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Comparative Study
. 2024 Jun;55(2):924-931.
doi: 10.1007/s12029-024-01036-4. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Efficacy and Safety of TACE Combined with a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for the Treatment of TACE-Refractory Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Comparative Study

Yu-Xing Chen #  1 , Jin-Xing Zhang #  1 , Chun-Gao Zhou  1 , Jin Liu  2 , Sheng Liu  1 , Hai-Bin Shi  1 , Qing-Quan Zu  3 , Yuan Cheng  4
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Comparative Study

Efficacy and Safety of TACE Combined with a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for the Treatment of TACE-Refractory Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Comparative Study

Yu-Xing Chen et al. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

Purpose: Combining angiogenesis inhibitors may enhance therapeutic efficacy synergistically after TACE refractoriness. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TACE-TKI) with TKI only for patients with TACE-refractory hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: From January 2019 to March 2022, 101 HCC patients confirmed with TACE-refractory were retrospectively reviewed in the study. Progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), tumor response, and adverse events (AEs) were evaluated between groups.

Results: Fifty-two patients undergoing TACE-TKI, while 32 patients receiving TKI alone were included. The objective response rate (ORR) was higher in the TACE-TKI group compared with the TKI group (55.8% vs. 25.0%, P = 0.006). The median PFS in the TACE-TKI group was significantly longer than that in the TKI group (7.6 months vs. 4.9 months, P = 0.018). The median OS was non reach to statistical longer than that in the TKI alone group (19.5 months vs. 17.7 months, P = 0.055). Subgroup analysis showed that TACE-TKI treatment resulted in a significantly longer median PFS and OS for Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B patients (PFS 11.8 months vs. 5.1 months, P = 0.017; OS 30.3 months vs. 19.4 months, P = 0.022).

Conclusion: For patients with TACE-refractory HCC, TACE-TKI appeared to be superior to TKI monotherapy with regard to tumor control and PFS. Furthermore, for the BCLC stage B subgroup, TACE-TKI therapy was superior to TKI monotherapy in both OS and PFS.

Keywords: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; Survival analysis; TACE-refractory; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

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