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ArticleActa oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)2024

Real-life experience with sorafenib for advanced and refractory desmoid-type fibromatosis.

Delphine Schampers, Alexander Decruyenaere, Celine Jacobs, Lore Lapeire

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Article in Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Expert opinion document on the management of desmoid tumours in adult patients in Spain.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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Delphine SchampersDepartment of medical oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. delphine.schampers@ugent.be.
Alexander DecruyenaereDepartment of medical oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6795-7606
Celine JacobsDepartment of medical oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5286-3519
Lore LapeireDepartment of medical oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5028-6305

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backgroundIn recent years, there has been a change in the therapeutic landscape of desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF). Watchful waiting is now preferred over initial local treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy. Systemic treatment is considered for progressive or symptomatic disease. The aim of this study is to review real-life data on the use of sorafenib in DF.

methodsWe established a retrospective dataset of patients treated with sorafenib in our centre, Ghent University Hospital, for progressive DF. Patient demographics, disease characteristics, response to therapy using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours 1.1 criteria and toxicity according to CTCAE v5.0 were assessed.

resultsEleven patients with DF were treated with sorafenib between 2020 and 2024. Median treatment duration was 20.4 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 10.0-NR). 36.4% achieved partial response, 54.5% stable disease and 9.1% progressive disease. For three patients, the treatment is ongoing. The median time to objective response rate is 15.0 months (95% CI, 8.8-NR). The majority (81.8%) experienced grade 2 toxicity, and one third of patients grade 3 toxicity (36.4%). The most common all-grade adverse event was skin toxicity (hand-foot syndrome, pruritus and rash) (90.9%). Nine patients (81.8%) needed dose reduction with a median time to first reduction of 1.1 months (95% CI, 0.5-NR). One patient stopped treatment due to toxicity.

interpretationReal-life data on the use of sorafenib in the treatment of DF is consistent with published data in clinical trial setting. Sorafenib is an effective treatment option for progressive DF although associated with significant toxicity and the need for rapid dose reduction.

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Antineoplastic AgentsDesmoid TumorsSorafenibAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAntineoplastic AgentsSorafenib

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