Prognostic factors for survival with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in metastatic pancreatic cancer in real-life practice: the ANICE-PaC study

Background Treatment with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine increases survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. However, the assessment of treatment efficacy and safety in non-selected patients in a real-life setting may provide useful information to support decision-making processes in routine practice. Methods Retrospective, multicenter study including patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, who started first-line treatment with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine between December 2013 and June 2015 according to routine clinical practice. In addition to describing the treatment pattern, overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed for the total sample and the exploratory subgroups based on the treatment and patients’ clinical characteristics. Results All 210 eligible patients had a median age of 65.0 years (range 37–81). Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma was recurrent in 46 (21.9%) patients and de novo in 164 (78.1%); 38 (18%) patients had a biliary stent. At baseline, 33 (18.1%) patients had an ECOG performance status ≥2. Patients received a median of four cycles of treatment (range 1–21), with a median duration of 3.5 months; 137 (65.2%) patients had a dose reduction of nab-paclitaxel and/or gemcitabine during treatment, and 33 (17.2%) discontinued treatment due to toxicity. Relative dose intensity (RDI) for nab-paclitaxel, gemcitabine, and the combined treatment was 66.7%. Median OS was 7.2 months (95% CI 6.0–8.5), and median PFS was 5.0 months (95% CI 4.3–5.9); 50 patients achieved either a partial or complete response (ORR 24.6%). OS was influenced by baseline ECOG PS, NLR and CA 19.9, but not by age ≥ 70 years and/or the presence of hepatobiliary stent or RDI < 85%. All included variables, computed as dichotomous, showed a significant contribution to the Cox regression model to build a nomogram for predicting survival in these patients: baseline ECOG 0–1 vs. 2–3 (p = 0.030), baseline NLR > 3 vs. ≤ 3 (p = 0.043), and baseline CA 19.9 > 37 U/mL vs. ≤37 U/mL (p = 0.004). Conclusions Nab-Paclitaxel plus gemcitabine remain effective in a real-life setting, despite the high burden of dose reductions and poorer performance of these patients. A nomogram to predict survival using baseline ECOG performance status, NLR and CA 19.9 is proposed..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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BMC cancer - 18(2018), 1 vom: 29. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernández, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Salgado, Mercedes [VerfasserIn]
García, Adelaida [VerfasserIn]
Buxò, Elvira [VerfasserIn]
Vera, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Adeva, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez-Fonseca, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Quintero, Guillermo [VerfasserIn]
Llorca, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Cañabate, Mamen [VerfasserIn]
López, Luis Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz, Andrés [VerfasserIn]
Ramírez, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
González, Paula [VerfasserIn]
López, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Reboredo, Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Gallardo, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez-Cánovas, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Gallego, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Guillén, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Miravet, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Navarro-Pérez, Víctor [VerfasserIn]
De la Cámara, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Alés-Díaz, Inmaculada [VerfasserIn]
Pazo-Cid, Roberto Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Carmona-Bayonas, Alberto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

First-line chemotherapy
Gemcitabine
Metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Nab-paclitaxel
Real-life
Survival

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© The Author(s). 2018

doi:

10.1186/s12885-018-5101-3

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SPR027706621