Resumen de First-line panitumumab plus docetaxel and cisplatin in advanced gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: results of a phase II trial
Guillermo Quintero Aldana, Mercedes Salgado Fernández, Sonia Candamio Folgar, J. C. Méndez Méndez, Mónica Jorge Fernández, Margarita Reboredo López, Lidia Vázquez Tuñas, C. Romero, M. Covela, Ana Fernández Montes, Marta Carmona Campos, Yolanda Vidal Insua, Rafael López López
Purpose Panitumumab is extensively used for RAS-WT metastatic colorectal cancer. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of panitumumab plus first-line chemotherapy [docetaxel (DOC) and cisplatin (CIS)] in treatment-naïve advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma (ADC) patients.
Methods Phase II, open-label, single-arm study includes treatment-naïve advanced gastric or GEJ-ADC patients from ten Spanish centres. Patients received panitumumab (6 mg/kg) plus DOC and CIS (50 mg/m2 both) every 2 weeks until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or patient withdrawal. Primary endpoint: objective response rate (ORR); main secondary endpoints: disease control rate (DCR), duration of response (DoR), time to progressive disease (TTP), progression-free-survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and safety.
Results Forty-four patients were included; median age: 67.8 (range 43.3–82.7) years, 68.2% male. The ORR was 27.3% (95% CI 15.0, 42.8); median PFS and OS: 5.0 (95% CI 3.6, 6.9) and 7.2 (5.5, 9.0) months, respectively. Median TTP, DCR and DoR: 5.3 (range 3.8–7.0) months, 70.5% (95% CI 54.8, 83.2%), and 4.8 (1.8, NE) months. Median panitumumab treatment duration: 11.9 (range 0.1–34.9) weeks; 25.0% patients had a dose reduction and 40.9% discontinued treatment. Grade 3–4 adverse events (AEs): 68.2%/22.2% patients. Most common AEs: asthenia (75.0%) and mucosal inflammation (54.5%). Serious AEs were experienced by 54.6% patients; 9.1%, 13.6%, and 15.9% related to panitumumab, DOC, and CIS, respectively. Three (6.8%) patients died due to AEs not related to study treatment.
Conclusions The addition of panitumumab to standard chemotherapy as the first-line treatment in advanced gastric or GEJ-ADC does not appear to improve the efficacy outcomes.
