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ArticleBMJ open2024

Real-world treatment patterns and clinical outcomes from a retrospective chart review study of patients with recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer who progressed following prior systemic therapy in Europe.

Jingchuan Zhang, Sneha S Kelkar, Vimalanand S Prabhu, Yao Qiao, Véronique Grall, Nicola Miles, Christian Marth

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Article in BMJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Jingchuan ZhangEisai Inc, Nutley, New Jersey, USA.
Sneha S KelkarOPEN Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Vimalanand S PrabhuMerck & Co., Inc, Rahway, New Jersey, USA.
Yao QiaoOPEN Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Véronique GrallM3 EU Limited, Abingdon, UK.
Nicola MilesM3 EU Limited, Abingdon, UK.
Christian MarthObstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria Christian.marth@tirol-kliniken.at.
Abingdon Health (United Kingdom) · GBOpen Health Systems Laboratory · USEisai (United States) · USMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USUniversität Innsbruck · AT

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Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate real-world treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in recurrent/advanced endometrial cancer patients who progressed following prior systemic therapy in clinical practice in Europe.

designEndometrial Cancer Health Outcomes-Europe (ECHO-EU) is a retrospective patient chart review study.

settingECHO-EU is a multicentre study conducted in the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain.

participantsPatients with recurrent/advanced endometrial cancer who progressed between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2019 following prior first-line systemic therapy were eligible and data were collected until last available follow-up through November 2021. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Data collected included patient demographics, clinical and treatment characteristics, and clinical outcomes. Kaplan-Meier analyses were performed since initiation of second-line therapy to estimate time to treatment discontinuation, real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS) and overall survival (OS).

resultsA total of 475 patients were included from EU5 countries. Median age was 69 years at advanced endometrial cancer diagnosis, 78.7% had stage IIIB-IV disease, 45.9% had Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group status ≥2 at second-line therapy initiation. In second line, a majority of patients initiated either non-platinum-based chemotherapy (55.6%) or endocrine therapy (16.2%). Physician-reported real-world overall response rate (classified as complete or partial response) to second-line therapy was 34.5%, median rwPFS was 7.4 months (95% CI 6.2 to 8.0) and median OS was 11.0 months (95% CI 9.9 to 12.3).

conclusionsPatients had poor clinical outcomes with a median OS of <1 year and rwPFS of approximately 7 months, highlighting the significant unmet medical need in pretreated recurrent/advanced endometrial cancer patients. Novel therapies with potential to improve PFS and OS over conventional therapies could provide significant clinical benefit.

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Endometrial NeoplasmsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsEuropeFemaleHumansProgression-Free SurvivalRetrospective Studieschemotherapygynaecological oncologygynaecologyoncology

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