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ABSTRACT: Background
A previous Phase I/II study demonstrated that TAS-102 (trifluridine/tipiracil [FTD/TPI]) plus bevacizumab (Bev) has encouraging efficacy and controllable safety for patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. Therefore, we designed for assessing the efficacy and safety of FTD/TPI plus Bev in elderly patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer.Methods
This is a multicenter, single-arm Phase II study included patients ≥70 years old with previously untreated, unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer. Treatment consisted of FTD/TPI plus Bev given every 4 weeks. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS), assuming a null hypothesis of a PFS of 5 months. The secondary endpoints were the overall survival (OS), overall response rate (ORR), and adverse events (AEs).Results
Between 5 January 2017 and 13 March 2018, 39 patients were enrolled from 18 institutions. The median patient age was 76.0 years (range, 70-88); the ECOG-PS was 0 in 24 patients and 1 in 15 patients. The median PFS was 9.4 months as a primary endpoint, and the median OS was 22.4 months. The ORR was 40.5% and the disease control rate was 86.5%. Grade 3-4 AEs included neutropenia (71.8%), leukopenia (51.3%), anorexia (15.4%), febrile neutropenia (10.3%), and fatigue (10.3%).Conclusions
FTD/TPI plus Bev is an effective and well-tolerated regimen for elderly patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer. Capecitabine/bevacizumab can be selected as a subsequent maintenance therapy without irinotecan and oxaliplatin because FTD/TPI has no cross-resistance with 5-fluorouracil.Clinical trial registration
UMIN clinical trials registry (UMIN000025241).
SUBMITTER: Oki E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7877360 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oki Eiji E Makiyama Akitaka A Miyamoto Yuji Y Kotaka Masahiko M Kawanaka Hirofumi H Miwa Keisuke K Kabashima Akira A Noguchi Tomohiro T Yuge Kotaro K Kashiwada Tomomi T Ando Koji K Shimokawa Mototsugu M Saeki Hiroshi H Akagi Yoshito Y Baba Hideo H Maehara Yoshihiko Y Mori Masaki M
Cancer medicine 20201129 2
<h4>Background</h4>A previous Phase I/II study demonstrated that TAS-102 (trifluridine/tipiracil [FTD/TPI]) plus bevacizumab (Bev) has encouraging efficacy and controllable safety for patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. Therefore, we designed for assessing the efficacy and safety of FTD/TPI plus Bev in elderly patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a multicenter, single-arm Phase II study included patients ≥70 years old ...[more]