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ArticleESMO open2023

Twelve ESMO Congress 2022 breakthroughs: practicing oncologists' perceptions and potential application on presented data.

H K van Halteren, J Bennouna, B Brasiuniene, A J Cunquero Tomas, A M Garcia Trinidad, A Indini, G Liposits, B Pellegrino, L Popovic, A Tan and 3 more

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H K van HalterenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Adrz Hospital, Goes, The Netherlands. Electronic address: hk.vanhalteren@adrz.nl.
J BennounaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital Foch, Suresnes, France.
B BrasiunieneDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute of Lithuania, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
A J Cunquero TomasDepartment of Medical Oncology, General University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Medical Oncology Unit, General Hospital of Requena, Valencia, Spain.
A M Garcia TrinidadSection of Medical Oncology, Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital, Dagupan City, The Philippines.
A IndiniUnit of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST Settelaghi, Varese, Italy.
G LipositsDepartment of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
B PellegrinoMedical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma; Department of Medical Oncology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
L PopovicOncology Institute of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
A TanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
R VidraDepartment of Medical Oncology, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology "Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor", Cluj-Napoca, Romania; UBBMed, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
M StrijbosDepartment of Medical Oncology, GZA Hospitals, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Practising Oncologists Working Group

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDuring the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022, outcome data of a great number of clinical trials were presented. For the attending medical oncologist, it is important to structure these data in a way that facilitates a trade-off between treatment burden and benefit. MATERIALS AND

methodsTo illustrate this, we carried out a narrative non-systematic review of 12 selected oral presentations with potential impact on future daily practice, focusing on trial methodology, possible study flaws, reported clinical benefit and implementability.

resultsThe selected presentations encompassed 10 phase III trials, 1 randomized phase II trial and 1 phase II trial. In 7 out of 12 trials, quality of life and/or patient-reported outcomes had been evaluated. None of the trials, which reported progression-free survival (PFS) data, provided information, which could exclude informative censoring bias. In none of the trials reporting overall survival (OS) data, potential flaws due to undesirable crossover and imbalance between study groups regarding post-progression treatments were addressed. For the 11 reviewed randomized trials, the ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (MCBS) grade achieved with the new intervention was calculated based on the presented data. The MCBS grade varied from 1 to 5.

conclusionsOur review confirms the high-quality standard of current cancer research and the clinical relevance of the research questions answered. However, during presentation of PFS and/or OS data, factors known to affect PFS and OS analysis should be structurally addressed. In order to keep cancer care affordable and sustainable, it could be considered to include an ESMO-MCBS threshold in the drug appraisal process of regulatory authorities.

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Medical OncologyNeoplasmsClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicCongresses as TopicHumansProgression-Free SurvivalQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurvival AnalysisESMO Congress 2022implementationmethodologyreview

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PMCPMC9843205

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