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ArticleBiology2020

Efficacy and Safety of First-Line Everolimus Therapy Alone or in Combination with Octreotide in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. A Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group (HeCOG) Study.

Anna Koumarianou, Dimitrios Pectasides, Georgia-Angeliki Koliou, Dimitrios Dionysopoulos, Dionysia Kolomodi, Christos Poulios, Maria Skondra, Joseph Sgouros, George Pentheroudakis, Gregory Kaltsas and 1 more

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Article in Biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Anna KoumarianouHematology Oncology Unit Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4159-2511
Dimitrios PectasidesOncology Section, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Georgia-Angeliki KoliouSection of Biostatistics, Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, Data Office, 11526 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios DionysopoulosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dionysia KolomodiFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko University Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8359-7559
Christos PouliosDepartment of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Maria SkondraOncology Section, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Joseph SgourosThird Department of Medical Oncology, Agii Anargiri Cancer Hospital, 14564 Athens, Greece.
George PentheroudakisDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6632-2462
Gregory KaltsasFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko University Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
George FountzilasAristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRHippocration General Hospital · GRHellenic Cooperative Oncology Group · GRHospital Agioi Anargyroi · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the efficacy and safety of everolimus administered as a first-line treatment in newly diagnosed patients with metastatic or inoperable gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP NETs). This phase II, multicenter, single-arm study included patients with well-differentiated GEP NETs and a Ki67 < 20%. Everolimus, at 10 mg/day, was administered until disease progression; 18 patients (72%) concomitantly received octreotide long-acting release (LAR), at 30 mg/month. The primary endpoint was the 15-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate. Twenty-five patients (grade 1: 11 patients, grade 2: 14 patients) were enrolled between August 2012 and October 2015. At a median follow-up of 58.1 months, the median PFS was 14.6 months, while the 15-month PFS rate was 48%; median overall survival had not been reached yet. Normal baseline chromogranin A (<4 nmol/l) confirmed a longer PFS (HR = 0.25, 95% CI 0.08-0.77,

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GEP NETliverlymph nodemetastasesoctreotide LARtargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID32182791
PMCPMC7150771
OpenAlexW3010499233

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