Ramucirumab Plus Docetaxel for Patients with Non-small cell Lung Cancer with Brain Metastases : A Multicenter, Open-Label Single-Arm Phase II Trial

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BACKGROUND: Ramucirumab plus docetaxel combination therapy (DOC/RAM) for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) achieves favorable outcomes; however, efficacy and safety for patients with brain metastases are still unclear.

METHODS: Eligible patients included those with advanced NSCLC with measurable asymptomatic brain metastases that progressed after chemotherapy. Patients were intravenously administered ramucirumab (10 mg/kg) and docetaxel (60 mg/m2) every 21-day cycle.

RESULTS: Due to difficulties in accumulating the planned 65 participants, enrollment was terminated early when 25 patients were enrolled. Primary endpoint: Median progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.9 months (95% CI, 1.8-5.3). Secondary endpoints: Median intracranial progression-free survival was 4.6 months (95% CI, 2.5-5.9); median overall survival was 20.9 months (95% CI, 6.6-not possible to estimate); objective response rate was 20% (95% CI, 6.8-40.7); disease control rate was 68% (95% CI, 46.5-85.1). The most common grade 3 or higher toxicities were neutropenia in 10 patients (40%). Neither intracranial hemorrhage nor grade 5 adverse events were observed. Patients with higher serum soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 concentrations at the start of treatment had slightly longer PFS.

CONCLUSION: No clinical concerns were identified with DOC/RAM for NSCLC with brain metastases in this study. Further investigation with a larger sample size is needed to determine the tolerability and safety of these populations (Trial Identifiers: University Hospital Medical Information Network in Japan [UMIN000024551] and Japan Registry of Clinical Trials [jRCTs071180048]).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

The oncologist - 28(2023), 6 vom: 02. Juni, Seite 551-e454

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tanimura, Keiko [VerfasserIn]
Uchino, Junji [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Hideharu [VerfasserIn]
Hiranuma, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Chihara, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Tanzawa, Shigeru [VerfasserIn]
Takumi, Chieko [VerfasserIn]
Kita, Toshiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Koji [VerfasserIn]
Minato, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Takemoto, Shinnosuke [VerfasserIn]
Nakao, Akira [VerfasserIn]
Yoshimura, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Takayama, Koichi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

15H5577CQD
Brain metastases
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Docetaxel
Docetaxel plus ramucirumab
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Non-small cell lung cancer
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SVEGFR-2
VEGF
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.06.2023

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print

UMIN-CTR: UMIN000024551

JPRN: jRCTs071180048

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/oncolo/oyad013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355578131