PURPOSE:Bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA), a recombinant, humanized anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibody that inhibits tumor angiogenesis, has demonstrated survival benefit in patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer when combined with irinotecan/fluorouracil (FU)/leucovorin (LV; IFL). Three randomized clinical studies have evaluated bevacizumab in combination with FU/LV alone. A combined analysis of raw data from these studies was performed to better assess the efficacy of bevacizumab with FU/LV. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The analysis used primary efficacy data from three independent studies, including 241 patients in a combined control group receiving eitherFU/LV or IFLand 249 patients receivingFU/LV/bevacizumab (5 mg/kg once every 2 weeks). The efficacy data included response rate, progression-free survival, and overall survival. RESULTS: The median duration of survival was 17.9 months in the FU/LV/bevacizumab group, compared with 14.6 months in the combined control group, corresponding to a hazard ratio for death of 0.74 (P = .008). The median duration of progression-free survival was 8.8 months in the FU/LV/bevacizumab group, compared with 5.6 months in the combined control group, corresponding to a hazard ratio for disease progression of 0.63 (P < or = .0001). The addition of bevacizumab also improved the response rate (34.1% v 24.5%; P = .019). CONCLUSION: The addition of bevacizumab to FU/LV provides a statistically significant and clinically relevant benefit to patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer.
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PURPOSE:Bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA), a recombinant, humanized anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibody that inhibits tumor angiogenesis, has demonstrated survival benefit in patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer when combined with irinotecan/fluorouracil (FU)/leucovorin (LV; IFL). Three randomized clinical studies have evaluated bevacizumab in combination with FU/LV alone. A combined analysis of raw data from these studies was performed to better assess the efficacy of bevacizumab with FU/LV. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The analysis used primary efficacy data from three independent studies, including 241 patients in a combined control group receiving either FU/LV or IFL and 249 patients receiving FU/LV/bevacizumab (5 mg/kg once every 2 weeks). The efficacy data included response rate, progression-free survival, and overall survival. RESULTS: The median duration of survival was 17.9 months in the FU/LV/bevacizumab group, compared with 14.6 months in the combined control group, corresponding to a hazard ratio for death of 0.74 (P = .008). The median duration of progression-free survival was 8.8 months in the FU/LV/bevacizumab group, compared with 5.6 months in the combined control group, corresponding to a hazard ratio for disease progression of 0.63 (P < or = .0001). The addition of bevacizumab also improved the response rate (34.1% v 24.5%; P = .019). CONCLUSION: The addition of bevacizumab to FU/LV provides a statistically significant and clinically relevant benefit to patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Authors: Ondrej Fiala; Tomas Buchler; Beatrice Mohelnikova-Duchonova; Bohuslav Melichar; Vit Martin Matejka; Lubos Holubec; Jana Kulhankova; Zbynek Bortlicek; Marie Bartouskova; Vaclav Liska; Ondrej Topolcan; Monika Sedivcova; Jindrich Finek Journal: Tumour Biol Date: 2015-12-10
Authors: Ondrej Fiala; Jindrich Finek; Tomas Buchler; Vit Martin Matejka; Lubos Holubec; Jana Kulhankova; Zbynek Bortlicek; Vaclav Liska; Ondrej Topolcan Journal: Target Oncol Date: 2015-12 Impact factor: 4.493