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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 22, Pages 2486-+Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.21.00286
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- National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health [U10CA180821, U10CA180882, UG1CA233180, UG1CA233290, P30CA008748, UG1CA233234, UG1CA233324, UG1CA233327, UG1CA233331, UG1CA233339, UG1CA189819, UG1CA189858, U10CA180820, U10CA180819, P50CA221745]
- Genentech
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The study showed that adding bevacizumab to GC did not improve overall survival in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma, despite a slight advantage in progression-free survival. Increased bevacizumab-related toxicities were observed in the bevacizumab-treated group.
PURPOSE The combination of gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) is a standard therapy for metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Based on data that angiogenesis plays a role in urothelial carcinoma growth and progression, a randomized placebo-controlled trial was performed with the primary objective of testing whether patients treated with GC and bevacizumab (GCB) have superior overall survival (OS) than patients treated with GC and placebo (GCP). PATIENTS AND METHODS Between July 2009 and December 2014, 506 patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma without prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease and no neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy within 12 months were randomly assigned to receive either GCB or GCP. The primary end point was OS, with secondary end points of progression-free survival, objective response, and toxicity. RESULTS With a median follow-up of 76.3 months among alive patients, the median OS was 14.5 months for patients treated with GCB and 14.3 months for patients treated with GCP (hazard ratio for death = 0.87; 95% CI, 0.72 to 1.05; two-sided stratified log-rank P = .14). The median progression-free survival was 8.0 months for GCB and 6.7 months for GCP (hazard ratio = 0.77; 95% CI, 0.63 to 0.95; P = .016). The proportion of patients with grade 3 or greater adverse events did not differ significantly between both arms, although increased bevacizumab-related toxicities such as hypertension and proteinuria occurred in the bevacizumab-treated arm. CONCLUSION The addition of bevacizumab to GC did not result in improved OS. The observed median OS of about 14 months is consistent with prior phase III trials of cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
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