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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Evaluation of Fruquintinib in the Continuum of Care of Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

Daniele Lavacchi, Giandomenico Roviello, Alessia Guidolin, Silvia Romano, Jacopo Venturini, Enrico Caliman, Agnese Vannini, Elisa Giommoni, Elisa Pellegrini, Marco Brugia and 2 more

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniele LavacchiClinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Giandomenico RovielloDepartment of Health Science, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Alessia GuidolinClinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Silvia RomanoClinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Jacopo VenturiniClinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Enrico CalimanClinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9509-2790
Agnese VanniniClinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Elisa GiommoniMedical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Elisa PellegriniMedical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Marco BrugiaMedical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Serena PillozziDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8861-8718
Lorenzo AntonuzzoClinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The management of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) has the continuum of care as the treatment paradigm. To date, trifluridine/tipiracil, a biochemically modulated fluoropyrimidine, and regorafenib, a multi-kinase inhibitor, remain the main options for the majority of patients who progressed to standard doublet- or triplet-based chemotherapies, although a tailored approach could be indicated in certain circumstances. Being highly selective for vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-1, -2 and -3, fruquintinib demonstrated a strong anti-tumor activity in preclinical models and received approval from China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in 2018 for the treatment of patients with chemo-refractory mCRC. The approval was based on the results of the phase III FRESCO trial. Then, in order to overcome geographic differences in clinical practice, the FRESCO-2 trial was conducted in the US, Europe, Japan, and Australia. In a heavily pretreated patient population, the study met its primary endpoint, demonstrating an advantage of fruquintinib over a placebo in overall survival (OS). Here, we review the clinical development of fruquintinib and its perspectives in gastrointestinal cancers. Then, we discuss the introduction of fruquintinib in the continuum of care of CRC paying special attention to unmet needs, including the identification of cross-resistant and potentially susceptible populations, evaluation of radiological response, and identification of novel biomarkers of clinical benefit.

Indexed as

BenzofuransColonic NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsRectal NeoplasmsContinuity of Patient CareHumansQuinazolinesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ABenzofuransHMPL-013QuinazolinesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ACRCfruquintinibtyrosin kinase inhibitorVEGFR2

Identifiers

PMID36982913
PMCPMC10051170
OpenAlexW4327965034

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