Lenvatinib for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma—a real-world multicenter Australian cohort study
Kurvi Patwala, David Stephen Prince, Yael Celermajer, Waafiqa Alam, Eldho Paul, Simone Irene Strasser, Geoffrey William McCaughan, Paul Gow, Siddharth Sood, Elise Murphy, Stuart Roberts, Elliot Freeman, Elizabeth Stratton, Scott Anthony Davison, Miriam Tania Levy, McCawley Clark-Dickson, Vi Nguyen, Sally Bell, Amanda Nicoll, Ashley Bloom, Alice Unah Lee, Marno Ryan, Jessica Howell, Zina Valaydon, Alexandra Mack, Ken Liu & Anouk Dev
Hepatology International volume 16, pages 1170–1178 (2022)Cite this article
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Abstract
Introduction
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a serious complication of chronic liver disease. Lenvatinib is an oral multikinase inhibitor registered to treat advanced HCC. This study evaluates the real-world experience with lenvatinib in Australia.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients treated with lenvatinib for advanced HCC between July 2018 and November 2020 at 11 Australian tertiary care hospitals. Baseline demographic data, tumor characteristics, lenvatinib dosing, adverse events (AEs) and clinical outcomes were collected. Overall survival (OS) was the primary outcome. Progression free survival (PFS) and AEs were secondary outcomes.
Results
A total of 155 patients were included and were predominantly male (90.7%) with a median age of 65 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 59–75). The main causes of chronic liver disease were hepatitis C infection (40.0%) and alcohol-related liver disease (34.2). Median OS and PFS were 7.7 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.8–14.0) and 5.3 months (95% CI: 2.8–9.2) respectively. Multivariate predictors of mortality were the need for dose reduction due to AEs (Hazard ratio [HR] 0.41, p < 0.01), new or worsening hypertension (HR 0.42, p < 0.01), diarrhoea (HR 0.47, p = 0.04) and more advanced BCLC stage (HR 2.50, p = 0.04). Multivariable predictors of disease progression were higher Child–Pugh score (HR 1.25, p = 0.04), the need for a dose reduction (HR 0.45, p < 0.01) and age (HR 0.96, p < 0.001). AEs occurred in 83.9% of patients with most being mild (71.6%).
Conclusions
Lenvatinib remains safe and effective in real-world use. Treatment emergent diarrhoea and hypertension, and the need for dose reduction appear to predict better OS.作者: StephenW 时间: 2022-10-1 22:36