Efficacy and Safety of Endostar®Combined with Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Autor: Yu-Zhong Duan, Yan-Mei Xu, Luping Zhang, Xing-Yun Liao, Lv-Jun Yan, Xinxin Wang, Gui-Fang Yan, Jianguo Sun
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 14:4255-4259
ISSN: 1513-7368
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.7.4255
Popis: Background: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a heterogeneous group of tumors, and approximately 40-50% of patients with STS develop metastatic disease. The median overall survival of those patients was 12 months and their 5-year survival rate was 8%. Therefore, study on more effective treatment, especially the targeting therapies, is urgently needed. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Endostar® combined with chemotherapy in patients with advanced STS. Methods: A retrospective case-series study was conducted in Cancer Institute of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital. A total of 71 patients suffering from advanced STS (IIB - IV) were included, of whom 49 cases treated with chemotherapy alone were defined as the control group and the rest 22 cases treated with the traditional chemotherapy combined with Endostar® were defined as the test group. The short-term therapeutic effects including objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR) and safety were evaluated in the two groups. In the follow-up, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were also observed. Results: In the test and control groups, the ORR was 18.2% and 12.2%, respectively (P = 0.767), and the DCR was 86.4% and 61.2%, respectively (P=0.034). The median time to progression in the test and control groups was 120 days and 70 days with significant difference ( P = 0.017), while the median overall survival was 452 days and 286 days without significant difference ( P = 0.503). The one-year survival rate in the test group and control group was 56.2% and 35.4%, respectively, while the two-year survival rate was 30.2% and 26.5%, respectively. No significant difference in the side effects was found between the two groups. Conclusions: Endostar® combined with chemotherapy resulted in a higher DCR and longer PFS in the patients with advanced STS, and the toxicity was tolerable.
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