Sorafenib and Metronomic Capecitabine in Child-Pugh B patients with advanced HCC : A real-life comparison with best supportive care

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The efficacy of systemic therapy for unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC) has not been proven in patients with Child-Pugh (C-P) B cirrhosis. Nevertheless, in real-world these patients are treated both with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and with metronomic capecitabine (MC). This study aimed to compare sorafenib and MC outcomes versus best supportive care (BSC) in C-P B patients.

METHOD: Between 2008 and 2020, among 774 C-P B patients with aHCC not amenable/responsive to locoregional treatments, 410 underwent sorafenib, 62 MC, and 302 BSC. The propensity score matching method was used to correct the baseline unbalanced prognostic factors.

RESULTS: In the unmatched population, median OS was 9.7 months in patients treated with sorafenib, 8.0 with MC, and 3.9 months with BSC. In sorafenib vs. BSC-matched patients (135 couples), median OS was 7.3 (4.9-9.6) vs. 3.9 (2.6-5.2) months (p<0.001). ECOG-Performance Status, tumor size, macrovascular invasion, AFP, treatment-naive, and sorafenib were independent predictors of survival. In MC vs. BSC-matched patients (40 couples), median OS was 9.0 (0.2-17.8) vs.3.0 (2.2-3.8) months (p<0.001). Median OS did not differ (p = 0.283) in sorafenib vs. MC-matched patients (55 couples).

CONCLUSION: C-P B patients with aHCC undergoing BSC have poor survival. Both Sorafenib and MC treatment improve their prognosis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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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 - (2024) vom: 09. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stefanini, Benedetta [VerfasserIn]
Bucci, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Santi, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Reggidori, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Lani, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Granito, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Pelizzaro, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Cabibbo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Di Marco, Mariella [VerfasserIn]
Ghittoni, Giorgia [VerfasserIn]
Campani, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Svegliati-Baroni, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Foschi, Francesco Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Giannini, Edoardo G [VerfasserIn]
Biasini, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Saitta, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Magalotti, Donatella [VerfasserIn]
Sangiovanni, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Guarino, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Gasbarrini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico [VerfasserIn]
Masotto, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Sacco, Rodolfo [VerfasserIn]
Vidili, Gianpaolo [VerfasserIn]
Mega, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Azzaroli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Nardone, Gerardo [VerfasserIn]
Brandi, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Sabbioni, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Vitale, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Trevisani, Franco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Child-Pugh B
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Metronomic capecitabine
Sorafenib

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2024.01.199

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NLM368308928