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- Title
A Safety and Survival Analysis of Neoadjuvant Bevacizumab with Standard Chemoradiation in a Phase I/II Study Compared with Standard Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.
- Authors
WILLETT, CHRISTOPHER G.; DUDA, DAN G.; ANCUKIEWICZ, MAREK; SHAH, MIRA; CZITO, BRIAN G.; BENTLEY, REX; HIROSHI FUJITA; LAUWERS, GREGORY Y.; CARROLL, MADELINE; TYLER, DOUGLAS; MANTYH, CHRISTOPHER; SHELLITO, PAUL; CHUNG, DANIEL C.; CLARK, JEFFREY W.; JAIN, RAKESH K.
- Abstract
Introduction. Bevacizumab is increasingly being tested with neoadjuvant regimens in patients with localized cancer, but its effects on metastasis and survival remain unknown. This study examines the long-term outcome of clinical stage II/III rectal cancer patients treated in a prospective phase II study of bevacizumab with chemoradiation and surgery. As a benchmark, we used data from an analysis of 42 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with a contemporary approach of preoperative fluoropyrimidine-based radiation therapy. Materials and Methods. Outcome analyses were performed on 32 patients treated prospectively with neoadjuvant bevacizumab, 5-fluorouracil, radiation therapy, and surgery as well as 42 patients treated with standard fluoropyrimidine-based chemoradiation. Results. Overall survival, disease-free survival, and local control showed favorable trends in patients treated with bevacizumab with chemoradiation followed by surgery. Acute and postoperative toxicity appeared acceptable. Conclusions. Neoadjuvant bevacizumab with standard chemoradiation and surgery shows promising long-term efficacy and safety profiles in locally advanced rectal cancer patients.
- Subjects
ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; THERAPEUTIC use of monoclonal antibodies; CLINICAL trials; COMBINED modality therapy; EPIDERMAL growth factor; MONOCLONAL antibodies; HEALTH outcome assessment; RECTUM tumors; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; TREATMENT effectiveness; CHEMICAL inhibitors; RADIOTHERAPY; DRUG therapy
- Publication
Oncologist, 2010, Vol 15, Issue 8, p845
- ISSN
1083-7159
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0030