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Therapeutic efficacy of lenvatinib as third-line treatment after regorafenib for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma progression.

Atsushi Hiraoka1, Takashi Kumada2, Takeshi Hatanaka3, Toshifumi Tada4, Kazuya Kariyama5, Joji Tani6, Shinya Fukunishi7, Masanori Atsukawa8, Masashi Hirooka9, Kunihiko Tsuji10, Toru Ishikawa11, Koichi Takaguchi12, Ei Itobayashi13, Kazuto Tajiri14, Noritomo Shimada15, Hiroshi Shibata16, Hironori Ochi17, Kazuhito Kawata18, Satoshi Yasuda19, Hidenori Toyoda19, Ogawa Chikara20, Tsutomu Tamai21, Satoru Kakizaki22,23, Hiroki Tojima22, Tamon Nagashima24, Takashi Ueno25, Daichi Takizawa26, Atsushi Naganuma27, Hideko Ohama7, Kazuhiro Nouso5, Akemi Tsutsui12, Takuya Nagano12, Norio Itokawa8, Tomomi Okubo8, Taeang Arai8, Michitaka Imai11, Yohei Koizumi9, Shinichiro Nakamura4, Kouji Joko17, Kojiro Michitaka1, Yoichi Hiasa9, Masatoshi Kudo28.   

Abstract

AIM: Multiple molecular agents have been developed for treating unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. This study aimed to elucidate the clinical efficacy of sequential treatment with lenvatinib after regorafenib failure.
METHODS: From June 2017 to October 2020, 63 patients with Child-Pugh A and treated with regorafenib followed by sorafenib were enrolled (median age 71 years, 52 men, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer B:C = 23:40). They were divided into two groups, those treated with lenvatinib after regorafenib treatment (R-L group, n = 47) and those who did not receive lenvatinib after regorafenib (non-R-L group, n = 16). Prognostic factors were retrospectively analyzed after adjustment with inverse probability weighting.
RESULTS: Serum albumin level at the start of regorafenib and reasons for discontinuation of regorafenib were significantly different between the R-L and non-R-L groups, whereas the albumin-bilirubin score, Child-Pugh class, and tumor burden were not. Progression-free survival was also not significantly different (median 4.1 vs. 3.8 months, p = 0.586). As for overall survival, the R-L group showed better prognosis after introducing regorafenib and after introducing sorafenib, following inverse probability weighting adjustment (MST 19.7 vs. 10.3 months, 33.8 vs. 15.3 months, p < 0.001 and p = 0.022, respectively). Modified albumin-bilirubin grade 2b (score >-2.27) at the start of regorafenib (HR 2.074, p = 0.041) and the presence of lenvatinib treatment after regorafenib failure (HR 0.355, p = 0.004) were found to be significant prognostic factors in Cox proportional hazards multivariate analysis, after inverse probability weighting adjustment.
CONCLUSION: These results show that lenvatinib is a good sequential treatment option after progression under regorafenib therapy in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma patients with better hepatic reserve function.
© 2021 The Authors. Hepatology Research published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Society of Hepatology.

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Keywords:  hepatocellular carcinoma; lenvatinib; regorafenib; sequential treatment; sorafenib

Year:  2021        PMID: 33837620     DOI: 10.1111/hepr.13644

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Hepatol Res        ISSN: 1386-6346            Impact factor:   4.288


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