Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34692541›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Efficacy and Safety of Fruquintinib Plus PD-1 Inhibitors Versus Regorafenib Plus PD-1 Inhibitors in Refractory Microsatellite Stable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.

Liying Sun, Shenglan Huang, Dan Li, Ye Mao, Yurou Wang, Jianbing Wu

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Article
  7. Apigenin 7-glucoside reprograms tumor metabolism and enhances immunotherapy efficacy in colorectal cancer via DLX5.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Observational
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Liying SunDepartment of Digestive Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Shenglan HuangDepartment of Digestive Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Dan LiDepartment of Digestive Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Ye MaoDepartment of Digestive Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Yurou WangDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Jianbing WuDepartment of Digestive Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNNanchang University · CNJiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMicrosatellite stability (MSS) or mismatch repair proficient (pMMR) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is resistant to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Studies have shown that antiangiogenic drugs combined with programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitors can improve immunosuppression. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of fruquintinib combined with PD-1 inhibitor (FP) and regorafenib combined with PD-1 inhibitor (RP) in the treatment of advanced mCRC with MSS or pMMR. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe retrospectively collected advanced MSS or pMMR mCRC patient data from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang, China, from June 2019 to March 2021. Then, we analyzed and compared the efficacy and safety of FP and RP.

resultsA total of 51 patients who met the criteria were divided into FP (n = 28) and RP groups (n = 23). The overall response rate of the FP and RP groups was 7.1% and 8.7% and the disease control rate was 89.3% and 56.5%, respectively. The median progression-free survival (PFS) time was higher in the FP group than in the RP group (6.4 vs. 3.9 months, respectively; P = 0.0209). Patients with no liver metastasis, KRAS wild type, and left colon tumor may benefit from FP. Eight patients (15.7%) had grade 3 toxicity related to treatment. Cox multivariate regression analysis showed that the treatment method was an independent risk factor for median PFS time.

conclusionOur study indicates that FP could improve PFS time of patients with advanced mCRC compared with RP.

Indexed as

colorectal cancerfruquintinibimmunotherapymicrosatellite stablePD-1regorafenib

Identifiers

PMID34692541
PMCPMC8526894
OpenAlexW3203105174

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.