arm (Table). Clinical trial information: UMIN000031621.Conclusions: Our study suggests clinically meaningful association between VEGF-D level and clinical outcomes in mCRC pts treated with 2nd-line FOLFIRI plus Bev.

Quartiles VEGF-D level (pg/ml) n HR 95% CI
< 25 % 60 < - < 238 24 0.81 0.34-2.00
25 % < - < 50 % 238 < - < 441 25 1.27 0.52-3.17
50 % < - < 75 % 441 < - < 636 25 1.13 0.50-2.57
75 % < 636 < - < 1570 25 2.06 0.83-5.38

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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

UMIN000031621

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 226)

Abstract #

226

Poster Bd #

L4

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