Abstract 192P
Background
Studies of apatinib monotherapy suggest that ARAE (proteinuria, hand-foot syndrome [HFS] and hypertension) may predict clinical outcomes in patients with AGC; however, this phenomenon has not been reported in patients receiving apatinib + chemotherapy. We evaluated the potential association between ARAE and efficacy outcomes of apatinib +chemotherapy for AGC.
Methods
We reviewed two prospective trials of patients treated with apatinib + chemotherapy (POF or paclitaxel alone), a phase II study (ESMO-ASIA 2018) and a phase I study (ESMO 2022). POF was paclitaxel 135 mg/m2 over 3 h followed by leucovorin 400 mg/m2 and oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 over 2 h; then 5-FU 2,400 mg/m2 continuous infusion over 46 h. Drugs were started days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle. Paclitaxel alone was 80 mg/m2 days 1, 8, and 15 of every 28-day cycle. Presence of any ARAE in the first 4 weeks of therapy was assessed and the primary outcome was overall survival (OS). OS was estimated using Kaplan-Meier with the log-rank test. Hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated by univariate and multivariate Cox proportional regression models.
Results
The number of participants was 43 (POF, n=41; paclitaxel alone, n=2). In the first 4 weeks of treatment, 22 (51.2%) had any grade proteinuria, 13 (30.0%) had any grade HFS, and 14 (32.6%) had any grade hypertension. The presence of proteinuria or HFS was associated with prolonged median OS ([months] proteinuria 5.93 vs. 19.10; HR 0.40, 95% CI 0.20-0.79; P=0.0065; HFS 8.92 vs. 22.57 ; HR 0.48, 95% CI 0.23-0.98; P=0.04) and progression-free survival ([PFS] proteinuria 3.50 vs. 9.60 ; HR 0.46, 95% CI 0.23-0.91; P=0.022; HFS 6.40 vs. 10.67 ; HR 0.54, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.27-1.07; P=0.073 ). 24 (55.8%) patients had one (any grade) proteinuria or HFS in the first 4 weeks, which was associated with prolonged median OS (6.77 vs. 16.35 ; HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.24-0.93; P=0.031) and PFS (4.20 vs. 8.75; HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.28-1.08; P=0.080).
Conclusions
Antiangiogenesis-related proteinuria and HFS may be biomarkers to predict antitumor efficacy of apatinib + chemotherapy in AGC. Future prospective studies are needed to validate findings.
Clinical trial identification
Editorial acknowledgement
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The authors.
Funding
Has not received any funding.
Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
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