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ArticleCancers2022

A Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study to Assess the Clinical Activity and Impact on Symptom Burden and Patients' Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcomas Treated with Trabectedin in a Real-World Setting in Greece.

Stefania Kokkali, Ioannis Boukovinas, Epaminondas Samantas, Pavlos Papakotoulas, Ilias Athanasiadis, Charalampos Andreadis, Parisis Makrantonakis, Georgios Samelis, Eleni Timotheadou, Georgios Vassilopoulos and 7 more

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Twenty-five years of experience with patient-reported outcome measures in soft-tissue sarcoma patients: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Stefania KokkaliFirst Department of Medical Oncology, Agios Savvas Athens General Hospital, 11522 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis BoukovinasMedical Oncology, Bioclinic of Thessaloniki, 54622 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Epaminondas SamantasThird Oncology Clinic, Agioi Anargiroi Athens General Hospital, 14564 Athens, Greece.
Pavlos PapakotoulasFirst Chemotherapeutic Oncology Department, Theagenion Anti-Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54639 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ilias AthanasiadisOncology Department, Hygeia Athens Private Hospital, 15123 Maroussi, Greece.
Charalampos AndreadisThird Department of Clinical Oncology and Chemotherapy, Theagenion Anti-Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54639 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Parisis MakrantonakisSecond Department of Clinical Oncology and Chemotherapy, Theagenion Anti-Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54639 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios SamelisOncology Department, Hippocration General Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Eleni TimotheadouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54629 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2545-8926
Georgios VassilopoulosDepartment of Hematology, Larissa University Hospital, 41334 Larissa, Greece.
Christos PapadimitriouOncology Unit, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8084-0445
Dimitrios TzanninisMedical Oncology Unit, Athens Medical Center, 15125 Maroussi, Greece.
Alexandros ArdavanisFirst Department of Medical Oncology, Agios Savvas Athens General Hospital, 11522 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis KotsantisDivision Medical Oncology, Attikon University General Hospital of Athens, 12462 Haidari, Greece.
Kiki Karvounis-MarolachakisMedical Department, Genesis Pharma SA, 15232 Halandri, Greece.
Theodora TheodoropoulouMedical Department, Genesis Pharma SA, 15232 Halandri, Greece.
Amanda PsyrriDivision Medical Oncology, Attikon University General Hospital of Athens, 12462 Haidari, Greece.
Theageneio General Hospital · GRSt Savas Hospital · GRUniversity General Hospital Attikon · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRAthens Medical Center · GRHippocration General Hospital · GRHospital Agioi Anargyroi · GRHygeia Hospital · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity Hospital of Larissa · GR

Funding

Genesis Pharma SA not available
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This non-interventional, multicenter, prospective study aimed to evaluate the real-world activity of trabectedin, and its impact on symptom burden and quality of life in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (aSTS) treated in routine clinical settings in Greece. Patients with histologically confirmed aSTS newly initiated on trabectedin were enrolled. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS) rate at 6 months. Secondary endpoints included PFS rate at 3 months, median PFS, objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), overall survival (OS), and an assessment of the impact of treatment on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), cancer-related symptom burden and symptom interference with function, as well as all-cause treatment discontinuation rate. A total of 64 eligible patients from 13 Greek centers were evaluated. Patients received a median of three trabectedin cycles per patient (interquartile range [IQR]: 2.0-6.0). Median PFS was 6.6 months with 67.9% and 51.2% of patients free from progression at 3 and 6 months, respectively. ORR was 7.8% and DCR 21.9%. Median OS was 13.1 months. No significant changes from enrolment were noted in HRQoL scores. In total, 30 patients (46.9%) had at least one trabectedin-related adverse drug reaction (ADR) and 9 (14.1%) at least one serious ADR. The treatment discontinuation rate due to toxicity was 9.4%. These results suggest that trabectedin is an active treatment with clinically meaningful benefits in patients with aSTS with no new safety signals.

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advanced soft tissue sarcomaobservationalquality of lifereal-worldtrabectedin

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PMID35454787
PMCPMC9031293
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