First report of the randomized phase III study of bi-weekly trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) plus bevacizumab (BEV) vs. FTD/TPI monotherapy for chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): JCOG2014 (ROBiTS).

Authors

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Hironaga Satake

Department of Medical Oncology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku-City, Japan

Hironaga Satake , Kentaro Yamazaki , Yusuke Suwa , Takahiro Tsushima , Yasunobu Ishizuka , Shogen Boku , Atsuo Takashima , Toshifumi Yamaguchi , Masako Asayama , Mitsuru Yokota , Koji Numata , Takashi Ohta , Hisateru Yasui , Yosuke Kito , Yasumasa Takii , Ryo Kitabayashi , Yusuke Sano , Haruhiko Fukuda , Tetsuya Hamaguchi , Yukihide Kanemitsu

Organizations

Department of Medical Oncology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku-City, Japan, Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan, Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Medical Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Treatment Center, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo City, Japan, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Cancer Center, Kitaadachi-Gun, Saitama, Japan, Department of General Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama-Shi Kanagawa-Ku, Japan, Department of Clinical Oncology, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan, Department of Medical Oncology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, Department of Medical Oncology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan, Japan Clinical Oncology Group Data Center/Operations Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan, Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Research Funding

National Cancer Center Research and Development Funds (29-A-3, 2020-J-3).

Background: FTD/TPI has been widely used as one of the standard therapies in the late-line treatment for patients with mCRC, and the efficacy of FTD/TPI plus BEV combination was also recently reported in the SUNLIGHT trial. However, the combination of FTD/TPI plus BEV increased the frequency of hematologic toxicity. On the other hand, several phase II studies suggested that modifying the FTD/TPI schedule in combination with BEV from 4-week intervals (2 weeks-on, 2 weeks-off) to bi-weekly dosing (1 week-on, 1 week-off) reduced hematologic toxicities without reducing efficacy. Therefore, we commenced a phase III study to confirm the superiority of bi-weekly FTD/TPI plus BEV to 4-week intervals FTD/TPI monotherapy. Methods: This study is an open-label, multicenter, phase III trial conducted in Colorectal Cancer Study Group of Japan Clinical Oncology Group. We randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients who were refractory or intolerant to fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, angiogenesis inhibitor, anti-EGFR antibody (if RAS-wild type), BRAF inhibitor and anti-EGFR antibody (if BRAFV600E-mutant), and immune check point inhibitor (if dMMR/MSI-H) to the treatment of mCRC to receive 4-week intervals FTD/TPI 70mg/m2/day monotherapy (arm A) or bi-weekly FTD/TPI plus bevacizumab 5mg/kg (arm B). The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS). Secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), response rate (RR), disease control rate (DCR), and safety. Results: In consideration of the results of the SUNLIGHT trial, this study was prematurely terminated. Between January 2022 and February 2023, a total of 152 patients were randomized (75 in the arm A and 77 in the arm B). Patient backgrounds between the two arms were well balanced. At the data cut-off date, all enrolled patients discontinued protocol treatment due to disease progression (69.3% vs. 59.7%) and treatment-related adverse events (6.7% vs. 2.6%). With a median follow-up of 8.3 months for surviving patients (OS events, 45% vs. 40%), the median OS was 12.2 vs. 11.8 months (hazard ratio [HR], 0.905; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.556 to 1.473) and the median PFS was 2.4 vs. 4.0 months (HR, 0.607; 95% CI, 0.426 to 0.865). RR was 1.3% vs. 5.3% and DCR was 45.3% vs. 53.3%. The most common Grade 3 or higher adverse events in each group were neutropenia (46.6% vs. 24.0%), anemia (15.1% vs. 4.0%), fatigue (2.7% vs. 8.0%), anorexia (5.5% vs. 5.3%), nausea (5.5% vs. 5.3%) and febrile neutropenia (4.1% vs. 0%). Conclusions: Although this study was terminated early, the bi-weekly FTD/TPI plus BEV combination in late-line chemotherapy for patients with mCRC resulted in prolonged PFS and reduced hematologic toxicity compared to 4-week intervals FTD/TPI monotherapy. Long-term results including OS are currently under follow-up. Clinical trial information: jRCTs031210544.

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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

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

jRCTs031210544

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 3; abstr 118)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.3_suppl.118

Abstract #

118

Poster Bd #

H3

Abstract Disclosures