Phase II study evaluating trifluridine/tipiracil + bevacizumab and capecitabine + bevacizumab in first-line unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients who are noneligible for intensive therapy (TASCO1): Results of the final analysis on the overall survival.

Authors

Eric Van Cutsem

Eric Van Cutsem

University Hospital Gasthuisberg and University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Eric Van Cutsem , Iwona Danielewicz , Mark P. Saunders , Per Pfeiffer , Guillem Argiles , Christophe Borg , Robert Glynne-Jones , Cornelis J. A. Punt , Agnes J. van de Wouw , Mikhail Fedyanin , Daniil Stroyakovskiy , Hendrik Kroening , Pilar Garcia-Alfonso , Harpreet Singh Wasan , Alfredo Falcone , Paul Aubel , Anton Egorov , Nadia Amellal , Vladimir Moiseenko

Organizations

University Hospital Gasthuisberg and University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Szpitale Wojewodzkie w Gdyni/Gdansk Medical University, Gdynia, Poland, Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Oncology (VHIO), CIBERONC, TTD Group, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Medical Oncology, Besancon University Hospital, Besancon, France, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Middlesex, United Kingdom, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Viecuri Medical Centre, Venlo, Netherlands, Federal State Budgetary Institution N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO), Moscow, Russian Federation, Moscow City Oncology Hospital, Moscow, Russian Federation, Schwerpunktpraxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie, Magdeburg, Germany, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Hammersmith Hospital, Division of Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France, Saint-Petersburg Scientific Practical Center for Specialized Medical Care, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Servier; Taiho

Background: Our phase II randomized study was conducted in patients with previously untreated unresectable mCRC not eligible to receive standard oxaliplatin- or irinotecan- based chemotherapy regimens. The results of the primary study analysis were reported earlier and demonstrated a promising efficacy in terms of progression-free survival (PFS) and an acceptable safety profile for the combination of trifluridine/tipiracil + bevacizumab (E. Van Cutsem et al. Ann. Oncol. 2020). Here we present the final end-of-study analysis on the overall survival (OS). Methods: Eligible patients were randomized in 1:1 ratio to receive either trifluridine/tipiracil administered orally at 35 mg/m²/dose bid from days 1-5 and days 8-12, and bevacizumab at 5 mg/kg on days 1 and 15 of a 28-day treatment cycle (TT-B), or capecitabine administered orally at 1250 or 1000 mg/m²/dose bid (according to the patient’s status) from days 1-14 and bevacizumab at 7.5 mg/kg on day 1 of a 21-day treatment cycle (C-B). Cycles were repeated until documented disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or investigator’s/patient’s decision. Following the treatment discontinuation, all patients were followed for OS until the end-of-study, which was defined as the date of the withdrawal visit for the last patient. In the absence of death confirmation or for patients alive as of the end-of-study date, survival time was censored at the date of their last study follow-up. For the OS analysis the HR and the corresponding 2-sided 80% and 2-sided 95% CIs for TT-B versus C-B were estimated using a Cox proportional hazard model adjusting for the stratification factors based on IWRS data. OS was summarized using Kaplan-Meier curves and further characterized in terms of the median and survival probabilities at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months along with the corresponding 2-sided 80% and 2-sided 95% CI (Brookmeyer and Crowley CI for median and Kalbfleisch and Prentice CI for survival probabilities). Results: From April 2016 to March 2017, 153 patients were randomized and followed until end-of-study on September 1, 2020. Twenty-one patients, 11 from TT-B and 10 from C-B, were alive and censored for the analysis. Median OS was 22.31 months in TT-B and 17.67 months in C-B with HR 0.78 (95% CI, 0.55, 1.10). Survival probability at 18 months in TT-B was 0.62 (95% CI, 0.50, 0.72), and 0.47 (95% CI, 0.35, 0.57) in C-B. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated earlier a median PFS of 9.2 months for TT-B and 7.8 months for C-B when administered to patients with previously untreated unresectable mCRC ineligible for standard combination chemotherapy. The final study analysis performed on OS, the main secondary endpoint, provided further evidence for TT-B as a noteworthy valuable regimen in this population settings. Clinical trial information: NCT02743221

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Rapid Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Rapid Abstract Session: Anal and Colorectal Cancer

Track

Colorectal Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02743221

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 3; abstr 14)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.3_suppl.14

Abstract #

14

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