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ABSTRACT: Purpose
We evaluated the activity of regorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor, in advanced gastric adenocarcinoma.Patients and methods
We conducted an international (Australia and New Zealand, South Korea, and Canada) randomized phase II trial in which patients were randomly assigned at a two-to-one ratio and stratified by lines of prior chemotherapy for advanced disease (one v two) and region. Eligible patients received best supportive care plus regorafenib 160 mg or matching placebo orally on days 1 to 21 of each 28-day cycle until disease progression or prohibitive adverse events occurred. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS). Final analysis included data to December 31, 2014.Results
A total of 152 patients were randomly assigned from November 7, 2012, to February 25, 2014, yielding 147 evaluable patients (regorafenib, n = 97; placebo, n = 50). Baseline characteristics were balanced. Median PFS significantly differed between groups (regorafenib, 2.6 months; 95% CI, 1.8 to 3.1 and placebo, 0.9 months; 95% CI, 0.9 to 0.9; hazard ratio [HR], 0.40; 95% CI, 0.28 to 0.59; P < .001). The effect was greater in South Korea than in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada combined (HR, 0.12 v 0.61; interaction P < .001) but consistent across age, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, primary site, lines of chemotherapy, peritoneal metastasis presence, number of metastatic sites, and plasma vascular endothelial growth factor A. A survival trend in favor of regorafenib was seen (median, 5.8 months; 95% CI, 4.4 to 6.8 v 4.5 months; 95% CI, 3.4 to 5.2; HR, 0.74; P = .147). Twenty-nine patients assigned to placebo received open-label regorafenib after disease progression. Regorafenib toxicity was similar to that previously reported.Conclusion
In this phase II trial, regorafenib was effective in prolonging PFS in refractory advanced gastric adenocarcinoma. Regional differences were found, but regorafenib was effective in both regional groups. A phase III trial is planned.
SUBMITTER: Pavlakis N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5019744 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pavlakis Nick N Sjoquist Katrin M KM Martin Andrew J AJ Tsobanis Eric E Yip Sonia S Kang Yoon-Koo YK Bang Yung-Jue YJ Alcindor Thierry T O'Callaghan Christopher J CJ Burnell Margot J MJ Tebbutt Niall C NC Rha Sun Young SY Lee Jeeyun J Cho Jae-Yong JY Lipton Lara R LR Wong Mark M Strickland Andrew A Kim Jin Won JW Zalcberg John R JR Simes John J Goldstein David D
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<h4>Purpose</h4>We evaluated the activity of regorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor, in advanced gastric adenocarcinoma.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>We conducted an international (Australia and New Zealand, South Korea, and Canada) randomized phase II trial in which patients were randomly assigned at a two-to-one ratio and stratified by lines of prior chemotherapy for advanced disease (one v two) and region. Eligible patients received best supportive care plus regorafenib 160 mg or matching ...[more]