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- Title
Evaluation of the Benefits of TACE Combined with Sorafenib for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on Untreatable TACE (unTACEable) Progression.
- Authors
Zou, Xinhua; Fan, Wenzhe; Xue, Miao; Li, Jiaping
- Abstract
Purpose: Outcomes after the treatment for unresectable or advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are unsatisfied. We evaluated the therapeutic benefits of a combination therapy strategy for these patients through transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus sorafenib. Patients and Methods: In total, 85 patients with HCC classified as intermediate and advanced stage from June 2012 to November 2017 were retrospectively investigated. We divided patients into the monotherapy (n=43; TACE alone) and combined therapy (n=42; TACE plus sorafenib) groups. Results: Compared with the TACE alone group, the TACE plus sorafenib experienced significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) (mean 21 months vs 12 months; P = 0.0005) and overall survival (OS) (mean 32 months vs 21 months; P = 0.0157). The disease control rate (DCR) of TACE plus sorafenib group was 80.95%, which was significantly increased than the TACE alone group (55.81%) (P< 0.05), as well as objective response rate (ORR) (23.81% vs 16.28%). Besides, the rates of liver-related AEs and liver failure in the TACE plus sorafenib group were not increased in contrast to TACE alone group, and there were no new safety concerns. To sum up, the superiority of combination therapy with significantly prolonging progression-free and overall survival was observed, meanwhile finding a significant increase in tumor response rate and manageable safety in the combined therapy in contrast to the monotherapy group. Conclusion: Based on unTACEble progression, the superiority of the combination therapy is that TACE plus sorafenib has been bringing about significantly better outcomes compared with TACE alone for HCC patients.
- Subjects
HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma; SORAFENIB; OVERALL survival; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; PROGRESSION-free survival; LIVER failure
- Publication
Cancer Management & Research, 2021, Vol 13, p4013
- ISSN
1179-1322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/CMAR.S304591