Efficacy and safety of sorafenib combined with TACE in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis.

Q2 Medicine

Journal of Buon Pub Date : 2021-07-01

Dailong Li, Yaqi Pang, Lu Xu, Xinhua Xu

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Abstract

Purpose: Sorafenib combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is one of the common methods in the clinical treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its efficacy and safety are still controversial. Therefore, we used meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sorafenib combined with TACE in the treatment of advanced HCC.

Methods: Up to March 14, 2021, the databases of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CNKI and Wanfang were searched, and the randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) of sorafenib combined with TACE in the treatment of primary HCC were included. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted data and evaluated the quality according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Revman5.4 software was used for meta-analysis.

Results: A total of 3076 patients were included in 23 studies, including sorafenib combined with TACE group (n=1542) and TACE group (n=1534). The results of meta-analysis showed that sorafenib combined with TACE could increase the objective response rate (ORR) (RR=1.35, 95%CI: 1.24-1.48, p<0.00001), disease control rate (DCR) (RR=1.19, 95%CI: 1.11-1.28, p<0.00001), prolong the time of disease progression (TTP) (HR=0.80, 95%CI: 0.70-0.92, p=0.001), reduce the expression level of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) (SMD=2.01, 95%CI: 1.27-2.75, p<0.00001) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (SMD=2.62, 95% CI: 1.35-3.90, p<0.0001) in serum. However, the overall survival (OS) was not prolonged (HR=0.86, 95%CI: 0.73-1.02, p=0.09). The incidences of fatigue, diarrhea, elevated bilirubin, skin reaction of hands and feet, rash, hypertension and oral mucosal inflammation in sorafenib combined with TACE group were higher than those in TACE group (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Sorafenib combined with TACE has some clinical benefits compared with TACE alone, but it does not seem to prolong the OS of patients with HCC, and the incidence of adverse reactions is higher, so more high-quality RCTs are needed to further study the efficacy of the combination regimen.

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索拉非尼联合TACE治疗晚期肝细胞癌的疗效和安全性:一项meta分析。

目的:索拉非尼联合经导管动脉化疗栓塞(TACE)是临床上治疗晚期肝细胞癌(HCC)的常用方法之一，但其疗效和安全性仍存在争议。因此，我们采用meta分析评价索拉非尼联合TACE治疗晚期HCC的疗效和安全性。方法:检索截至2021年3月14日的PubMed、EMBASE、Cochrane Library、中国知网、万方等数据库，纳入索拉非尼联合TACE治疗原发性HCC的随机对照临床试验(RCTs)。两位研究者独立筛选文献，提取资料，并根据纳入和排除标准评估质量。采用Revman5.4软件进行meta分析。结果:23项研究共纳入3076例患者，其中索拉非尼联合TACE组(n=1542)和TACE组(n=1534)。荟萃分析结果显示，索拉非尼联合TACE可提高客观缓解率(ORR) (RR=1.35, 95%CI: 1.24-1.48)。结论:与单独使用TACE相比，索拉非尼联合TACE具有一定的临床获益，但似乎并未延长HCC患者的OS，且不良反应发生率更高，因此需要更多高质量的rct来进一步研究联合方案的疗效。

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Journal of Buon 医学-肿瘤学

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