Multicentre match-paired analysis of advanced biliary cancer long-term survivors : The BILONG study

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BACKGROUND: Advanced biliary cancers (ABC) are aggressive malignancies with a median overall survival (mOS) <12 months when treated with first-line chemotherapy. Nevertheless, a subset of patients experiencing longer survival has been described in the updated analysis of ABC-02 trial. We aimed to provide a real-world description of ABC long-term survivors (LS), identifying which factors impact on survival.

METHODS: Patients diagnosed with ABC at three Institutions between 2002 and 2019, and who survived ≥18 months, were retrospectively identified. We compared them with a control cohort (C) with a mOS <18 months, matched on age, gender, ECOG PS, disease status, primary tumor site, prior surgery, and treatment modality. Their clinical features, treatments, and outcome were analyzed.

RESULTS: A total of 78 patients was included, 39 in each group. Both LS and C cohorts had superimposable baseline characteristics, without significant differences. mOS was 29 (95%CI 24.6-33.5) and 9 months (95%CI 6.6-12.9) in the two groups, respectively. After performing a logistic regression analysis, three factors were significantly associated with long-term outcome: low neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR < 3) (Odds Ratio [OR] 0.38), achievement of objective response to treatment (OR 0.16), and the number of lines received (OR 0.29).

CONCLUSIONS: We described a considerable subset of ABC experiencing long-term survival with conventional chemotherapy in a real-world scenario. Beyond clinical factors, we identified low NLR as a prognostic determinant that may allow for a more accurate selection of long survivors. While waiting for a deeper molecular characterization of this subgroup, we propose NLR as a stratification factor for daily practice and clinical trials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

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Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology - 46(2022), 8 vom: 24. Okt., Seite 101955

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Caputo, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Gelsomino, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Spallanzani, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Pettorelli, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Benatti, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Ghidini, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Grizzi, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Ratti, Margherita [VerfasserIn]
Merz, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Messina, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Tonelli, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Luppi, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Melisi, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Dominici, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Salati, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biliary cancer
Chemotherapy
Cholangiocarcinoma
Gallbladder cancer
Journal Article
Long-term survivors
Multicenter Study
Prognosis
Survival

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Date Completed 05.10.2022

Date Revised 23.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clinre.2022.101955

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341322539