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Continuation of Bevacizumab vs Cetuximab Plus Chemotherapy After First Progression in KRAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: The UNICANCER PRODIGE18 Randomized Clinical Trial.

AbstractImportance:
Second-line treatment with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab or cetuximab is a valid option for metastatic colorectal cancer.
Objective:
To evaluate the progression-free survival (PFS) rate at 4 months with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab vs cetuximab for patients with progression of metastatic colorectal cancer after bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.
Design, Setting, and Participants:
A prospective, open-label, multicenter, randomized phase 2 trial was conducted from December 14, 2010, to May 5, 2015. The main eligibility criterion was disease progression after bevacizumab plus fluorouracil with irinotecan or oxaliplatin in patients with wild-type KRAS exon 2 metastatic colorectal cancer. All analyses were performed on the modified intent-to-treat population.
Interventions:
Patients were randomized to arm A (FOLFIRI [fluorouracil and folinic acid combined with irinotecan] or modified FOLFOX6 [fluorouracil and folinic acid combined with oxaliplatin] plus bevacizumab) or arm B (FOLFIRI or modified FOLFOX6 plus cetuximab); the second-line chemotherapy regimen was chosen according to first-line treatment (crossover).
Main Outcomes and Measures:
The primary end point was the 4-month PFS rate. Secondary end points included safety, objective response rate, overall survival, and PFS.
Results:
A total of 132 patients (47 women and 85 men; median age, 63.0 years [range, 33.0-84.0 years]; 74 patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0, 54 patients with a performance status of 1, and 4 patients with unknown performance status) were included at 25 sites. The 4-month PFS rate was 80.3% (95% CI, 68.0%-88.3%) in arm A and 66.7% (95% CI, 53.6%-76.8%) in arm B. The median PFS was 7.1 months (95% CI, 5.7-8.2 months) in arm A and 5.6 months (95% CI, 4.2-6.5 months) in arm B (hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.50-1.02; P = .06), and the median overall survival was 15.8 months (95% CI, 9.5-22.3 months) in arm A and 10.4 months (95% CI, 7.0-16.2 months) in arm B (hazard ratio, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.46-1.04; P = .08). A central analysis of KRAS (exons 2, 3, and 4), NRAS (exons 2, 3, and 4), and BRAF (V600) was performed for 95 tumor samples. Eighty-one patients had wild-type KRAS and wild-type NRAS tumors.
Conclusions and Relevance:
The results of the PRODIGE18 (Partenariat de Recherche en Oncologie DIGEstive) study showed a nonsignificant difference but favored continuation of bevacizumab with chemotherapy crossover for patients with wild-type RAS metastatic colorectal cancer that progressed with first-line bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.
Trial Registration:
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01442649 and clinicaltrialsregister.eu identifier: EUDRACT 2009-012942-22.
AuthorsJaafar Bennouna, Sandrine Hiret, Aurelie Bertaut, Olivier Bouché, Gael Deplanque, Christian Borel, Eric François, Thierry Conroy, François Ghiringhelli, Gaëtan des Guetz, Jean-François Seitz, Pascal Artru, Mohamed Hebbar, Trevor Stanbury, Marc G Denis, Antoine Adenis, Christophe Borg
JournalJAMA oncology (JAMA Oncol) Vol. 5 Issue 1 Pg. 83-90 (01 01 2019) ISSN: 2374-2445 [Electronic] United States
PMID30422156 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase II, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • KRAS protein, human
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Bevacizumab
  • Irinotecan
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
  • Cetuximab
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Bevacizumab (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
  • Biomarkers, Tumor (genetics)
  • Cetuximab (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
  • Colorectal Neoplasms (drug therapy, genetics, mortality, pathology)
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil (administration & dosage)
  • Humans
  • Irinotecan (administration & dosage)
  • Leucovorin (administration & dosage)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Oxaliplatin (administration & dosage)
  • Progression-Free Survival
  • Prospective Studies
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) (genetics)
  • Time Factors

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