PMID- 29783126 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180801 LR - 20220410 IS - 1532-1967 (Electronic) IS - 0305-7372 (Linking) VI - 68 DP - 2018 Jul TI - Systemic therapy for intermediate and advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: Sorafenib and beyond. PG - 16-24 LID - S0305-7372(18)30075-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.05.006 [doi] AB - The hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment landscape changed a decade ago, with sorafenib demonstrating survival benefit in the first-line setting and becoming the first systemic therapy to be approved for HCC. More recently, regorafenib and nivolumab have received approval in the second-line setting after sorafenib, with further positive phase 3 studies emerging in the first line (lenvatinib non-inferior to sorafenib) and second line versus placebo (cabozantinib and ramucirumab). A key recommendation in the management of patients receiving sorafenib is to promote close communication between the patient and the physician so that adverse events (AEs) are detected early and severe AEs can be prevented. Sorafenib-related AEs have been identified as clinical biomarkers for sorafenib efficacy. Healthcare professionals have become more efficient in managing AEs, identifying patients who are likely to benefit from treatment, and assessing response to treatment, resulting in a trend towards increased overall survival in the sorafenib arms of clinical studies. The rapidly changing treatment landscape due to the emergence of new treatment options (sorafenib and lenvatinib equally effective in first line; regorafenib, cabozantinib, and ramucirumab showing OS benefit in second line with nivolumab approved by the FDA based on response rate) underscores the importance of re-assessing the role of the first approved systemic agent in HCC, sorafenib. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Raoul, Jean-Luc AU - Raoul JL AD - Digestive Oncology, Institut de Cancerologie de l'Ouest, Boulevard Professeur Jacques Monod, 44805 Nantes-Saint Herblain, France. Electronic address: jean-luc.raoul@ico.unicancer.fr. FAU - Kudo, Masatoshi AU - Kudo M AD - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: m-kudo@med.kindai.ac.jp. FAU - Finn, Richard S AU - Finn RS AD - Division of Hematology/Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Le Conte Ave, 90095 Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: RFinn@mednet.ucla.edu. FAU - Edeline, Julien AU - Edeline J AD - Medical Oncology, Centre Eugene Marquis, Avenue de la Bataille Flandres-Dunkerque, 35000 Rennes, France. Electronic address: j.edeline@rennes.unicancer.fr. FAU - Reig, Maria AU - Reig M AD - BCLC Group, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBEREHD, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: MREIG1@clinic.cat. FAU - Galle, Peter R AU - Galle PR AD - I. Medical Department, Mainz University Medical Center, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: Peter.Galle@unimedizin-mainz.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20180526 PL - Netherlands TA - Cancer Treat Rev JT - Cancer treatment reviews JID - 7502030 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Phenylurea Compounds) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 25X51I8RD4 (Niacinamide) RN - 9ZOQ3TZI87 (Sorafenib) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/*drug therapy MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms/*drug therapy MH - Niacinamide/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*analogs & derivatives MH - Phenylurea Compounds/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic MH - Sorafenib OTO - NOTNLM OT - Advanced HCC OT - Regorafenib OT - Sorafenib OT - Systemic therapy EDAT- 2018/05/22 06:00 MHDA- 2018/08/02 06:00 CRDT- 2018/05/22 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/05/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/05/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/08/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/05/22 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0305-7372(18)30075-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.05.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Treat Rev. 2018 Jul;68:16-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.05.006. Epub 2018 May 26.