Efficacy of immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma : Does liver disease etiology have a role?

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The systemic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is changing rapidly. After a decade of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), as the only therapeutic option for the treatment of advanced HCC, in the last few years several phase III trials demonstrated the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). The combination of the anti-PD-L1 atezolizumab and the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) bevacizumab demonstrated the superiority over sorafenib and currently represents the standard of care treatment for advanced HCC. In addition, the combination of durvalumab (an anti-PD-L1) and tremelimumab (an anti-CTLA4) proved to be superior to sorafenib, and in the same trial durvalumab monotherapy showed non-inferiority compared to sorafenib. However, early reports suggest an influence of HCC etiology in modulating the response to these drugs. In particular, a lower effectiveness of ICIs has been suggested in patients with non-viral HCC (in particular non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). Nevertheless, randomized controlled trials available to date have not been stratified for etiology and data suggesting a possible impact of etiology in the outcome of patients managed with ICIs derive from subgroup not pre-specified analyses. In this review, we aim to examine the potential impact of HCC etiology on the response to immunotherapy regimens for HCC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

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Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 56(2024), 4 vom: 25. März, Seite 579-588

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pinto, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Meneghel, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Farinati, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Russo, Francesco Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Pelizzaro, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Gambato, Martina [VerfasserIn]

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9ZOQ3TZI87
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
Journal Article
Liver cancer
NASH
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Review
Sorafenib
Systemic therapy

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2023.08.062

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NLM362548854