ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022
A multi-center effectiveness comparison study of fruquintinib with constructed external control cohort of other targeted kinase inhibitors using real-world data in third-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.
Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02314819 (A Randomized, Double-blind and Placebo-controlled Phase III Trial Comparing Fruquintinib Efficacy and Safety vs Best Support Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Randomized, Double-blind and Placebo-controlled Phase III Trial Comparing Fruquintinib Efficacy and Safety vs Best Support Care (BSC) in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients Who Have Failed at Least Second Lines of Chemotherapies
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy and safety of fruquintinib in the treatment of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in China.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy versus Chemoradiotherapy in Resectable Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Reconstructed Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Review
- Efficacy and safety of fruquintinib in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Synergistic Effects of Fruquintinib Combined with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors on Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2024Article
- Fruquintinib in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicenter real-world study.ESMO open · 2024Article
- Fruquintinib in metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicenter real-world analysis on efficacy, safety, and predictive and prognostic factors.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the comparative efficacy in third-line setting for metastatic CRC (mCRC) patients using matched population of FRESCO trial with fruquintinib and real-world data with other TKIs. Materials and methods: The arm of fruquintinib from the FRESCO phase III trial (NCT02314819) included the data of patients with metastatic CRC that progressed after at least two lines of chemotherapy and received fruquintinib treatment. An external control arm was constructed using real-world data (RWD) of patients who received other TKIs based on key eligibility criteria of FRESCO. The baseline characteristics of two arms was balanced by propensity score matching (PSM). The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazard model was used to evaluate progression free survival (PFS) and to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), respectively. Results: Overall, 128 patients were successfully matched by PSM in each, fruquintinib and other TKIs group. The patients in fruquintinib group showed significant increase in median PFS than other TKIs (3.71 Conclusion: With the approach of establishing the external control arm from RWD, this study has demonstrated that treatment with fruquintinib significantly prolonged PFS as compared to other TKIs in patients as third-line mCRC treatment.
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