Third-Line Palliative Systemic Therapy for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer: Multicentre Review of Patterns of Care and Outcomes



Gray, Simon ORCID: 0000-0001-8396-3328, Letissier, Octave, d'Abrigeon, Constance, Shah, Dinakshi, Wardell, Stephen, Faluyi, Olusola, Lamarca, Angela, Hubner, Richard A, Edeline, Julien, Valle, Juan W
et al (show 1 more authors) (2023) Third-Line Palliative Systemic Therapy for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer: Multicentre Review of Patterns of Care and Outcomes. CANCERS, 15 (11). 3047-.

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Abstract

Phase 3 trials have established standard first-line (1L) and 2L systemic therapy options for patients with advanced biliary cancer (ABC). However, a standard 3L treatment remains undefined. Clinical practice and outcomes for 3L systemic therapy in patients with ABC were therefore evaluated from three academic centres. Included patients were identified using institutional registries; demographics, staging, treatment history, and clinical outcomes were collected. Kaplan-Meier methods were used to assess progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Ninety-seven patients, treated between 2006 and 2022, were included; 61.9% had intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. At the time of analysis, there had been 91 deaths. Median PFS from initiating 3L palliative systemic therapy (mPFS3) was 3.1 months (95%CI 2.0-4.1), while mOS3 was 6.4 months (95%CI 5.5-7.3); mOS1 was 26.9 months (95%CI 23.6-30.2). Among patients with a therapy-targeted molecular aberration (10.3%; n = 10; all received in 3L), mOS3 was significantly improved versus all other included patients (12.5 vs. 5.9 months; <i>p</i> = 0.02). No differences in OS1 were demonstrated between anatomical subtypes. Fourth-line systemic therapy was received by 19.6% of patients (n = 19). This international multicentre analysis documents systemic therapy use in this select patient group, and provides a benchmark of outcomes for future trial design.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ampulla of Vater, biliary tract, chemotherapy, cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder, systemic therapy, targeted therapy, third-line
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2024 11:10
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2024 11:10
DOI: 10.3390/cancers15113047
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15113047
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3178496