Single-course bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (1xBEP) as adjuvant treatment in testicular nonseminoma clinical stage 1 : outcome, safety, and risk factors for relapse in a population-based study

© The Author(s), 2022..

Introduction: Clinical stage 1 (CS1) nonseminomatous (NS) germ cell tumors involve a 30% probability of relapse upon surveillance. Adjuvant chemotherapy with one course of bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (1xBEP) can reduce this risk to <5%. However, 1xBEP results are based solely on five controlled trials from high-volume centers. We analyzed the outcome in a real-life population.

Patients and Methods: In a multicentric international study, 423 NS CS1 patients receiving 1xBEP were retrospectively evaluated. Median follow-up was 37 (range, 6-89) months. Primary end points were relapse-free and overall survival evaluated after 5 years. We also looked at associations of relapse with clinico-pathological factors using stratified Kaplan-Meier methods and Cox regression models. Treatment modality and outcome of recurrences were analyzed descriptively.

Results: The 5-year relapse-free survival rate was 96.2%. Thirteen patients (3.1%; 95% confidence interval, 1.65-5.04%) relapsed after a median time of 13 months, of which 10 were salvaged (77%). Relapses were mostly confined to retroperitoneal nodes. Three patients succumbed, two to disease progression and one to toxicity of chemotherapy. Pathological stage >pT2 was significantly associated with relapse rate.

Conclusion: The relapse rate of 3.1% found in this population of NS CS1 patients treated with 1xBEP at the routine care level was not inferior to the median rate of 2.3% reported from a meta-analysis of controlled trials. Also, the cure rate of relapses of 77% is consistent with the previously reported rate of 80%. This study clearly shows that the 1xBEP regimen represents a safe treatment for NS CS1 patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Therapeutic advances in medical oncology - 14(2022) vom: 22., Seite 17588359221086813

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dieckmann, Klaus-Peter [VerfasserIn]
Pokrivcak, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Geczi, Lajos [VerfasserIn]
Niehaus, David [VerfasserIn]
Dralle-Filiz, Inken [VerfasserIn]
Matthies, Cord [VerfasserIn]
Dienes, Tamas [VerfasserIn]
Zschäbitz, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Paffenholz, Pia [VerfasserIn]
Gschliesser, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
Pichler, Renate [VerfasserIn]
Mego, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Bader, Pia [VerfasserIn]
Zengerling, Friedemann [VerfasserIn]
Heinzelbecker, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Krausewitz, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Krege, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
Aurilio, Gaetano [VerfasserIn]
Aksoy, Cem [VerfasserIn]
Hentrich, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
Seidel, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Törzsök, Péter [VerfasserIn]
Nestler, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Majewski, Matthaeus [VerfasserIn]
Hiester, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Buchler, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Vallet, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Studentova, Hana [VerfasserIn]
Schönburg, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Niedersüß-Beke, Dora [VerfasserIn]
Ring, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Trenti, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Heidenreich, Axel [VerfasserIn]
Wülfing, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Isbarn, Hendrik [VerfasserIn]
Pichlmeier, Uwe [VerfasserIn]
Pichler, Martin [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Bleomycin
Cisplatin
Embryonal carcinoma
Etoposide
Germ-cell tumor
Journal Article
Local pathological stage
Lymphovascular invasion
Nonseminoma

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/17588359221086813

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339166975