Three-month life expectancy as inclusion criterion for clinical trials in advanced pancreatic cancer : is it really a valid tool for patient selection?

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PURPOSE: To analyze the 3-month life expectancy rate in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients treated within prospective trials from the German AIO study group.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A pooled analysis was conducted for patients with advanced PC that were treated within five phase II/III studies conducted between 1997 and 2017 (Gem/Cis, Ro96, RC57, ACCEPT, RASH). The primary goal for the current report was to identify the actual 3-month survival rate, a standard inclusion criterion in oncology trials.

RESULTS: Overall, 912 patients were included, 83% had metastatic and 17% locally advanced PC; the estimated median overall survival (OS) was 7.1 months. Twenty-one percent of the participants survived < 3 months, with a range from 26% in RC57 to 15% in RASH. Significant predictors for not reaching 3-month OS were > 1 previous treatment line (p < 0.001) and performance status (p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Despite the definition of a life expectancy of > 3 months as a standard inclusion criterion in clinical trials for advanced PC, a significant proportion of study patients does not survive > 3 months.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS: NCT00440167 (AIO-PK0104), NCT01729481 (RASH), NCT01728818 (ACCEPT).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 26(2024), 5 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1268-1272

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Weiss, Lena [VerfasserIn]
Heinemann, Volker [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Laura E [VerfasserIn]
Gieseler, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Hoehler, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Mayerle, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Quietzsch, Detlef [VerfasserIn]
Reinacher-Schick, Anke [VerfasserIn]
Schenk, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Seipelt, Gernot [VerfasserIn]
Siveke, Jens T [VerfasserIn]
Stahl, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Vehling-Kaiser, Ursula [VerfasserIn]
Waldschmidt, Dirk T [VerfasserIn]
Dorman, Klara [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Danmei [VerfasserIn]
Westphalen, C Benedikt [VerfasserIn]
von Bergwelt-Baildon, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Boeck, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Haas, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0W860991D6
Clinical trial
Deoxycytidine
Gemcitabine
Inclusion criterion
Journal Article
Pancreatic cancer
Prognosis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.04.2024

Date Revised 22.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01729481, NCT00440167, NCT01728818

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12094-023-03323-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362879419