First-line trifluridine/tipiracil + bevacizumab in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer: final survival analysis in the TASCO1 study

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[Van Cutsem E] University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. [Danielewicz I] Wojewodzkie Hospitals in Gdyni/Gdansk Medical University, Gdynia, Poland. [Saunders MP] Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK. [Pfeiffer P] Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. [Argilés G] Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. [Borg C] University Hospital Besançon, Besançon, France

Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus

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2022-09-05T11:46:14Z

2022-09-05T11:46:14Z

2022-06-01



Abstract

Colorectal cancer


Càncer de còlon


Cáncer de colon


Background Therapeutic options are limited in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) ineligible for intensive chemotherapy. The use of trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab (TT-B) in this setting was evaluated in the TASCO1 trial; here, we present the final overall survival (OS) results. Methods TASCO1 was an open-label, non-comparative phase II trial. Patients (n = 153) were randomised 1:1 to TT-B (trifluridine/tipiracil 35 mg/m2 orally twice daily on days 1–5 and 8–12, and bevacizumab intravenously 5 mg/kg on days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle) or capecitabine plus bevacizumab (C-B; capecitabine, 1250 mg/m2 orally twice daily on days 1–14 and bevacizumab 7.5 mg/kg intravenously on day 1 of each 21-day cycle). Final OS was analysed when all patients had either died or withdrawn from the study. Adjusted multivariate regression was used to investigate the effects of pre-specified variables on OS. Results At 1 September 2020, median OS was 22.3 months (95% CI: 18.0–23.7) with TT-B and 17.7 months (95% CI: 12.6–19.8) with C-B (adjusted HR 0.78; 95% CI: 0.55–1.10). No variables negatively affected OS with TT-B. Safety results were consistent with prior findings. Conclusions TT-B is a promising therapeutic regimen in mCRC patients ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.


This study was funded by Servier and Taiho.

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English

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Springer Nature

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