Clinical Outcomes for Previously Treated Patients with Advanced Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer : A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

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PURPOSE: Although second-line treatments improve survival compared to best supportive care in patients with advanced gastric cancer with disease progression on first-line therapy, prognosis remains poor. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to quantify the efficacy of second-or-later line systemic therapies in this target population.

METHODS: A systematic literature review (January 1, 2000 to July 6, 2021) of Embase, MEDLINE, and CENTRAL with additional searches of 2019-2021 annual ASCO and ESMO conferences was conducted to identify studies in the target population. A random-effects meta-analysis was performed among studies involving chemotherapies and targeted therapies relevant in treatment guidelines and HTA activities. Outcomes of interest were objective response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS) presented as Kaplan-Meier data. Randomized controlled trials reporting any of the outcomes of interest were included. For OS and PFS, individual patient-level data were reconstructed from published Kaplan-Meier curves.

RESULTS: Forty-four trials were eligible for the analysis. Pooled ORR (42 trials; 77 treatment arms; 7256 participants) was 15.0% (95% confidence interval (CI) 12.7-17.5%). Median OS from the pooled analysis (34 trials; 64 treatment arms; 60,350 person-months) was 7.9 months (95% CI 7.4-8.5). Median PFS from the pooled analysis (32 trials; 61 treatment arms; 28,860 person-months) was 3.5 months (95% CI 3.2-3.7).

CONCLUSION: Our study confirms poor prognosis among patients with advanced gastric cancer, following disease progression on first-line therapy. Despite the approved, recommended, and experimental systemic treatments available, there is still an unmet need for novel interventions for this indication.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Journal of gastrointestinal cancer - 54(2023), 4 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1031-1045

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abderhalden, Lauren A [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Amonkar, Mayur M [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Brian M [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Sukrut [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Frederickson, Andrew M [VerfasserIn]
Mojebi, Ali [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemotherapy
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Metastatic gastric cancer
Pretreated gastric cancer
Review
Systematic Review
Systematic literature review
Targeted therapy

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Date Completed 29.12.2023

Date Revised 31.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12029-023-00932-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357221192