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JOURNAL OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 685-694Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/JHC.S373250
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carcinoma; hepatocellular; chemoembolization; therapeutic; lenvatinib; survival analysis; propensity score
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This study compared the safety and efficacy of TACE-lenvatinib with TACE alone for unresectable HCC patients. The results showed that TACE-lenvatinib group achieved better tumor control, PFS, and OS compared to the TACE group.
Background: Combination of angiogenesis inhibitor may achieve better therapeutic synergistic efficacy, considering of tumor hypoxia and promoted angiogenesis after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). This study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of TACE plus lenvatinib (TACE-lenvatinib) with TACE alone for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods: Between June 2019 and September 2021, a total of 215 patients diagnosed with unresectable HCC were retrospectively reviewed, including 53 patients who received TACE-lenvatinib and 162 patients who received TACE alone. The patient selection bias between the TACE-lenvatinib group and the TACE group was balanced by propensity score matching analysis at a 1:2 ratio. Progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and tumor response were evaluated in the two groups.Results: After propensity score matching analysis, 34 patients receiving TACE-lenvatinib and 68 patients receiving TACE alone were enrolled. The median PFS and OS times in the TACE-lenvatinib group were significantly greater than those in the TACE group (PFS: 8.3 months vs 4.6 months, P = 0.008; OS: 27.7 months vs 18.4 months, P = 0.043). The objective response rate (ORR) in the TACE-lenvatinib group was higher than that in the TACE alone group (64.1% vs 36.5%, P = 0.002). Univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that TACElenvatinib treatment was an independent favorable prognostic factor for both PFS and OS.Conclusion: For unresectable HCC patients, the TACE-lenvatinib appeared superior to TACE alone regarding tumor control, PFS, and OS. However, considering the limitations of this study, these results should be interpreted as preliminary and warrant further confirmation.
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