International real-world study of TOTAL neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC).

Authors

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Alessandro Audisio

Institut Jules Bordet-Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium

Alessandro Audisio , Vaneja Velenik , Hélène Meillat , Erika Ruiz-Garcia , Maria Carmen Riesco Martinez , Jeroen Dekervel , Carlos Torres Carvalho , Francisco Javier Suárez , Iva Kirac , Jorge Hernando , Mehmet Artac , Juan Manuel O'Connor , Pètra Braam , Ali Shamseddine , Beatrice Borelli , David Paez Lopez-Bravo , Audrius Dulskas , Francesca De Felice , Alexander Vanden Bulcke , Francesco Sclafani

Organizations

Institut Jules Bordet-Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France, Gastrointestinal Oncology Department & Traslational Medicine Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico, October 12 University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, University Hospital Leuven (UZ Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, Champalimaud Cancer Centre, Lisboa, Portugal, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, University Clinical Hospital Center "Sestre Milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia, Medical Oncology Department, Vall Hebron University Hospital, Vall Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, Turkey, Alexander Fleming Institute, Ciudad Autónoma De Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa & Unit of Medical Oncology 2, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy, Department of Gastroenterology/Digestive Oncology, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: TNT has recently emerged as a standard treatment for LARC. However, use and outcome of the different TNT regimens in real-world practice are largely unknown. Methods: This is an international, multicentre, retrospective study sponsored by the Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels. Eligibility was limited to newly diagnosed LARC patients treated with TNT between March 2013 and May 2023 and outside the context of a clinical trial. The primary objective was to describe real-word practice across international centres. Secondary objectives included treatment safety and efficacy. Data were collected into a central electronic database, and remotely monitored. Descriptive statistics were used, and survival outcomes were estimated with Kaplan-Meier curves. Results: 1,272 eligible patients were included from 47 centres across four continents (Europe, Asia, North America and South America). Baseline characteristics were as follows: 63% males, median age 60 years (range 21-88), 47% low rectum, 26% cT4, 47% cN2, 49% EMVI+, 59% CRM+. In the overall population, 21% of the resected patients had a pathological complete response (pCR), while 11.3% were managed according to a watch-&-wait (w&w) strategy. Median follow-up was 24.1 months (IQR 23.7). Local and distant recurrences after curative-intent surgery occurred in 5.5% and 16.2% of patients, respectively. 3-year event-free survival (EFS) was 68.3%, while 3-year overall survival (OS) was 89%. Serious adverse events were reported in 4.3% of patients during radiotherapy, and in 14.7% during chemotherapy. Patient distribution according to the TNT sequence/regimen, and respective efficacy outcomes are reported in the table. Conclusions: This is the largest real-world study of TNT for LARC. Our findings show substantial variation in the choice of TNT sequence and regimen. Efficacy and safety results are overall in line with those reported in clinical trials, and confirm feasibility of TNT in a real-world setting. Patient recruitment is ongoing, and updated results with propensity score matching analyses will be reported at the meeting.

TNT Sequence (N=1,272)Nw&wpCRLocal RecurrenceDistant
Recurrence
3-year EFS3-year OS
Chemo à CRT388 (30.5%)20 (5.1%)71 (21%)16 (5%)44 (13.8%)71.8%90.5%
CRT à Chemo191 (15%)52 (27.2%)26 (20%)7 (5.6%)27 (21.6%)59.8%89.7%
SCRT à Chemo439 (34.5%)51 (11.6%)84 (23%)19 (5.6%)42 (12.3%)66.1%89.5%
Chemo à SCRT33 (2.6%)2 (6.1%)5 (26%)3 (11.1%)6 (22.2%)62%88.6%
Chemo à RT à Chemo221 (17.4%)19 (8.6%)36 (18%)11 (5.6%)41 (20.9%)72.6%86.4%
TNT regimen (N=960)
RAPIDO436 (45.4%)51 (11.7%)84 (23%)19 (5.6%)41 (12.1%)66.3%89.6%
PRODIGE-23210 (21.9%)11 (5.2%)40 (22.3%)5 (2.8%)26 (14.9%)75.1%93.5%
OPRA Induction134 (14%)6 (4.5%)22 (18.3%)8 (6.8%)13 (11%)62.6%89.2%
OPRA Consolidation180 (18.7%)45 (25%)25 (20%)7 (5.7%)27 (22.1%)60.8%89.1%

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session C: Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus

Track

Colorectal Cancer,Anal Cancer

Sub Track

Patient-Reported Outcomes and Real-World Evidence

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 3; abstr 40)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.3_suppl.40

Abstract #

40

Poster Bd #

D3

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