Impact of older age in patients receiving atezolizumab and bevacizumab for hepatocellular carcinoma

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Combination atezolizumab/bevacizumab is the gold standard for first-line treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our study investigated the efficacy and safety of combination therapy in older patients with HCC.

METHODS: 191 consecutive patients from eight centres receiving atezolizumab and bevacizumab were included. Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), overall response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) defined by RECIST v1.1 were measured in older (age ≥ 65 years) and younger (age < 65 years) age patients. Treatment-related adverse events (trAEs) were evaluated.

RESULTS: The elderly (n = 116) had higher rates of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (19.8% vs. 2.7%; p < .001), presenting with smaller tumours (6.2 cm vs 7.9 cm, p = .02) with less portal vein thrombosis (31.9 vs. 54.7%, p = .002), with fewer patients presenting with BCLC-C stage disease (50.9 vs. 74.3%, p = .002). There was no significant difference in OS (median 14.9 vs. 15.1 months; HR 1.15, 95% CI 0.65-2.02 p = .63) and PFS (median 7.1 vs. 5.5 months; HR 1.11, 95% CI 0.54-1.92; p = .72) between older age and younger age. Older patients had similar ORR (27.6% vs. 20.0%; p = .27) and DCR (77.5% vs. 66.1%; p = .11) compared to younger patients. Atezolizumab-related (40.5% vs. 48.0%; p = .31) and bevacizumab-related (44.8% vs. 41.3%; p = .63) trAEs were comparable between groups. Rates of grade ≥3 trAEs and toxicity-related treatment discontinuation were similar between older and younger age patients. Patients 75 years and older had similar survival and safety outcomes compared to younger patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Atezolizumab and bevacizumab therapy is associated with comparable efficacy and tolerability in older age patients with unresectable HCC.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Liver Int. 2022 Nov;42(11):2352-2353. - PMID 36162086

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 42(2022), 11 vom: 14. Nov., Seite 2538-2547

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vithayathil, Mathew [VerfasserIn]
D'Alessio, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Fulgenzi, Claudia A M [VerfasserIn]
Nishida, Naoshi [VerfasserIn]
Schönlein, Martin [VerfasserIn]
von Felden, Johann [VerfasserIn]
Schulze, Kornelius [VerfasserIn]
Wege, Henning [VerfasserIn]
Saeed, Anwaar [VerfasserIn]
Wietharn, Brooke [VerfasserIn]
Hildebrand, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Ang, Celina [VerfasserIn]
Marron, Thomas U [VerfasserIn]
Weinmann, Arndt [VerfasserIn]
Galle, Peter R [VerfasserIn]
Bettinger, Dominik [VerfasserIn]
Bengsch, Bertram [VerfasserIn]
Vogel, Arndt [VerfasserIn]
Balcar, Lorenz [VerfasserIn]
Scheiner, Bernhard [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Pei-Chang [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yi-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Amara, Suneetha [VerfasserIn]
Muzaffar, Mahvish [VerfasserIn]
Naqash, Abdul Rafeh [VerfasserIn]
Cammarota, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Personeni, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Pressiani, Tiziana [VerfasserIn]
Pinter, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Cortellini, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Kudo, Masatoshi [VerfasserIn]
Rimassa, Lorenza [VerfasserIn]
Pinato, David J [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Rohini [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-programmed death-ligand
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Atezolizumab
Bevacizumab
Checkpoint inhibitor
Cirrhosis
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 28.09.2022

Date Revised 17.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Liver Int. 2022 Nov;42(11):2352-2353. - PMID 36162086

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/liv.15405

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345054415