Efficacy and safety of programmed death-1 inhibitor combined with transarterial chemoembolization and anti-angiogenic drugs in treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2022.05.021
- VernacularTitle:经肝动脉化疗栓塞术联合抗血管生成药基础上使用程序性死亡受体1抑制剂治疗中晚期肝细胞癌的有效性和安全性分析
- Author:
Xiaopeng DING
1
;
Jun TIE
1
;
Jiahao YU
1
;
Pengwei REN
1
;
Guoyun XUAN
1
;
Shuoyi MA
1
;
Changcun GUO
1
;
Ying HAN
1
;
Xinmin ZHOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
- Publication Type:Original Articles_Liver Neoplasms
- Keywords:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Chemoembolization, Therapeutic;
Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor;
Treatment Outcome
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2022;38(5):1086-1091
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitor combined with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and anti-angiogenic drug tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) versus TACE combined with TKI in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and related influencing factors for prognosis. Methods An analysis was performed for all patients who received TACE+TKI+PD-1 inhibitor and some patients who received TACE+TKI in The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University from June 2018 to July 2021. Related clinical data were collected, and propensity score matching (PSM) was used to balance the baseline characteristics between groups. The chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between two groups; the Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used for comparison of the number of TACE procedures between two groups; the Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze overall survival (OS), and univariate and multivariate Cox regression models were used to analyze the influencing factors for prognosis. Results A total of 181 patients with advanced HCC were screened out, among whom 50 patients were treated with TACE+TKI+PD-1 inhibitor; after PSM, 40 patients treated with TACE+TKI+PD-1 inhibitor were enrolled as observation group and 40 patients treated with TACE+TKI were enrolled as control group. At the end of follow-up, the median follow-up time was 28.6 (95% confidence interval [ CI ]: 22.1-35.1) months, and the median OS was 15.9 (95% CI : 7.5-24.2) months in the observation group and 11.2 (95% CI : 5.0-17.5) months in the control group. The Cox regression analysis showed that the application of PD-1 inhibitor (hazard ratio [ HR ]=0.42, 95% CI : 0.23-0.80, P =0.008), the number of TACE procedures ( HR =0.67, 95% CI : 0.46-0.99, P =0.043), Child-Pugh class ( HR =2.40, 95% CI : 1.15-5.00, P =0.019), and vascular invasion ( HR =3.42, 95% CI : 1.11-9.42, P =0.031) were independent influencing factors for prognosis. The incidence rate of grade > 2 adverse events was 40% for both the observation group and the control group, and there was no significant difference between the two groups ( P =0.818). Conclusion Compared with TACE+TKI, TACE+TKI+PD-1 inhibitor can significantly prolong the OS of patients in advanced HCC, with relatively controllable adverse events.
