Purpose. The RECOURSE and TERRA studies revealed high percentages of severe neutropenia (grade ≥ 3) when the standard administration of trifluridine/tipiracil (TAS-102) was employed. We therefore aimed to explore the efficacy and safety of a modified administration of TAS-102 in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) progression after regorafenib treatment. Methods. We observationally analyzed the medical records of the 33 qualified patients with mCRC who started TAS-102 between December 2018 and November 2020. The demographic, clinical, tumor, and treatment variables were recorded. We analyzed the efficacy and safety of a modified method of administering TAS-102 and compared these data with those of the RECOURSE and TERRA studies. Results. Severe neutropenia (grade ≥ 3) was the most common severe adverse event in the RECOURSE, TERRA, and our studies. Our study demonstrated a relatively low incidence of grade 3 or 4 neutropenia (9.1% versus 38.0% [RECOURSE] versus 33.2% [TERRA]) but similar median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) (median PFS: 2.0 months; median OS: 7.0 months). Conclusions. In the observational study, we showed that this modified administration of TAS-102 has lower incidence of severe neutropenia for mCRC patients with progression after regorafenib treatment.
目的:接受過Regorafenib治療反應不佳的轉移性大腸直腸癌患者,藉由調整後的TAS102服藥方式來降低藥物本身帶來的毒性跟副作用。方法:藉回溯性觀察,於2018年12月到2020年11月間蒐集罹患轉移性大腸直腸癌並且以Regorafenib做為第三線但治療無效的患者,將TAS-102做為第四線以後的治療選擇,並記錄這些病患之疾病無惡化存活期、整體存活、最佳客觀反應率、疾病控制率、藥物毒性資料。結果:共計33位患者被納入此觀察性研究,其中有19位(57.6%)患者有兩處以上的遠端轉移。有18位(54.5%)患者有突變型KRAS基因,所有患者的BRAF基因皆為野生型。此研究未觀察到3級以上的嚴重副作用,最常見的為1和2級的血紅素低下以及倦怠感。腫瘤治療成效方面,這群患者之平均疾病無惡化存活期為2個月,平均整體存活為7個月,與先前其他的大型觀察性研究無太大差異。結論:嗜中性球低下是患者服用TAS-102最常見之三級以上嚴重副作用,使用調整過後的給藥方式可以有效降低此副作用,且不會降低藥物治療惡性腫瘤的效果。