Capecitabine in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma : A multicenter experience

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BACKGROUND: Recent data suggest a potential activity and a good tolerability of capecitabine in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

AIMS: To evaluate capecitabine activity and safety in a wide cohort of advanced HCC patients.

METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 143 capecitabine-treated patients (January 2010 to December 2017) in three centers of the Veneto Oncology Network.

RESULTS: Capecitabine was administered in second and third line, but also in first line instead of sorafenib in Child-Pugh B patients (70%), compromised clinical conditions (14%) or contraindications to antiangiogenetics (16%). Median overall survival (OS) and time to progression (TTP) were 6.9 and 2.8 months, respectively. There were no differences in OS and TTP between the 32 patients treated with non-metronomic scheme (2000 mg/day for 14 days) and the 111 patients treated with metronomic scheme (1000 mg/day) after correction for prognostic factors at baseline with a propensity score analysis. Capecitabine was more active in patients intolerant to sorafenib than in those progressing during treatment (p = 0.024). At least one adverse event (mainly hematological) was experienced by 73% of patients but discontinuation was necessary only in 11 (8%).

CONCLUSIONS: Capecitabine can be considered an active and safe option in advanced HCC, especially for patients unfit for other treatments.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 51(2019), 12 vom: 04. Dez., Seite 1713-1719

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pelizzaro, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Sammarco, Ambra [VerfasserIn]
Dadduzio, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Pastorelli, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Giovanis, Petros [VerfasserIn]
Soldà, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Rizzato, Mario Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Lombardi, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Lonardi, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Peserico, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Imondi, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Sartori, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Maddalo, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
Farinati, Fabio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

6804DJ8Z9U
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Capecitabine
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Systemic therapy

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Date Completed 21.05.2020

Date Revised 21.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2019.06.015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299327914