Observational studyAdvances in therapy2022
Observational Study in a Real-World Setting of Targeted Therapy in the Systemic Treatment of Progressive Unresectable or Metastatic Well-Differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (pNETs) in France: OPALINE Study.
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An observational real-world study of the systemic treatment of well-differentiated, unresectable or metastatic, progressive pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pnet): a study of morbidity and mortality at 2 years
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Review
- Predicting liver metastasis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with an interpretable machine learning algorithm: a SEER-based study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Navigating the diagnostic gray zone: a challenging case of pancreatic high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasm.Diagnostic pathology · 2024Article
- Surgical Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.Cancers · 2023Review
- Liver Transplantation for Non-hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Role of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyReview
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15 authors at 13 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionApproval of sunitinib and everolimus for the treatment of progressive, unresectable or metastatic well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) was obtained in France in 2011 and 2012, respectively. OPALINE was set up as an observational study to evaluate the efficacy of sunitinib and everolimus compared to usual pNET treatments of chemotherapies and somatostatin analogues that had been previously recommended by the health authorities.
methodsThe OPALINE study assessed the efficacy of everolimus and sunitinib in terms of survival, disease progression and tolerance. Patients (N = 144) were enrolled from May 2015 to September 2017, and their disease characteristics were analyzed from diagnosis to 2 years post-enrollment.
resultsAt inclusion most patients had comorbidities, and about 95% presented metastases. Patients received on average 3.2 lines of treatment from diagnosis to inclusion and two lines throughout the 2-year follow-up. Seventy-nine patients (59.0%) received at least one targeted therapy (TT) during their care path. For these patients, the overall survival (OS) was approximatively 176.5 months (95% CI: 97.2-not evaluable), with a 2-year survival rate estimated at 93.6% (SD 2.6%). Similar survival rates were observed whether the TTs were prescribed sooner or later in the treatment path. The main reasons for discontinuation of TTs were disease progression (54 patients) and adverse events (26 patients). Most patients receiving TTs did not change their dose during the follow-up reflecting the good treatment tolerability over time. No new safety alert was reported for everolimus and sunitinib during this study.
conclusionGiven their good tolerance and positive impact on estimated OS, the two TTs have an important role to play in the care path of patients with pNETs. CLINICALTRIALS: GOV NATIONAL CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: NCT02264665.
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