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- Title
Phase I Study of Lenvatinib and Capecitabine with External Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Adenocarcinoma.
- Authors
Mehta, Rutika; Frakes, Jessica; Kim, Jongphil; Nixon, Andrew; Liu, Yingmiao; Howard, Lauren; Jimenez, Maria E Martinez; Carballido, Estrella; Imanirad, Iman; Sanchez, Julian; Dessureault, Sophie; Xie, Hao; Felder, Seth; Sahin, Ibrahim; Hoffe, Sarah; Malafa, Mokenge; Kim, Richard
- Abstract
Background Neoadjuvant chemoradiation with fluoropyrimidine followed by surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy has been the standard treatment of locally advanced stages II and III rectal cancer for many years. There is a high risk for disease recurrence; therefore, optimizing chemoradiation strategies remains an unmet need. Based on a few studies, there is evidence of the synergistic effect of VEGF/PDGFR blockade with radiation. Methods In this phase I, dose-escalation and dose-expansion study, we studied 3 different dose levels of lenvatinib in combination with capecitabine-based chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer. Results A total of 20 patients were enrolled, and 19 were eligible for assessment of efficacy. The combination was well tolerated, with an MTD of 24 mg lenvatinib. The downstaging rate for the cohort and the pCR was 84.2% and 37.8%, respectively. Blood-based protein biomarkers TSP-2, VEGF-R3, and VEGF correlated with NAR score and were also differentially expressed between response categories. The NAR, or neoadjuvant rectal score, encompasses cT clinical tumor stage, pT pathological tumor stage, and pN pathological nodal stage and provides a continuous variable for evaluating clinical trial outcomes. Conclusion The combination of lenvatinib with capecitabine and radiation in locally advanced rectal cancer was found to be safe and tolerable, and potential blood-based biomarkers were identified. Clinical Trial Registration NCT02935309
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of antimetabolites; ADENOCARCINOMA; DRUG efficacy; DRUG dosage; CLINICAL trials; RECTUM tumors; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ANTIMETABOLITES; PROTEIN-tyrosine kinase inhibitors; TUMOR classification; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; VASCULAR endothelial growth factors; DRUG toxicity; LONGITUDINAL method; PATIENT safety
- Publication
Oncologist, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 8, p621
- ISSN
1083-7159
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oncolo/oyac003