PMID- 30937519 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200303 LR - 20200303 IS - 1432-0843 (Electronic) IS - 0344-5704 (Linking) VI - 83 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Apatinib for chemotherapy-refractory extensive-stage SCLC: a retrospective study. PG - 1083-1090 LID - 10.1007/s00280-019-03823-4 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: There is no standard treatment strategy for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) who have failed two or more prior chemotherapeutic regimens. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of apatinib in patients with extensive-stage SCLC after failure of more than second-line chemotherapy. METHODS: A study group comprised of 22 patients with extensive-stage SCLC after failure of more than two prior chemotherapeutic regimens was given apatinib orally at an initial dose of 500 mg daily until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. This study was analyzed according to the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for adverse events (AEs) and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) for response assessment. RESULTS: Between August 30, 2015, and May 26, 2017, 22 patients were enrolled for evaluating the efficacy and safety of apatinib. Among them, 12/22 (54.5%) underwent dose reduction during treatment. Up to July 31, 2018, the median progression-free survival rate was 135.0 days [95% confidence interval (CI) 63.8-206.2]. According to the RECIST criteria, the disease control rate (DCR) was 86.4%, 19/22 [comprised of partial response (PR) 18.2%, 4/22; and stable disease (SD) 68.2%, 15/22 patients]. The most frequent AEs were hand-foot syndrome (45.5%, 10/22), secondary hypertension (45.5%, 10/22) and fatigue (40.9%, 9/22). The primary grade 3 or 4 toxicities were hypertension (22.7%, 5/22), hand-foot syndrome (13.6%, 3/22), and proteinuria (9.1%, 2/22). CONCLUSIONS: Apatinib exhibits modest activity and acceptable toxicity for patients with heavily pretreated extensive-stage SCLC. FAU - Li, Hui AU - Li H AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, 310022, China. FAU - Zeng, Jian AU - Zeng J AD - Department of Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, 310022, China. FAU - Jin, Xiangyu AU - Jin X AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, 310022, China. FAU - Yu, Xinmin AU - Yu X AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, 310022, China. FAU - Zhou, Guoming AU - Zhou G AD - Department of Laboratory Medicines, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, 310022, China. FAU - Hong, Wei AU - Hong W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2523-161X AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, 310022, China. hongweizjcc@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190401 PL - Germany TA - Cancer Chemother Pharmacol JT - Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology JID - 7806519 RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 5S371K6132 (apatinib) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Female MH - Hand-Foot Syndrome/epidemiology/etiology MH - Humans MH - Hypertension/chemically induced/epidemiology MH - Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Staging MH - Progression-Free Survival MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Proteinuria/chemically induced/epidemiology MH - Pyridines/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Small Cell Lung Carcinoma/*drug therapy/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apatinib OT - Chemotherapy refractory OT - Efficacy OT - Safety OT - Small cell lung cancer EDAT- 2019/04/03 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/04 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/03 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/03/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00280-019-03823-4 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00280-019-03823-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2019 Jun;83(6):1083-1090. doi: 10.1007/s00280-019-03823-4. Epub 2019 Apr 1.