Surgical treatment options following chemotherapy plus cetuximab or bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer-central evaluation of FIRE-3

Modest, Dominik P.; Denecke, Timm; Pratschke, J.; Ricard, Ingrid; Lang, H.; Bemelmans, M.; Becker, T.; Rentsch, M.; Seehofer, D.; Bruns, C. J.; Gebauer, B.; Modest, H. I.; Held, S.; Folprecht, Gunnar; Heinemann, Volker und Neumann, Ulf Peter (2017): Surgical treatment options following chemotherapy plus cetuximab or bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer-central evaluation of FIRE-3. In: European Journal of Cancer, Bd. 88: S. 77-86

Abstract

BACKGROUND The FIRE-3 trial investigated combination chemotherapy plus either cetuximab or bevacizumab in patients with untreated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) not scheduled for upfront surgery. We aimed to determine the number of patients who present with potentially resectable disease during systemic first-line therapy and to compare the findings with study reports concerning resections and outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS This evaluation of 448 patients was performed as central review blinded for treatment, other reviewers' evaluations and conducted interventions. Resectability was defined if at least 50% of the reviewers recommended surgical-based intervention. Overall survival was assessed by Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS Resectability increased from 22% (97/448) at baseline before treatment to 53% (238/448) at best response (P~<~0.001), compared with an actual secondary resection rate for metastases of 16% (72/448). At baseline (23% versus~20%) and best response (53% versus~53%), potential resectability of metastases in this molecular unselected population was similar in cetuximab-treated patients versus~bevacizumab-treated patients and not limited to patients with one-organ disease. The actual resection rate of metastases was significantly associated with treatment setting (P~=~0.02; university hospital versus~hospital/practice). Overall survival was 51.3 months (95% confidence interval CI 35.9-66.7)~in patients with resectable disease who received surgery, 30.8 months (95{\%} CI 26.6-34.9)~in patients with resectable disease without surgery and 18.6 months (95{\%} CI 15.8-21.3)~in patients with unresectable disease (P~<~0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our findings illustrate the potential for conversion to resectability in mCRC, certain reluctance towards metastatic resections in clinical practice and the need for pre-planned and continuous evaluation for metastatic resection in high-volume centres. CLINICALTRIALS. GOV-IDENTIFIER NCT00433927.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Keywords: Bevacizumab; Cetuximab; Conversion therapy; Metastatic colorectal cancer; Resection; Surgery
• Fakultät: Medizin > Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1879-0852
• Sprache: Englisch