TY - JOUR
T1 - Early tumor shrinkage indicates a favorable response to bevacizumab-based first-line chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer
AU - Ito, Mamoru
AU - Kusaba, Hitoshi
AU - Mukaide, Satomi
AU - Kishimoto, Junji
AU - Shimokawa, Hozumi
AU - Tamura, Shingo
AU - Makiyama, Akitaka
AU - Hirano, Gen
AU - Oda, Hisanobu
AU - Shirakawa, Tsuyoshi
AU - Komoda, Masato
AU - Uchino, Keita
AU - Tanaka, Risa
AU - Mitsugi, Kenji
AU - Esaki, Taito
AU - Arita, Shuji
AU - Ariyama, Hiroshi
AU - Akashi, Koichi
AU - Baba, Eishi
N1 - Funding Information:
Baba E. has received research funding from Chugai Pharmaceutical. For the remaining authors there are no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - A close correlation between early tumor shrinkage (ETS) and overall survival (OS) has been shown in antiepidermal growth factor receptor antibody-based chemotherapies for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), but the clinical impact of ETS in bevacizumab-based chemotherapy has not been adequately clarified. Clinical data of mCRC patients who started initial chemotherapy without antiepidermal growth factor receptor antibody from 2005 to 2010 were retrospectively evaluated. The relative change in tumor size after 8 weeks of chemotherapy expected from the first image assessment [estimated ETS (EETS)] and the relative change in the tumor size at the nadir compared with the baseline [depth of response (DPR)] were examined. Seventy-three patients were enrolled and 61 patients were evaluable for survival by simple regression analysis. Bevacizumab-based chemotherapies were administered to 40 (66%) patients. The median EETS, DPR, progression-free survival, and OS were 16.1%, 27.2%, 8.0 months, and 19.5 months, respectively. Progression-free survival showed a positive correlation with OS (R 2 =0.429), whereas EETS and DPR were less correlated with OS (R 2 =0.0682, 0.186). EETS was well correlated with DPR (R 2 =0.659). Patients with EETS greater than 16.12% were predicted to achieve tumor shrinkage of more than 30% at the maximum response. EETS in bevacizumab-treated mCRC showed a close correlation with DPR, which suggested that EETS might be useful, indicating a favorable response in treatment with bevacizumab-based chemotherapy.
AB - A close correlation between early tumor shrinkage (ETS) and overall survival (OS) has been shown in antiepidermal growth factor receptor antibody-based chemotherapies for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), but the clinical impact of ETS in bevacizumab-based chemotherapy has not been adequately clarified. Clinical data of mCRC patients who started initial chemotherapy without antiepidermal growth factor receptor antibody from 2005 to 2010 were retrospectively evaluated. The relative change in tumor size after 8 weeks of chemotherapy expected from the first image assessment [estimated ETS (EETS)] and the relative change in the tumor size at the nadir compared with the baseline [depth of response (DPR)] were examined. Seventy-three patients were enrolled and 61 patients were evaluable for survival by simple regression analysis. Bevacizumab-based chemotherapies were administered to 40 (66%) patients. The median EETS, DPR, progression-free survival, and OS were 16.1%, 27.2%, 8.0 months, and 19.5 months, respectively. Progression-free survival showed a positive correlation with OS (R 2 =0.429), whereas EETS and DPR were less correlated with OS (R 2 =0.0682, 0.186). EETS was well correlated with DPR (R 2 =0.659). Patients with EETS greater than 16.12% were predicted to achieve tumor shrinkage of more than 30% at the maximum response. EETS in bevacizumab-treated mCRC showed a close correlation with DPR, which suggested that EETS might be useful, indicating a favorable response in treatment with bevacizumab-based chemotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1097/CAD.0000000000000562
DO - 10.1097/CAD.0000000000000562
M3 - Article
C2 - 28906258
AN - SCOPUS:85032286684
VL - 28
SP - 1166
EP - 1173
JO - Anti-Cancer Drugs
JF - Anti-Cancer Drugs
SN - 0959-4973
IS - 10
ER -