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Regorafenib combined with irinotecan as second-line treatment in metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinomas: results of PRODIGE 58-UCGI35-REGIRI Unicancer randomised phase II study.

E Samalin, L Evesque, A Turpin, C De La Fouchardiere, F Khemissa-Akouz, O Bouché, M Muller, S Dermeche, D Botsen, D Tougeron and 14 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in ESMO open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

E SamalinICM, Department of Medical Oncology, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: emmanuelle.samalin@icm.unicancer.fr.
L EvesqueCentre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France.
A TurpinDepartment of Medical Oncology, CHRU Lille, Lille, France; CNRS INSERM UMR9020-U1277, CANTHER Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, Université de Lille, Lille, France.
C De La FouchardiereCentre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
F Khemissa-AkouzHôpital Saint Jean, Perpignan, France.
O BouchéCHU Reims, Reims, France.
M MullerCHRU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France.
S DermecheInstitut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France.
D BotsenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institut Godinot, Reims, France.
D TougeronCHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
A ZaananHôpital Européen George Pompidou, Paris, France.
M Ben AbdelghaniCentre Paul Strauss, Strasbourg, France.
E GuardiolaCentre de Cancérologie du Grand Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
O DubreuilGH Diaconesses, Paris, France.
V Le Brun LyCHU Limoges-Hôpital Dupuytren, Limoges, France.
A HennequinCentre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, France.
S WatsonInstitut Curie, Paris, France.
D SefriouiCHU Rouen, Rouen, France.
T LecomteCHRU Tours-Hôpital Trousseau, Chambray-lès-Tours, France.
N De Sousa CarvalhoUnicancer-UCGI Group, Paris, France.
A HulinAPHP, GH H Mondor, Créteil, France.
E CrapezICM, Translational Research Unit, Montpellier, France.
F CastanICM, Department of Medical Oncology, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
H SenellartICO René Gauducheau, Saint Herblain, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral options have been evaluated in metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinomas (mGA) after failure of first-line fluoropyrimidine and platinum-based chemotherapy. Regorafenib (REGO), a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has shown promising activity as second- and third-line treatment of mGA. PATIENTS AND

methodsPRODIGE58-UCGI35-REGIRI was a comparative, prospective, phase II, open-label study evaluating the safety and efficacy of REGO [160 mg/day on day 2 (D2)-D8/D16-D22] plus irinotecan (IRI: 180 mg/m

resultsForty-four patients were included in the REGIRI arm and 45 in the IRI arm, primary tumours (67.4%) were mainly localised in the gastro-oesophageal junction, and 60.7% patients had synchronous metastases. With a median follow-up of 19.4 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 16.8-29.9 months], median OS was 6.3 months (95% CI 5.2-7.1 months) versus 8.2 months (95% CI 5.2-9.7 months) in the REGIRI versus IRI arms (hazard ratio 1.11, 95% CI 0.70-1.74, P = 0.66). Median progression-free survival was 2.2 months versus 1.9 months, objective response rate 15.9% versus 13.3%, and disease control rate 45.5% versus 33.3%. Grade 3 treatment-related adverse events (AEs) were reported for 52.3% of patients in the REGIRI arm versus 23.3% in the IRI arm with four toxic deaths (two homozygous UGT1A1∗28 patients died from sepsis and thrombotic microangiopathy, and two heterozygous UGT1A1∗1/∗28 patients from diarrhoea and pulmonary embolism), versus one (UGT1A1∗1 wild-type patient died from primary tumour perforation). Main grade ≥3 AEs were diarrhoea (18.2% versus 7.0%), hypertension (9.1% versus 0.0%), asthenia (6.8% versus 0.0%), febrile neutropenia (6.8% versus 0.0%), neutropenia (6.8% versus 11.6%), and weight decrease (6.8% versus 0.0%).

conclusionsThe study was stopped early because of limited efficacy and increased toxicities in the REGIRI arm, possibly due to drug interactions. No optimal sub-population that could benefit from a REGIRI regimen exposure was identified.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsEsophageal NeoplasmsIrinotecanPhenylurea CompoundsPyridinesStomach NeoplasmsAdultAgedEsophagogastric JunctionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesIrinotecanPhenylurea CompoundsPyridinesregorafenibirinotecan (IRI)metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinomas (mGA)regorafenib (REGO)

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PMCPMC12141891

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