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ArticleTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2024

Trabectedin and low-dose radiation therapy in patients with advanced leiomyosarcoma.

Javier Martin-Broto, Alicia Olarte-García, Ricardo Fernandéz-Rodríguez, Marta Ribeiro Ferreira, Irene Carrasco-García, Fernando Galvez-Montosa, Inmaculada Rincon-Perez, Javier Peinado-Serrano, Ignacio Azinovic, Laura Guzman-Gomez and 7 more

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17 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Javier Martin-BrotoMedical Oncology Department, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Av. de los Reyes Católicos, 2, Madrid 28040, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7350-6916
Alicia Olarte-GarcíaRadiation Oncology Service, Instituto Oncológico, Clínica IMQ Zorrotzaurre, Bilbao, Spain.
Ricardo Fernandéz-RodríguezMedical Oncology Service, Instituto Oncológico, Clínica IMQ Zorrotzaurre, Bilbao, Spain.
Marta Ribeiro FerreiraMedical Oncology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto FG, Porto, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4833-351X
Irene Carrasco-GarcíaMedical Oncology Department, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain.
Fernando Galvez-MontosaMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Inmaculada Rincon-PerezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain.
Javier Peinado-SerranoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain.
Ignacio AzinovicDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Laura Guzman-GomezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Lurdes SalgadoRadiotherapy Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto FG, Porto, Portugal.
Alberto SevillanoMedical Oncology Department, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6056-3363
Justo OrtegaMedical Oncology Department, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Cristina AlvarezMedical Affairs, PharmaMar, Madrid, Spain.
Antonio GutierrezMedical Hematology Department, Son Espases University Hospital, Mallorca, Spain.
David S MouraInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jimenez Diaz, La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Nadia HindiMedical Oncology Department, Fundación Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz · ESClinic IMQ Zorrotzaurre · ESHospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío · ESIPO Porto · PTComplejo Hospitalario de Jaén · ESHospital Universitario Son Espases · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESPharmaMar (Spain) · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and objectives: Dimensional response is an unmet need in second lines of advanced soft tissue sarcomas (STS). Indeed, the three approved drugs, pazopanib, trabectedin, and eribulin, achieved an overall response rate (ORR) of less than 10%. This fact potentially hinders the options for fast symptomatic relief or surgical rescue. The combination of trabectedin plus low-dose radiation therapy (T-XRT) demonstrated a response rate of 60% in phase I/II trial, while real-life data achieved 32.5% ORR, probably due to a more relaxed timing between treatments. These results were obtained in progressing and advanced STS. In this study, the merged databases (trial plus real life) have been analyzed, with a special focus on leiomyosarcoma patients. Design and methods: As responses were seen in a wide range of sarcoma histologies (11), this study planned to analyze whether leiomyosarcoma, the largest subtype with 26 cases (30.6%) in this series, exhibited a better clinical outcome with this therapeutic strategy. In addition, four advanced and progressing leiomyosarcoma patients, all with extraordinarily long progression-free survival of over 18 months, were collected. Results: A total of 847 cycles of trabectedin were administered to 85 patients, with the median number of cycles per patient being 7 (1-45+). A trend toward a longer progression-free survival (PFS) was observed in leiomyosarcoma patients with median PFS (mPFS) of 9.9 months [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.1-18.7] Conclusion: Even when extraordinarily long-lasting responses do exist among leiomyosarcoma patients treated with T-XR, we were unable to demonstrate a significant difference favoring leiomyosarcoma patients in clinical outcomes.

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durable responseleiomyosarcomasoft tissue sarcomastrabectedin

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