Trial reportAnnals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology2020
Neutropenia and survival outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with trifluridine/tipiracil in the RECOURSE and J003 trials.
Trial report in Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01607957 (Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 3 Study of TAS-102 Plus Best Supportive Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 3 Study of TAS-102 Plus Best Supportive Care (BSC) Versus Placebo Plus BSC in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Refractory to Standard Chemotherapies
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- TAS-102 plus bevacizumab versus TAS-102 alone for metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of Trifluridine/Tipiracil-Containing Combinations in Colorectal Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors: A Systematic Review.The oncologist · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of trifluridine/tipiracil (TAS-102) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Trifluridine/Tipiracil plus Bevacizumab for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Evidence from Real-World Series.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Pooled it
- A phase II study of intrapatient dose escalation of biweekly trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab for colorectal cancer (E-BiTS study).ESMO open · 2025Trial
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- Phase II study of trifluridine/tipiracil (TAS-102) therapy in elderly patients with colorectal cancer (T-CORE1401): geriatric assessment tools and plasma drug concentrations as possible predictive biomarkers.Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology · 2021Trial
- Real-world outcomes and prognostic factors of trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicenter study in Spain.ESMO gastrointestinal oncology · 2026Article
- The Danish randomized trial of trifluridine-tipiracil and bevacizumab in metastatic colorectal cancer: final survival andESMO gastrointestinal oncology · 2026Article
- A New Era of Salvage-Line Treatment for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: The Role and Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor DNA.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- On-Treatment Grade 3-4 Neutropenia and Clinical Outcomes with Trifluridine/Tipiracil in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: ReTrITA Real-World Evidence.Oncology research · 2026Observational
- Impact of TAS-102 dose reduction on severe neutropenia and survival outcomes in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and prior chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2026Article
- Trifluridine/Tipiracil (FTD/TPI) in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in Hong Kong: A Territory-Wide Cohort Study.Advances in therapy · 2025Article
- Prognostic impact and risk factors of severe neutropenia in the early phase of treatment with trifluridine-tipiracil for metastatic colorectal cancer patients: a single-center retrospective study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Article
- Impact of renal impairment on early development of severe neutropenia with trifluridine/tipiracil treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Adverse event costs of systemic therapies for metastatic colorectal cancer previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and irinotecan-based chemotherapy and biologics in the US.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2024Article
- Trifluridine/tipiracil with and without ramucirumab for advanced gastric cancer: a comparative observational study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Long-Term Progression-Free Survival of a Pre-Treated Patient with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Receiving Trifluridine/Tipiracil.Chemotherapy · 2024Article
- Signal mining and analysis of trifluridine/tipiracil adverse events based on real-world data from the FAERS database.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe phase II J003 (N = 169) and phase III RECOURSE (N = 800) trials demonstrated a significant improvement in survival with trifluridine (FTD)/tipiracil (TPI) versus placebo in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. This post hoc analysis investigated pharmacokinetic data of FTD/TPI exposure and pharmacodynamic markers, such as chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) and clinical outcomes. PATIENTS AND
methodsA total of 210 patients from RECOURSE were enrolled in this substudy. A limited sampling approach was used, with three pharmacokinetic samples drawn on day 12 of cycle 1. Patients were categorized as being above or below the median area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) for FTD and TPI. We conducted a post hoc analysis using the entire RECOURSE population to determine the correlations between CIN and clinical outcome. We then carried out a similar analysis on the J003 trial to validate the results.
resultsIn the RECOURSE subset, patients in the high FTD AUC group had a significantly increased CIN risk. Analyses of the entire population demonstrated that FTD/TPI-treated patients with CIN of any grade in cycles 1 and 2 had significantly longer median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) than patients who did not develop CIN and patients in the placebo group. Patients who required an FTD/TPI treatment delay had increased OS and PFS versus those in the placebo group and those who did not develop CIN. Similar results were obtained in the J003 cohort.
conclusionsIn RECOURSE, patients with higher FTD drug exposure had an increased CIN risk. FTD/TPI-treated patients who developed CIN had improved OS and PFS versus those in the placebo group and those who did not develop CIN. Similar findings were reported in the J003 cohort, thus validating the RECOURSE results. The occurrence of CIN may be a useful predictor of treatment outcomes for FTD/TPI-treated patients. CLINICALTRIALS. GOV IDENTIFIER: NCT01607957 (RECOURSE). JAPAN PHARMACEUTICAL INFORMATION CENTER NUMBER: JapicCTI-090880 (J003).
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