Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer

<b>Objective</b> To explore the efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer, providing a reference to guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced gastric cancer who are unable to endure chemotherapy. <b>Methods</b> A tota...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: GUO Mengya, CHEN Yue, PENG Weiwei, SHA Huanhuan, FANG Ying, ZHOU Guoren
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: The Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Clinical Research 2025-01-01
Series:Zhongguo linchuang yanjiu
Subjects:
Online Access:http://zglcyj.ijournals.cn/zglcyj/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20250106&year_id=2025&quarter_id=1&falg=1
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850231507716669440
author GUO Mengya, CHEN Yue, PENG Weiwei, SHA Huanhuan, FANG Ying, ZHOU Guoren
author_facet GUO Mengya, CHEN Yue, PENG Weiwei, SHA Huanhuan, FANG Ying, ZHOU Guoren
author_sort GUO Mengya, CHEN Yue, PENG Weiwei, SHA Huanhuan, FANG Ying, ZHOU Guoren
collection DOAJ
description <b>Objective</b> To explore the efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer, providing a reference to guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced gastric cancer who are unable to endure chemotherapy. <b>Methods</b> A total of 45 patients with advanced gastric cancer, who underwent apatinib treatment after failure of first-line treatment at Jiangsu Cancer Hospital from August 2017 to June 2022, were selected as the subjects for this study. All patients underwent second-line therapy due to failure of first-line therapy. The second-line treatment regimens included four types of combination regimens: apatinib combined with immunotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy plus chemotherapy, antibody-drug conjugate plus chemotherapy, respectively, and patinib monotherapy meanwhile. Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test, while factors influencing median progression-free survival (PFS) were analyzed using the Cox regression model. Stratification factors included gender, age, taking operation or not, microsatellite instability (MMR) status, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) expression, and programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1) / ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. <b>Results</b> Follow-up untill 2023-12-31, among the 45 patients, the disease control rate (DCR) of apatinib was 48.9%, with a median PFS of 5.0 months. The combination of apatinib with immunotherapy and chemotherapy produced the optimal outcomes, with a median PFS reaching 7.6 months. There was no statistically significant difference in PFS among the various treatment regimens (P>0.05). Furthermore, the PFS differences among various groups stratified by gender, age, taking operation or not, HER-2 expression, PD-1/PD-L1 expression, and MMR status were also not statistically significant (P>0.05). The most common adverse reactions were gastrointestinal disturbances (8.9%) and leukopenia (8.9%), but all adverse reactions were manageable. <b>Conclusion</b> Apatinib has some advantages in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer, especially the combination regimen of immunotherapy, chemotherapy and apatinib may bring survival advantages to patients."
format Article
id doaj-art-9a894cb06cb441239646d6bdfcfe9c50
institution OA Journals
issn 1674-8182
language zho
publishDate 2025-01-01
publisher The Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Clinical Research
record_format Article
series Zhongguo linchuang yanjiu
spelling doaj-art-9a894cb06cb441239646d6bdfcfe9c502025-08-20T02:03:31ZzhoThe Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Clinical ResearchZhongguo linchuang yanjiu1674-81822025-01-01381283210.13429/j.cnki.cjcr.2025.01.006Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancerGUO Mengya, CHEN Yue, PENG Weiwei, SHA Huanhuan, FANG Ying, ZHOU Guoren0*Department of Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China<b>Objective</b> To explore the efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer, providing a reference to guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced gastric cancer who are unable to endure chemotherapy. <b>Methods</b> A total of 45 patients with advanced gastric cancer, who underwent apatinib treatment after failure of first-line treatment at Jiangsu Cancer Hospital from August 2017 to June 2022, were selected as the subjects for this study. All patients underwent second-line therapy due to failure of first-line therapy. The second-line treatment regimens included four types of combination regimens: apatinib combined with immunotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy plus chemotherapy, antibody-drug conjugate plus chemotherapy, respectively, and patinib monotherapy meanwhile. Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test, while factors influencing median progression-free survival (PFS) were analyzed using the Cox regression model. Stratification factors included gender, age, taking operation or not, microsatellite instability (MMR) status, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) expression, and programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1) / ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. <b>Results</b> Follow-up untill 2023-12-31, among the 45 patients, the disease control rate (DCR) of apatinib was 48.9%, with a median PFS of 5.0 months. The combination of apatinib with immunotherapy and chemotherapy produced the optimal outcomes, with a median PFS reaching 7.6 months. There was no statistically significant difference in PFS among the various treatment regimens (P>0.05). Furthermore, the PFS differences among various groups stratified by gender, age, taking operation or not, HER-2 expression, PD-1/PD-L1 expression, and MMR status were also not statistically significant (P>0.05). The most common adverse reactions were gastrointestinal disturbances (8.9%) and leukopenia (8.9%), but all adverse reactions were manageable. <b>Conclusion</b> Apatinib has some advantages in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer, especially the combination regimen of immunotherapy, chemotherapy and apatinib may bring survival advantages to patients."http://zglcyj.ijournals.cn/zglcyj/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20250106&year_id=2025&quarter_id=1&falg=1apatinibgastric cancersecond-line treatmentchemotherapyimmunotherapyprogression-free survival
spellingShingle GUO Mengya, CHEN Yue, PENG Weiwei, SHA Huanhuan, FANG Ying, ZHOU Guoren
Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
Zhongguo linchuang yanjiu
apatinib
gastric cancer
second-line treatment
chemotherapy
immunotherapy
progression-free survival
title Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
title_full Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
title_fullStr Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
title_short Efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
title_sort efficacy and safety of apatinib in the second line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
topic apatinib
gastric cancer
second-line treatment
chemotherapy
immunotherapy
progression-free survival
url http://zglcyj.ijournals.cn/zglcyj/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20250106&year_id=2025&quarter_id=1&falg=1
work_keys_str_mv AT guomengyachenyuepengweiweishahuanhuanfangyingzhouguoren efficacyandsafetyofapatinibinthesecondlinetreatmentofadvancedgastriccancer