ArticleJournal of clinical and translational hepatology2021
Efficacy and Safety of Second-line Treatments in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Sorafenib Failure: A Meta-analysis.
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- Pooled it
- Long-term complete remission of metastatic combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma with nivolumab following failure of targeted therapies: a case report.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Immune system development-related signature predicts prognosis and sorafenib-treatment resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma by intergrating machine learning and single-cell analyses.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Real-world second-line treatment pattern for unresectable or advanced hepatic carcinoma in China: a retrospective database study.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Efficacy and safety of regorafenib as a first-line agent alone or in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024Article
- E2F1-mediated Up-regulation of NCAPG Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development by Inhibiting Pyroptosis.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2024Article
- Differential liver function at cessation of atezolizumab-bevacizumab versus lenvatinib in HCC: a multicenter, propensity-score matched comparative study.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- [Strategies for liver injury caused by hepatocellular carcinoma targeted therapy].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2023Article
- [Research progress and clinical application value of exosomal circRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2022Article
- Efficacy and safety of sequential therapy with sorafenib and regorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a two-center study in China.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2022Article
- A Risk Model Based on Sorafenib-Response Target Genes Predicts the Prognosis of Patients with HCC.Journal of oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsIn the last decade, several second-line therapies followed by sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been reported. But the outcomes were different from each other. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the second-line therapies followed by sorafenib in patients with advanced HCC.
methodsEmbase (1974 to October 2019) and Ovid MEDLINE (1946 to October 2019) were searched for randomized clinical trials on second-line therapies followed by sorafenib in patients with advanced HCC. The quality of each study was assessed by the modified Jadad scale. Statistical analysis was carried out by RevMan5.3 software. Efficacy and safety were analyzed. Efficacy included overall survival (OS), disease control rate, time to progression, and progression-free survival.
resultsEight studies involving 3,173 patients were eligible. No difference in OS was found between the second-line treatment group and the control group (HR=0.87, 95% CI: 0.74-1.01,
conclusionsThese second-line therapies followed by sorafenib may potentially improve the prognosis in patients with advanced HCC. Compared with other second-line therapies, regorafenib seemed to be more effective.
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