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Randomized Phase III Trial of Maintenance Bevacizumab With or Without Pemetrexed After First-Line Induction With Bevacizumab, Cisplatin, and Pemetrexed in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: AVAPERL (MO22089)

Barlesi, Fabrice, Scherpereel, Arnaud, Rittmeyer, Achim, Pazzola, Antonio, Ferrer Tur, Neus, Kim, Joo-Hang, Ahn, Myung-Ju, Aerts, Joachim G.J.V. +6 more·2013·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Purpose: Maintenance therapy is associated with improved survival in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but few studies have compared active agents in this setting. AVAPERL evaluated the safety and efficacy of bevacizumab with or without pemetrexed as continuation maintenance treatment. Patients and Methods: Patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC received first-line bevacizumab 7.5 mg/kg, cisplatin 75 mg/m 2, and pemetrexed 500 mg/m 2 once every 3 weeks for four cycles. Those achieving response or stable disease were randomly assigned at a ratio of 1:1 to maintenance bevacizumab 7.5 mg/kg or bevacizumab 7.5 mg/kg plus pemetrexed 500 mg/m 2 once every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS) after random assignment. Results: In total, 376 patients received induction treatment, 71.9% achieved disease control, and 67.3% were randomly assigned to maintenance therapy, with 125 and 128 receiving single-agent bevacizumab and bevacizumab plus pemetrexed treatment, respectively. At a median follow-up of 8.1 months, PFS from random assignment was significantly improved in the bevacizumab plus pemetrexed arm (median, 3.7 v 7.4 months; hazard ratio, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.35 to 0.66; P < .001) per a stratified model. The PFS benefit extended across age, performance status, smoking history, and induction response (stable disease v partial response) subgroups. Any grade, grade ≥ 3, and serious adverse events occurred more often with bevacizumab plus pemetrexed maintenance. No new safety signals were observed. Conclusion: In an unselected population of patients with nonsquamous NSCLC who had achieved disease control with platinum-based chemotherapy plus bevacizumab, bevacizumab plus pemetrexed maintenance was associated with a significant PFS benefit compared with bevacizumab alone. The combination was well tolerated.

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Barlesi, F., Scherpereel, A., Rittmeyer, A., Pazzola, A., Ferrer Tur, N., Kim, J.-H., Ahn, M.-J., Aerts, J. G. J. V., Gorbunova, V., Vikström, A., Wong, E. K., Perez-Moreno, P., Mitchell, L., & Groen, H. J. M.
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  • Fabrice Barlesi, Aix Marseille University–Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille and Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Marseille; Arnaud Scherpereel, Hôpital Calmette, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; Achim Rittmeyer, Lungenfachklinik Immenhausen, Immenhausen, Germany; Antonio Pazzola, Ospedale Civile Santissima, Annunziata, Sassari, Italy; Neus Ferrer Tur, Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma de Majorca, Spain; Joo-Hang Kim, Yonsei University College of Medicine; Myung-Ju Ahn,...
  • Aix-Marseille Université (FR)
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (CH)
  • University of Groningen (NL)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2013-08-20
Volume
31
Issue
24
Pages
3004-3011
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
OpenAlex
W2122798232
Cited by
323
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29
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FWCI
40.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Lung Cancer Research Studies
Keywords
bevacizumab, pemetrexed, maintenance therapy, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer, cisplatin, progression-free survival, anti-angiogenic therapy, adverse events, subgroup analysis, smoking history, performance status, age, stable disease, partial response
MeSH terms
Bevacizumab, Pemetrexed, Adult, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Cisplatin, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Glutamates, Guanine, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Middle Aged, Young Adult, Induction Chemotherapy, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized

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