Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Eligible patients included those with advanced NSCLC with measurable asymptomatic brain metastases that progressed after chemotherapy. Patients were intravenously administered ramucirumab (10 mg/kg) and docetaxel (60 mg/m2) every 21-day cycle. RESULTS: Due to difficulties in accumulating the planned 65 participants, enrollment was terminated early when 25 patients were enrolled. Primary endpoint: Median progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.9 months (95% CI, 1.8-5.3). Secondary endpoints: Median intracranial progression-free survival was 4.6 months (95% CI, 2.5-5.9); median overall survival was 20.9 months (95% CI, 6.6-not possible to estimate); objective response rate was 20% (95% CI, 6.8-40.7); disease control rate was 68% (95% CI, 46.5-85.1). The most common grade 3 or higher toxicities were neutropenia in 10 patients (40%). Neither intracranial hemorrhage nor grade 5 adverse events were observed. Patients with higher serum soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 concentrations at the start of treatment had slightly longer PFS. CONCLUSION: No clinical concerns were identified with DOC/RAM for NSCLC with brain metastases in this study. Further investigation with a larger sample size is needed to determine the tolerability and safety of these populations (Trial Identifiers: University Hospital Medical Information Network in Japan [UMIN000024551] and Japan Registry of Clinical Trials [jRCTs071180048]).
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Authors | Keiko Tanimura, Junji Uchino, Hideharu Kimura, Osamu Hiranuma, Yusuke Chihara, Shigeru Tanzawa, Chieko Takumi, Toshiyuki Kita, Koji Inoue, Koichi Minato, Shinnosuke Takemoto, Akira Nakao, Kenichi Yoshimura, Koichi Takayama |
Journal | The oncologist
(Oncologist)
Vol. 28
Issue 6
Pg. 551-e454
(06 02 2023)
ISSN: 1549-490X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 37053467
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase II, Multicenter Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press. |
Chemical References |
- Docetaxel
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
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Topics |
- Humans
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
(pathology)
- Docetaxel
- Lung Neoplasms
(pathology)
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Brain Neoplasms
(drug therapy, secondary)
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
(adverse effects)
- Ramucirumab
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