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Poster display session: Basic science, Endocrine tumours, Gastrointestinal tumours - colorectal & non-colorectal, Head and neck cancer (excluding thyroid), Melanoma and other skin tumours, Neuroendocrine tumours, Thyroid cancer, Tumour biology & pathology

5190 - Association of sarcopenia with dose-limiting toxicties and survival in oesophageal adenocarcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Date

21 Oct 2018

Session

Poster display session: Basic science, Endocrine tumours, Gastrointestinal tumours - colorectal & non-colorectal, Head and neck cancer (excluding thyroid), Melanoma and other skin tumours, Neuroendocrine tumours, Thyroid cancer, Tumour biology & pathology

Topics

Management of Systemic Therapy Toxicities;  Supportive Care and Symptom Management

Tumour Site

Oesophageal Cancer

Presenters

Jamie Weaver

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2018) 29 (suppl_8): viii205-viii270. 10.1093/annonc/mdy282

Authors

J.M.J. Weaver1, C. Cipriano2, A. McWilliam3, Z. Kordatou4, M. Abraham4, T. Germetaki5, G. Papaxoinis6, W. Mansoor1

Author affiliations

  • 1 Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, M20 4BX - Manchester/GB
  • 2 Medical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, M204TX - Manchester/GB
  • 3 Department Of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, M204TX - Manchester/GB
  • 4 Nutrition & Dietetics, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, M20 4BX - Manchester/GB
  • 5 Medical & Clinical Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, M20 4BX - Manchester/GB
  • 6 Medical Oncology, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, 115 27 - Athens/GR

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Abstract 5190

Background

Despite several recent studies the association of sarcopenia with outcomes in oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC); in particular overall survival and dose limiting toxicity (DLT), remains unclear likely due to the heterogeneity of the populations included. There is therefore a need for studies of sarcopenia utilising large homogenously treated cohorts.

Methods

We retrospectively collected data on DLT from 197 OAC patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy at a single institution between August 2009 and September 2016. CT scans were visualised using the Worldmatch software package skeletal muscle at the L3 level was manually segmented. Published sex-specific cut-offs for skeletal muscle index (SMI) were used to classify patients as sarcopenic. Patients were further classified as sarcopenically obese if they had both sarcopenia and a BMI ≥ 30. Statistical analysis was completed using RStudio, Kaplan-Meier curves were plotted and differences in survival between sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients was analysed using a cox proportional hazards model. The Chi-squared test was used to analyse differences in toxicity between groups.

Results

Sarcopenia was observed in 81% of patients. There was no correlation with age and SMI (r = -0.1). Average SMI was greater in men than women (44.2 cm2/m2 versus 33.7 cm2/m2, male versus female). Sarcopenic patients had a worse overall survival than non-sarcopenic patients (median OS, 28.0 months versus 19.3 months, p = 0.0225). In contrast patients with sarcopenic obesity showed no difference in OS, in keeping with previous data. There was no significant difference between rates of DLT in patients with sarcopenia and those without (16.4% and 13.2% respectively, p > 0.05). There was a non-significant trend towards increasing rates of completion of 6 cycles of perioperative chemotherapy in non-sarcopenic patients (47% Vs 37%).

Conclusions

In our large homogenously treated cohort of patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for OAC sarcopenia was associated with poorer OS confirming recent studies of smaller mixed populations.

Clinical trial identification

Legal entity responsible for the study

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Editorial Acknowledgement

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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