Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00516-3
Sharmila Devi
{"title":"Rising costs of cancer medicines.","authors":"Sharmila Devi","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00516-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00516-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1262"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142290315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-11DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00437-6
Zikun Peng, Huayi Li, Yunong Gao, Li Sun, Jie Jiang, Bairong Xia, Yi Huang, Yu Zhang, Yu Xia, Yuxin Zhang, Yiyang Shen, Bowen Huang, Jiayu Nie, Xinrong Chen, Xingyu Liu, Cui Feng, Zhen Li, Wei Zhang, Kangjia Tao, Qiuxue Zhang, Shican Duan, Yaheng Chen, Yeshan Chen, Wei Wang, Hong Zheng, Yudong Lu, Yi Liu, Limei Wang, Wencai Qi, Yang He, Yan Tian, Guiling Li, Ding Ma, Qinglei Gao
{"title":"Sintilimab combined with bevacizumab in relapsed or persistent ovarian clear cell carcinoma (INOVA): a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial.","authors":"Zikun Peng, Huayi Li, Yunong Gao, Li Sun, Jie Jiang, Bairong Xia, Yi Huang, Yu Zhang, Yu Xia, Yuxin Zhang, Yiyang Shen, Bowen Huang, Jiayu Nie, Xinrong Chen, Xingyu Liu, Cui Feng, Zhen Li, Wei Zhang, Kangjia Tao, Qiuxue Zhang, Shican Duan, Yaheng Chen, Yeshan Chen, Wei Wang, Hong Zheng, Yudong Lu, Yi Liu, Limei Wang, Wencai Qi, Yang He, Yan Tian, Guiling Li, Ding Ma, Qinglei Gao","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00437-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00437-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ovarian clear cell carcinoma rarely responds to second-line chemotherapy, the recommended treatment for relapsed epithelial ovarian cancer. Here, we report the activity and safety of sintilimab in combination with bevacizumab in patients with relapsed or persistent ovarian clear cell carcinoma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the prospective, multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 INOVA trial, patients aged 18-75 years with histologically confirmed relapsed or persistent ovarian clear cell carcinoma were enrolled from eight tertiary hospitals in China. Eligible patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status score of 0-2 and previous exposure to at least one cycle of platinum-containing chemotherapy. Enrolled patients received sintilimab (200 mg) and bevacizumab (15 mg/kg) intravenously every 3 weeks until disease progression. The primary endpoint was objective response rate assessed by independent central review based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours version 1.1. Eligible enrolled patients who received at least one cycle of treatment and had at least one tumour response assessment following the baseline assessment per protocol were included in the activity analysis. Patients who received at least one dose of study drug were included in the safety analysis. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04735861) and is ongoing.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between April 8, 2021, and July 3, 2023, 51 patients were screened and 41 patients received at least one dose of sintilimab in combination with bevacizumab. Response evaluation was completed in 37 patients. Objective responses were observed in 15 patients (objective response rate 40·5%; 95% CI 24·8-57·9), of which five (14%) were complete responses and ten (27%) were partial responses. At data cutoff (Jan 29, 2024), the median follow-up was 16·9 months (IQR 7·5-23·4). Three (7%) patients developed grade 3 treatment-related adverse events including one patient with proteinuria, one patient with myocarditis, and one patient with rash. No treatment-related adverse events of worse than grade 3 severity were recorded. Treatment-related serious adverse events occurred in two (5%) patients including one patient with immune-related myocarditis and another with hypertension and renal dysfunction. No treatment-related deaths occurred.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Sintilimab in combination with bevacizumab showed promising anti-tumour activity and manageable safety in patients with relapsed or persistent ovarian clear cell carcinoma. Larger, randomised trials are warranted to compare this low-toxicity, chemotherapy-free combinatorial regimen with standard chemotherapy.</p><p><strong>Funding: </strong>National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Xisike Clinical Oncology Research Foundation, and Innovent Biologics.</p><p><strong>Translation: </str","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1288-1297"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142290317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-10DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00402-9
Brian Shuch, Allan J Pantuck, Jean-Christophe Bernhard, Michael A Morris, Viraj Master, Andrew M Scott, Charles van Praet, Clement Bailly, Bülent Önal, Tamer Aksoy, Robin Merkx, David M Schuster, Sze Ting Lee, Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Alice C Fan, Phillip Allman, Karl Schmidt, Libuse Tauchmanova, Michael Wheatcroft, Christian Behrenbruch, Colin R W Hayward, Peter Mulders
{"title":"[<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab for PET-CT imaging of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a prospective, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial.","authors":"Brian Shuch, Allan J Pantuck, Jean-Christophe Bernhard, Michael A Morris, Viraj Master, Andrew M Scott, Charles van Praet, Clement Bailly, Bülent Önal, Tamer Aksoy, Robin Merkx, David M Schuster, Sze Ting Lee, Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Alice C Fan, Phillip Allman, Karl Schmidt, Libuse Tauchmanova, Michael Wheatcroft, Christian Behrenbruch, Colin R W Hayward, Peter Mulders","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00402-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00402-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>With limitations of conventional imaging and biopsy, accurate, non-invasive techniques to detect clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in patients with renal masses remain an unmet need. <sup>89</sup>Zr-labelled monoclonal antibody ([<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab) has high affinity for carbonic anhydrase 9, a tumour antigen highly expressed in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. We aimed to evaluate [<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab PET-CT imaging for detection and characterisation of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>ZIRCON was a prospective, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial conducted at 36 research hospitals and practices across nine countries (the USA, Australia, Canada, the UK, Türkiye, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and France). Patients aged 18 years or older with an indeterminate renal mass 7 cm or smaller (cT1) suspicious for clear-cell renal cell carcinoma and scheduled for nephrectomy received a single dose of [<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab (37 MBq ±10%; 10 mg girentuximab) intravenously followed by abdominal PET-CT imaging 5 days (±2 days) later. Surgery was performed no later than 90 days after administration of [<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab. Blinded central review, conducted by three independent readers, determined the histology from surgical samples. The coprimary endpoints, determined for each individual reader, were the sensitivity and specificity of [<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab PET-CT imaging to detect clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, with histopathological confirmation as standard of truth. Analyses were on the full analysis set of patients, defined as patients who had evaluable PET-CT imaging and a confirmed histopathological diagnosis. The trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03849118, and EUDRA Clinical Trials Register, 2018-002773-21, and is closed to enrolment.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between Aug 14, 2019, and July 8, 2022, 371 patients were screened for eligibility, 332 of whom were enrolled. 300 patients received [<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab (214 [71%] male and 86 [29%] female). 284 (95%) evaluable patients were included in the primary analysis. The mean sensitivity was 85·5% (95% CI 81·5-89·6) and mean specificity was 87·0% (81·0-93·1). No safety signals were observed. Most adverse events were not or were unlikely to be related to [<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab, with most (193 [74%] of 261 events) occurring during or after surgery. The most common grade 3 or worse adverse events were post-procedural haemorrhage (in six [2%] of 261 patients), urinary retention (three [1%]), and hypertension (three [1%]). In 25 (8%) of 300 patients, 52 serious adverse events were reported, of which 51 (98%) occurred after surgery. There were no treatment-related deaths.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Our results suggest that [<sup>89</sup>Zr]Zr-girentuximab PET-CT has a favourable safety profile and is a highly accurate, non-invasive i","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1277-1287"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142290309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00495-9
Talha Burki
{"title":"New developments in tobacco control measures in Europe.","authors":"Talha Burki","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00495-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00495-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1259"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00515-1
Manjulika Das
{"title":"Petition to end travel insurance discrimination against people with cancer.","authors":"Manjulika Das","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00515-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00515-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1261"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142290314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-16DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00379-6
Yi Zhao, Ying He, Wei Wang, Qi Cai, Fan Ge, Zisheng Chen, Jianqi Zheng, Yuan Zhang, Hongsheng Deng, Ying Chen, Shen Lao, Hengrui Liang, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors for individuals with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer who progressed on EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitors: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and network meta-analysis.","authors":"Yi Zhao, Ying He, Wei Wang, Qi Cai, Fan Ge, Zisheng Chen, Jianqi Zheng, Yuan Zhang, Hongsheng Deng, Ying Chen, Shen Lao, Hengrui Liang, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00379-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00379-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The clinical benefits of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based treatments in treating individuals with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed on EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) remain controversial. We aimed to review the literature to comprehensively investigate the individual and comparative clinical outcomes of various ICI-based treatment strategies in this population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we used single-arm, pairwise, and network meta-analytical approaches. We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, and relevant international conference proceedings from database inception to Jan 31, 2024, without language restrictions, to identify eligible clinical trials that assessed ICI-based treatments for individuals with advanced EGFR-mutated NSCLC who progressed on EGFR-TKIs. Studies considered eligible were published and unpublished phase 1, 2, or 3 clinical trials enrolling participants with histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced EGFR-mutated NSCLC who had progressed after at least one EGFR-TKI treatment, and that evaluated ICI-based treatment strategies on at least one of the clinical outcomes of interest. The primary outcome analysed was progression-free survival. The protocol is registered with PROSPERO, CRD42021292626.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>17 single-arm trials and 15 randomised controlled trials, involving 2886 participants and seven ICI-based treatment strategies (ICI monotherapy, ICI plus chemotherapy [ICI-chemo], ICI plus antiangiogenesis [ICI-antiangio], ICI plus antiangiogenesis plus chemotherapy [ICI-antiangio-chemo], dual ICIs [ICI-ICI], dual ICIs plus chemotherapy [ICI-ICI-chemo], and ICI plus EGFR-TKI [ICI-TKI]), were included. Three of these strategies-ICI monotherapy, ICI-antiangio-chemo, and ICI-chemo-had sufficient data across the included studies to perform a pairwise meta-analysis. The pairwise meta-analysis showed that, compared with chemotherapy, ICI monotherapy led to shorter progression-free survival (hazard ratio [HR] 1·73 [95% CI 1·30-2·29], I<sup>2</sup>=0%), whereas ICI-antiangio-chemo (HR 0·54 [0·44-0·67], I<sup>2</sup>=0%) and ICI-chemo (HR 0·77 [0·67-0·88], I<sup>2</sup>=0%) prolonged progression-free survival. The network meta-analysis showed that ICI-antiangio-chemo yielded the best progression-free survival results, with substantial benefits over ICI-chemo (HR 0·71 [95% credible interval 0·59-0·85]), ICI monotherapy (HR 0·30 [0·22-0·41]), and non-ICI treatment strategies including antiangio-chemo (HR 0·76 [0·58-1·00]) and chemotherapy alone (HR 0·54 [0·45-0·64]). ICI-antiangio-chemo was associated with higher risks of both any-grade and grade 3 or worse adverse events over ICI-chemo and chemotherapy in the network meta-analysis.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>For individuals with advanced EGFR-mutated NSCLC who prog","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1347-1356"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142004518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-09-05DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00438-8
Laura A Dawson, Jolie Ringash, Alysa Fairchild, Paul Stos, Kristopher Dennis, Aamer Mahmud, Teri Lynn Stuckless, Francois Vincent, David Roberge, Matthew Follwell, Raimond K W Wong, Derek J Jonker, Jennifer J Knox, Camilla Zimmermann, Philip Wong, Aisling S Barry, Marc Gaudet, Rebecca K S Wong, Thomas G Purdie, Dongsheng Tu, Christopher J O'Callaghan
{"title":"Palliative radiotherapy versus best supportive care in patients with painful hepatic cancer (CCTG HE1): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study.","authors":"Laura A Dawson, Jolie Ringash, Alysa Fairchild, Paul Stos, Kristopher Dennis, Aamer Mahmud, Teri Lynn Stuckless, Francois Vincent, David Roberge, Matthew Follwell, Raimond K W Wong, Derek J Jonker, Jennifer J Knox, Camilla Zimmermann, Philip Wong, Aisling S Barry, Marc Gaudet, Rebecca K S Wong, Thomas G Purdie, Dongsheng Tu, Christopher J O'Callaghan","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00438-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00438-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Palliative treatment options for painful hepatic cancer can be restricted due to patients eventually becoming refractory to standard treatment. The aim of this study was to determine whether radiotherapy improves hepatic pain from cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial (CCTG HE1) done in nine cancer centres across Canada, we included patients aged 18 years or older with hepatocellular carcinoma or liver metastases, who were refractory to standard treatment, with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-3, with life expectancy of more than 3 months, and pain or discomfort at its worst in the past 24 hours on the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) of at least 4 out of 10, which was stable for up to 7 days before randomisation. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1), via a minimisation method after stratification by centre and type of cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma vs liver metastases), to single-fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) to the liver with 8 mg ondansetron (or equivalent) orally and 4 mg dexamethasone orally given 1-2 h before radiotherapy plus best supportive care (including non-opioid or opioid analgesia, or dexamethasone, or a combination of these) or best supportive care alone. The primary endpoint was improvement in patient-reported liver cancer pain or discomfort of at least 2 points on worst pain intensity on the BPI at 1 month after randomisation. All patients with both baseline and 1-month assessments were included in the primary endpoint analysis. Safety was assessed in all patients randomly assigned to treatment. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02511522, and is complete.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between July 25, 2015, and June 2, 2022, 66 patients were screened and randomly assigned to radiotherapy plus best supportive care (n=33) or best supportive care (n=33). Median age was 65 years (IQR 57-72), 37 (56%) of 66 patients were male, 29 (44%) were female, 43 (65%) had liver metastases, and 23 (35%) had hepatocellular carcinoma (data on race and ethnicity were not collected). As of data cutoff (Sept 8, 2022), median follow-up was 3·2 months (95% CI 3·0-3·4). 24 (73%) of 33 in the radiotherapy plus best supportive care group and 18 (55%) of 33 in the best supportive care only group completed baseline and 1-month assessments. An improvement in hepatic pain of at least 2 points in worst pain intensity on the BPI at 1 month was seen in 16 (67%) of 24 patients in the radiotherapy plus best supportive care group versus four (22%) of 18 patients in the best supportive care group (p=0·0042). The most common grade 3-4 adverse events within 1 month after randomisation were abdominal pain (three [9%] of 33 in the radiotherapy group vs one [3%] of 33 in best supportive care group) and ascites (two [6%] vs one [3%]). No serious adverse events or treatment-related deaths were observed.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </st","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1337-1346"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet OncologyPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00459-5
Sharmila Devi
{"title":"Medicare drug price negotiations by the US Government.","authors":"Sharmila Devi","doi":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00459-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00459-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17942,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1256"},"PeriodicalIF":41.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}