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SynthesisFrontiers in immunology2025

Efficacy and safety of camrelizumab plus apatinib for solid tumors: a meta-analysis.

Ping Yu, Xiaoyu Song, Yue Li, Xuanlong Chen, Yuan Zhou, Fei Jiang

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Synthesis in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Ping Yu *Department of Pharmacy, Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Xiaoyu Song *Department of Pharmacy, Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Yue LiDepartment of Pharmacy, Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Xuanlong ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Yuan ZhouDepartment of Pharmacy, Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Fei JiangDepartment of Respiratory, Taihe Hospital of Shiyan, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This study used meta-analysis to explore the efficacy and safety of camrelizumab plus apatinib in the treatment of solid tumors. Methods: PubMed, Embase, web of science, and Cochrane library databases were searched for this study, and the searches were conducted from database creation to August 13, 2025. The minors (methodological index for nonrandomized studies) score was used to evaluate the quality of the included studies, and the meta-package in R4.3.3 was used to analyze the data. Result: The analysis of 35 publications involving 2224 patients revealed various adverse events and survival outcomes. Adverse events of any grade included anemia (ES=0.446), diarrhea (ES=0.217), hypertension (ES=0.478), proteinuria (ES=0.402), and fatigue (ES=0.328). For grade1-2, adverse events, the effect sizes ranged from 0.146to 0.306. For grade ≥3 adverse events, the effect sizes ranged from 0.004 to 0.065. The Objective Response Rate (ORR) was 40.0%, with a Disease Control Rate (DCR) of 78.0%. Overall Survival (OS) rates at 6, 12, and 24 months were 79.0%, 46.5%, and 16.0%, respectively. Progression-Free Survival (PFS) rates at the same intervals were 48.4%, 19.8%, and 6.7%. Conclusion: According to the results of this meta-analysis, although the camrelizumab plus apatinib treatment regimen demonstrated certain efficacy in the short term, due to the significant limitations of this study, more high-quality, multicenter, large-sample randomized controlled studies are needed in the future to corroborate our conclusions.

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsNeoplasmsPyridinesHumansTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedapatinibcamrelizumabPyridinesapatinibcamrelizumabefficacymeta-analysissolid tumors

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PMID40963612
PMCPMC12436330

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