TULIO EDUARDO FLESCH PFIFFER

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Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico

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    Ramucirumab (RAM) as a second-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following first-line therapy with sorafenib in the randomized phase III REACH study: Analysis of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) kinetics during treatment
    (2015) CHAU, I.; PARK, J. O.; RYOO, B. Y.; YEN, C. J.; POON, R.; PASTORELLI, D.; BLANC, J. F.; KUDO, M.; PFIFFER, T. F.; HATANO, E.; CHUNG, H. C.; KUBACKOVA, K.; PHELIP, J. M.; BRANDI, G.; OHKAWA, S.; LI, C. P.; OKUSAKA, T.; YANG, L.; ABADA, P.; ZHU, A.
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    Ramucirumab versus placebo as second-line treatment in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma following first-line therapy with sorafenib (REACH): a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3 trial
    (2015) ZHU, Andrew X.; PARK, Joon Oh; RYOO, Baek-Yeol; YEN, Chia-Jui; POON, Ronnie; PASTORELLI, Davide; BLANC, Jean-Frederic; CHUNG, Hyun Cheol; BARON, Ari D.; PFIFFER, Tulio Eduardo Flesch; OKUSAKA, Takuji; KUBACKOVA, Katerina; TROJAN, Jorg; SASTRE, Javier; CHAU, Ian; CHANG, Shao-Chun; ABADA, Paolo B.; YANG, Ling; SCHWARTZ, Jonathan D.; KUDO, Masatoshi
    Background VEGF and VEGF receptor-2-mediated angiogenesis contribute to hepatocellular carcinoma pathogenesis. Ramucirumab is a recombinant IgG1 monoclonal antibody and VEGF receptor-2 antagonist. We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of ramucirumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma following first-line therapy with sorafenib. Methods In this randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3 trial (REACH), patients were enrolled from 154 centres in 27 countries. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older, had hepatocellular carcinoma with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C disease or stage B disease that was refractory or not amenable to locoregional therapy, had Child-Pugh A liver disease, an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1, had previously received sorafenib (stopped because of progression or intolerance), and had adequate haematological and biochemical parameters. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive intravenous ramucirumab (8 mg/kg) or placebo every 2 weeks, plus best supportive care, until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or death. Randomisation was stratified by geographic region and cause of liver disease with a stratified permuted block method. Patients, medical staff, investigators, and the funder were masked to treatment assignment. The primary endpoint was overall survival in the intention-to-treat population. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01140347. Findings Between Nov 4, 2010, and April 18, 2013, 565 patients were enrolled, of whom 283 were assigned to ramucirumab and 282 were assigned to placebo. Median overall survival for the ramucirumab group was 9.2 months (95% CI 8.0-10.6) versus 7.6 months (6.0-9.3) for the placebo group (HR 0.87 [95% CI 0.72-1.05]; p=0.14). Grade 3 or greater adverse events occurring in 5% or more of patients in either treatment group were ascites (13 [5%] of 277 patients treated with ramucirumab vs 11 [4%] of 276 patients treated with placebo), hypertension (34 [12%] vs ten [4%]), asthenia (14 [5%] vs five [2%]), malignant neoplasm progression (18 [6%] vs 11 [4%]), increased aspartate aminotransferase concentration (15 [5%] vs 23 [8%]), thrombocytopenia (13 [5%] vs one [<1%]), hyperbilirubinaemia (three [1%] vs 13 [5%]), and increased blood bilirubin (five [2%] vs 14 [5%]). The most frequently reported (>= 1%) treatment-emergent serious adverse event of any grade or grade 3 or more was malignant neoplasm progression. Interpretation Second-line treatment with ramucirumab did not significantly improve survival over placebo in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. No new safety signals were noted in eligible patients and the safety profile is manageable.
  • article 25 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Alpha-fetoprotein kinetics in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma receiving ramucirumab or placebo: an analysis of the phase 3 REACH study
    (2018) CHAU, Ian; PARK, Joon Oh; RYOO, Baek-Yeol; YEN, Chia-Jui; POON, Ronnie; PASTORELLI, Davide; BLANC, Jean-Frederic; KUDO, Masatoshi; PFIFFER, Tulio; HATANO, Etsuro; CHUNG, Hyun Cheol; KOPECKOVA, Katerina; PHELIP, Jean-Marc; BRANDI, Giovanni; OHKAWA, Shinichi; LI, Chung-Pin; OKUSAKA, Takuji; HSU, Yanzhi; ABADA, Paolo B.; ZHU, Andrew X.
    BACKGROUND: Post-hoc analyses of AFP response and progression and their relationship with objective measures of response and survival were performed in patients from REACH. METHODS: Serum AFP was measured at baseline and every 3 cycles (2 weeks/cycle). Associations between AFP and radiographic progression and efficacy end points were analysed. RESULTS: Median percent AFP increase from baseline was smaller in the ramucirumab than in the placebo arm throughout treatment. Time to AFP progression (HR 0.621; P < 0.0001) and to radiographic progression (HR 0.613; P < 0.0001) favoured ramucirumab. Association between AFP and radiographic progression was shown at 6 (OR 6.44, 95% CI 4.03, 10.29; P < 0.0001) and 12 weeks (OR 2.28, 95% CI 1.47, 3.53; P = 0.0002). AFP response was higher with ramucirumab compared with placebo (P < 0.0001). More patients in the ramucirumab arm experienced tumour shrinkage and AFP response compared with placebo. Survival was longer in patients with AFP response (13.6 months) than in patients without (6.2 months), irrespective of treatment (HR 0.457, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with ramucirumab prolonged time to AFP progression, slowed AFP increase and was more likely to induce AFP response. Similar benefits in radiographic progression and response correlated with AFP changes.
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    Low energy amplitude modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in combination with standard treatment or as monotherapy to show improvement in quality of life in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.
    (2021) SOUSA, Micelange Carvalho; COSTA, Frederico; LIMA, Pablo Diego; SETOGUTE, Yone De Camargo; GUMZ, Brenda Pires; AZEVEDO, Fernanda; SABBAGA, Jorge; JARDIM, Denis Leonardo Fontes; FREITAS, Daniela; PFIFFER, Tulio Eduardo Flesch; SANTOS, Elizabeth; CASTRIA, Tiago Biachi De; HORVAT, Natally; FRANCA, Regis; TESTAGROSSA, Leonardo; IEMMA, Antonio Francisco; TUSZYNSKI, Jack