Impact of Treatment With Trifluridine/Tipiracil in Combination With Bevacizumab on Health-Related Quality of Life and Performance Status in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: An Analysis of the Phase III SUNLIGHT Trial

Other authors

Institut Català de la Salut

[Taieb J] Université Paris-Cité (Paris Descartes), Georges Pompidou European Hospital, SIRIC CARPEM, Paris, France. [Fakih M] City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA. [Tabernero J] Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. UVic-UCC, Barcelona, Spain. [Ciardiello F] Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy. [Van Cutsem E] Department of Digestive Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. [Soler G] Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus

Publication date

2025-05-27T12:34:27Z

2025-05-27T12:34:27Z

2024

2025-06



Abstract

Chemotherapy; Patient-reported outcomes; VEGF inhibitor


Quimioteràpia; Resultats informats pels pacients; Inhibidor de VEGF


Quimioterapia; Resultados informados por los pacientes; Inhibidor de VEGF


Background: The efficacy of trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) + bevacizumab compared to FTD/TPI for treatment of refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) was demonstrated in the SUNLIGHT trial. This analysis of SUNLIGHT investigated the impact of treatment with FTD/TPI + bevacizumab on patient quality of life (QoL) and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS). Methods: Questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C30 and EQ-5D-5L) and ECOG PS assessments were conducted at baseline and on Day 1 of each treatment cycle. Time to definitive deterioration (TTDD) of QoL and time to ECOG PS worsening between treatment arms was assessed. A repeated-measures mixed-effects model was used to compare changes in QoL and ECOG PS from baseline. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression methods were used to assess TTDD of QoL, time to ECOG PS worsening to ≥ 2, and overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients maintaining an ECOG PS of 0-1. Results: Both treatment arms showed similar QoL scores from baseline to cycle 6, with no clinically relevant change over time. Patients receiving FTD/TPI + bevacizumab had a longer TTDD of QoL than patients receiving FTD/TPI, as well as longer time to ECOG PS worsening. In patients with maintained ECOG PS, median OS and PFS was prolonged in the FTD/TPI + bevacizumab arm compared to the FTD/TPI arm. Conclusion: This analysis of SUNLIGHT showed that patients treated with FTD/TPI + bevacizumab had no clinically relevant changes in QoL, and prolonged TTDD and time to ECOG PS worsening, compared to patients treated with FTD/TPI.

Document Type

Article


Published version

Language

English

Publisher

Elsevier

Related items

Clinical Colorectal Cancer;24(2)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcc.2024.12.002

Recommended citation

This citation was generated automatically.

Rights

Attribution 4.0 International

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This item appears in the following Collection(s)