Department of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
Yu Sunakawa , Chaochen Wang , Yongzhe Piao , Long Jin , Yoshinori Tanizawa , Zhihong Cai , Yoshinori Kagawa
Background: Oxaliplatin-containing regimens (FOLFOX or CAPOX) are the most common adjuvant treatments after curative resection of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, real-world evidence (RWE) of treatment sequence/outcomes for patients with early recurrence CRC after receiving adjuvant chemotherapy are limited. Methods: This retrospective cohort study was based on an administrative database in Japan. The primary objective was to describe the treatment sequence for patients with early recurrence CRC and treated by combination of FOLFIRI and anti-angiogenesis inhibitors (AAIs) or anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) after adjuvant FOLFOX or CAPOX therapy. The study included patients with CRC who underwent surgical resection, started adjuvant chemotherapy ≤3 months (mo) after the first surgery, had early recurrence of CRC (defined as initiation of FOLFIRI + AAIs/anti-EGFR mAbs second line [2L] regimen) within 1 year after adjuvant chemotherapy ended. Patient characteristics at baseline of 2L (60 days prior to 2L initiation) and treatment sequence were summarized descriptively; time to discontinuation (TTD) for adjuvant and 2L therapy were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier method. Cox proportional hazard model was used to identify risk factors associated with TTD of 2L regimen. Results: The cohort included 832 patients: median (range) age was 67 (24-86) years, 56.4% males, 65.5% with left-sided CRC. Most patients received CAPOX (71.3%) as adjuvant therapy. Median (95% CI) duration of adjuvant therapy was 5.4 mo (5.3-5.5). As 2L therapy, 72.5% and 27.5% of patients received FOLFIRI + AAIs (AAIs group) and FOLFIRI + anti-EGFR mAbs (anti-EGFR group), respectively. Median TTD (95% CI) of the AAIs and anti-EGFR groups in 2L were 6.2 mo (5.8-6.9) and 6.1 mo (5.2-7.4), respectively. Among patients with recurrence within 6 mo (72.6%), the median TTD (95% CI) for AAIs and anti-EGFR groups were 6.1 mo (5.5- 6.5) and 5.8 mo (5.1-7.8), respectively. Among patients with recurrence during 6 to 12 mo (27.4%), the median TTD (95% CI) of AAIs and anti-EGFR groups were 8.1 mo (6.1-9.2) and 6.2 mo (4.6-8.0), respectively. Age ≥70 years was negatively associated with TTD of 2L, HR = 1.19 (95% CI: 1.02-1.39); p=0.03. Conclusions: This is the first RWE based on administrative data on treatment sequence/ outcomes for patients with early recurrence CRC treated by FOLFIRI + AAIs/anti-EGFR mAbs after adjuvant FOLFOX/CAPOX therapy in Japan. The treatment outcomes for patients with early recurrence CRC were similar to previous clinical trials in 2L advanced CRC. The results suggested that these two 2L regimens had similar TTD; however, the timing of relapse may influence the efficacy of AAIs and anti-EGFR mAbs.
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