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Treatment patterns and survival in older adults with unresected nonmetastatic biliary tract cancers. J Geriatr Oncol 2023; 14:101447. [PMID: 36848749 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2023.101447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The optimal treatment for unresected nonmetastatic biliary tract cancer (uBTC) is not well-established. The objective of this study was to analyze the treatment patterns and compare the differences in overall survival (OS) between different treatment strategies amongst older adults with uBTC. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified patients aged ≥65 years with uBTC using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database (2004-2015). Treatments were classified into chemotherapy, chemoradiotherapy, and radiotherapy. The primary outcome was OS. The differences in OS were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier curves and multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression. RESULTS A total of 4352 patients with uBTC were included. The median age was 80 years and median OS was 4.1 months. Most patients (67.3%, n = 2931) received no treatment, 19.1% chemotherapy (n = 833), 8.1% chemoradiotherapy (n = 354), and 5.4% radiotherapy alone (n = 234). Patients receiving no treatment were older and had more comorbidities. Chemotherapy was associated with significantly longer OS than no treatment in uBTC (hazard ratio [HR] 0.87, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.79-0.95), but no difference was found in the subgroups of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA; HR 0.87, 95% CI 0.75-1.00) and gallbladder carcinoma (GBC; HR 1.09, 95% CI 0.86-1.39). In the sensitivity analyses, capecitabine-based chemoradiotherapy showed significantly longer OS in uBTC compared to chemotherapy (adjusted HR 0.71, 95% CI 0.53-0.95). DISCUSSION A minority of older patients with uBTC receive systemic treatments. Chemotherapy was associated with longer OS compared to no treatment in uBTC, but not in the subgroups of iCCA and GBC. The efficacy of chemoradiotherapy, especially in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma using capecitabine-based chemoradiotherapy, may be further evaluated in prospective clinical trials.
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Pape UF, Kasper S, Meiler J, Sinn M, Vogel A, Müller L, Burkhard O, Caca K, Heeg S, Büchner-Steudel P, Rodriguez-Laval V, Kühl AA, Arsenic R, Jansen H, Treasure P, Utku N. Efficacy and Safety of CAP7.1 as Second-Line Treatment for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancers: Data from a Randomised Phase II Study. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12113149. [PMID: 33121007 PMCID: PMC7692271 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Advanced biliary tract cancer is difficult to treat, and 5-year survival is less than 5% for tumours that cannot be removed by surgery. CAP7.1 is a drug being investigated for biliary tract cancer. This study assessed treatment with CAP7.1 in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer whose disease had progressed despite receiving other treatments. One group of patients received CAP7.1 together with best supportive care (BSC) and another group received BSC from their physician. The patients receiving BSC were subsequently given CAP7.1 if their disease was seen to progress. Disease control in those receiving CAP7.1 was better than that observed in patients who received BSC, with an associated greater time to disease progression. Side effects were as expected for this type of anti-cancer drug, related to dose of CAP7.1, and manageable. CAP7.1 may offer a new treatment option for biliary tract cancer and should undergo further clinical investigation. Abstract CAP7.1 is a novel topoisomerase II inhibitor, converted to active etoposide via carboxylesterase 2 (CES2), with signals of efficacy in treatment-refractory solid tumours. In a Phase II trial, 27 patients with advanced biliary tract cancers (BTC) were randomised 1:1 to CAP7.1 plus best supportive care (BSC), or BSC alone, with crossover to CAP7.1 upon disease progression. The primary objective was disease control rate (DCR) following 28-day cycles of CAP7.1 (200/150 mg/m2; iv), or BSC until progression. Secondary objectives included progression-free survival (PFS), time-to-treatment failure (TTF), overall survival (OS) and safety. Fourteen patients received CAP7.1 and 13 BSC. DCR favoured CAP7.1 vs. BSC (50% vs. 20%; treatment difference: 30%, 95%CI −18.44, 69.22, full analysis set [FAS]), with disease progression in 40% vs. 70%, respectively. Significantly longer median PFS was achieved for CAP7.1 vs. BSC: 66 vs. 39 days, respectively (hazard ratio [HR] 0.31; 95%CI 0.11, 0.86; p = 0.009; FAS). Similar trends were observed for TTF and OS. CES2-positive patients had longer median PFS (158 vs. 56 days) and OS (228 vs. 82 days) vs. CES2-negative patients. Adverse events were predictable, dose-dependent and consistent with those previously observed with etoposide. These efficacy and safety findings in second-line BTC warrant further clinical investigation of CAP7.1.
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- Ulrich-Frank Pape
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Campus Charité Mitte and Virchow Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Germany and Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Asklepios Tumorzentrum, Hamburg ATZHH, 20099 Hamburg, Germany
- Correspondence: (U.-F.P.); (N.U.)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany; (S.K.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany; (S.K.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Universitäts Klinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany;
- Department of Gastroenterology, Campus Charité Mitte and Virchow Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany;
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- Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis Leer-Emden-Papenburg, 26789 Leer, Germany;
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- Klinikum Ludwigsburg, 71640 Ludwigsburg, Germany;
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- Department of Medicine II, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 70085 Freiburg, Germany;
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;
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- iPATH.Berlin, Core Unit of the Charité, Hindenburgdamm, 12203 Berlin, Germany;
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- Instituts für Histologische und Zytologische Diagnostik AG, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland;
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany;
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- Peter Treasure Statistical Services Ltd., Stow Bridge PE34 3NR, UK;
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- Instituts für Histologische und Zytologische Diagnostik AG, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland;
- CellAct Pharma, 44137 Dortmund, Germany
- Correspondence: (U.-F.P.); (N.U.)
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Jansen H, Pape UF, Utku N. A review of systemic therapy in biliary tract carcinoma. J Gastrointest Oncol 2020; 11:770-789. [PMID: 32953160 PMCID: PMC7475338 DOI: 10.21037/jgo-20-203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Biliary tract carcinoma (BTC) has a poor prognosis and is increasing in incidence. Although surgery, chemotherapy and other treatment modalities have improved, surgery remains the only potential curative treatment and is appropriate for only those few patients who present with localized, resectable disease. However, for the majority of patients, unresectable disease is evident at diagnosis and about 95% of patients die within 10 years, despite the majority receiving chemotherapy. Long-term survival is significantly greater for patients with resected BTC compared to those with unresectable disease. In unresected disease, life expectancy is limited, with first-line gemcitabine/cisplatin (GEM/CIS) accepted as standard of care. Currently no standard second-line regimen which provides significant improvement of clinical outcomes exists for those who present with refractory disease or who relapse after first-line treatment. Of particular importance is establishing the impact of best supportive care (BSC) as a benchmark for survival outcomes to which the impact of treatment modalities can be compared. Survival outcome often differs significantly for patients with different prognostic factor profiles even when receiving the same therapy so that it can be difficult to predict which patient subgroup might benefit most from which therapy. Therefore, the influence of prognostic factors on survival under different therapies as well as under BSC needs to be further assessed in order to arrive at truly evidence-based, best therapeutic decisions for individual patients. Encouraging new research into the genomic landscape of BTC may help to further subdivide the BTC population into molecular-genetic clusters likely to be sensitive to different targeted therapy approaches leading to further improvements in survival. Consequently, an unmet need exists not only to develop new and more effective therapies for this devastating disease, but also to integrate original research findings into a more complex, dynamic, individualized therapeutic decision model to aid clinicians in making evidence-based, best therapeutic decisions for individual patients.
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- Holger Jansen
- Campus Virchow & Mitte Charité, Institute f. Med. Immunologie, Berlin, Germany
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- Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Asklepios Tumor Zentrum Hamburg, Germany
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- Campus Virchow & Mitte Charité, Institute f. Med. Immunologie, Berlin, Germany
- CellAct Pharma GmbH, Dortmund, Germany
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Prognostic Evaluation for Patients over 45 Years Old with Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma Resection: A SEER-Based Nomogram Analysis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:6370946. [PMID: 32733948 PMCID: PMC7383319 DOI: 10.1155/2020/6370946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gallbladder adenocarcinoma is the main histopathological type of gallbladder cancer (GBC), so it is particularly important to understand its biological characteristics. Due to the low incidence of this type of cancer, there are few studies with large sample sizes. The log of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) has been evaluated by many scholars as a lymph node stage that may play a better role than the 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) lymph node staging system in many cancers. However, the effect of LODDS has not been proven in gallbladder adenocarcinoma. Our research aimed to identify independent prognostic factors that are closely related to overall survival (OS) in patients with gallbladder adenocarcinoma over 45 years of age using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and, End Results (SEER) database. All patients were randomly divided into a modeling cohort and an internal validation cohort. Seven independent prognostic factors associated with OS—age, marital status, grade, tumor size, AJCC 8th edition T stage and M stage, and LODDS—were used to build a nomogram to predict 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival. The C-index of our nomogram was 0.735 (95% CI, 0.716 to 0.754), and together with the calibration curve and ROC curve validation, the results confirmed the prediction effect of our nomogram. We believe that our nomogram will be an accurate and convenient method for patient prognosis assessment in the future.
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Liu L, Chi YY, Wang AA, Luo Y. Marital Status and Survival of Patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive Male Breast Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Population-Based Study. Med Sci Monit 2018; 24:3425-3441. [PMID: 29795054 PMCID: PMC5994964 DOI: 10.12659/msm.910811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Although marital status has been reported as a prognostic factor in different cancer types, its prognostic effect on hormone receptor (HR) positive male breast cancer (MBC) is unclear. The objective of the present analysis was to assess the effects of marital status on survival in patients with HR positive MBC. Material/Methods Patients diagnosed with HR positive MBC from 1990 to 2014 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database were included. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazard regression were used to identify the effects of marital status on cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS). Results A total of 3612 cases were identified in this study. Married patients had better 5-year CSS and 5-year OS than unmarried men. In multivariate Cox regression models, unmarried patients also showed higher mortality risk for both CSS and OS, independent of age, race, grade, stage, PR status, HER2 status, and surgery. Subgroup survival analysis according to different ER/PR status showed that married patients had beneficial CSS results only in ER+/PR+ subtype, and CSS in the married and unmarried groups did not significantly differ by TNM stage. The results were further confirmed in the 1: 1 matched group. Conclusions Marital status was an important prognostic factor for survival in patients with HR positive MBC. Unmarried patients are at greater risk of death compared with married groups. The survival benefit for married patients remained even after adjustment, which indicates the importance of spousal support in MBC.
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- Lei Liu
- Department of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China (mainland).,Department of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China (mainland)
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China (mainland).,Department of Oncology, Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China (mainland)
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China (mainland)
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China (mainland)
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