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Is aflibercept an optimal treatment for wt RAS mCRC patients after progression to first line containing anti-EGFR?

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To determine the efficacy and safety data of aflibercept + FOLFIRI in wt RAS mCRC patients after progression to standard chemotherapy + anti-EGFR treatment. Retrospective, observational study in real life conducted in wt RAS… Click to show full abstract

To determine the efficacy and safety data of aflibercept + FOLFIRI in wt RAS mCRC patients after progression to standard chemotherapy + anti-EGFR treatment. Retrospective, observational study in real life conducted in wt RAS mCRC patients treated with FOLFIRI-aflibercept after progression to standard first line chemotherapy + anti-EGFR treatment. A total of 120 patients from 12 Spanish hospitals were enrolled. Median age is 60 years (62.5%/37.5%male/female). Primary tumor site is 24.1%/75.9% right/left-side colon, and 40.8% of patients had a prior resection. All patients had wild-type RAS tumors including 5% of patients with BRAF mutations and received anti-EGFR treatment. At the time aflibercept was initiated, ECOG PS is 0/1 in 96% of patients. Median number of FOLFIRI-aflibercept cycles is 12. Efficacy results: Overall response rate is 33%; progression-free survival (PFS) is 6.9 months (95%CI: 6.1–7.8). Primary tumor resection was the only significant variable related to PFS in the multivariate analysis. Median overall survival (OS) is 14.5 months (95%CI: 9.7–19.3). ECOG and number of metastatic sites were related to OS in multivariate analysis. About 54.1% of patients received a third-line therapy including TAS-102 (23%), regorafenib (18.5%), and capecitabine (9.2%). Toxicity: Grade 3–4 toxicities were observed in 37.5% of the patients (hematologic 16.6%, hypertension 7.5%, asthenia 5.9%, and perforation 2.5%). Aflibercept dose was reduced in 18.3% of patients. The results show that patients with wt RAS mCRC who received an anti-EGFR as part of the first-line treatment achieved similar RR, PFS, OS, and toxicities to those reported in VELOUR trial. These results suggest that FOLFIRI-aflibercept after first-line treatment with anti-EGFR is an appropriated option for RAS wt mCRC.

Keywords: first line; treatment; anti egfr; ras mcrc; mcrc patients

Journal Title: International Journal of Colorectal Disease
Year Published: 2020

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