PMID- 33330814 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201218 IS - 2434-9194 (Electronic) IS - 2434-9186 (Print) IS - 2434-9186 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Aug 31 TI - Impact of sex and histology on the therapeutic effects of fluoropyrimidines and oxaliplatin plus bevacizumab for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in the SOFT trial. PG - 240-246 LID - 10.35772/ghm.2020.01050 [doi] AB - Mechanisms accounting for sex differences in the incidence of adverse events caused by fluoropyrimidine treatments, and histologic differences in efficacy are insufficiently understood. We determined differences between the sexes in terms of the safety of S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX)/bevacizumab-versus-l-leucovorin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX)/bevacizumab, and the impact of histology on their therapeutic effects, in 512 unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer patients from the SOFT phase III study. Nausea (OR: 2.88, P < 0.001) and vomiting (OR: 3.04, P = 0.005) occurred more frequently in females than males treated with SOX/bevacizumab, while nausea (OR: 2.12, P = 0.006), vomiting (OR: 3.26, P = 0.004), leukopenia (OR: 2.61, P < 0.001), neutropenia (OR: 2.92, P < 0.001), and alopecia (OR: 4.13, P < 0.001) were higher in females on FOLFOX/bevacizumab. Mean relative dose intensities (RDIs) of S-1 during all cycles of SOX/bevacizumab were significantly lower in females (73.9%) than males (81.5%) (P < 0.001), while RDIs of continuous infusion of 5-FU in the FOLFOX/bevacizumab regimen were 75.0% in females and 80.5% in males (P = 0.005). No significant differences in efficacy with regard to overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were identified between the sexes for either SOX/bevacizumab or FOLFOX/bevacizumab treatment. Patients with poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma had significantly worse OS (HR: 2.72, 95% CI: 1.67-4.44, P < 0.0001) and PFS (HR: 1.89, 95% CI: 1.18-3.02, P = 0.0079) than patients with well- or moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma. Female patients experienced more frequent and severe adverse reactions to SOX/bevacizumab and FOLFOX/bevacizumab and a worse prognosis for poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma were confirmed in this phase III study. This warrants further translational research to identify the responsible mechanisms. CI - 2020, National Center for Global Health and Medicine. FAU - Yamada, Yasuhide AU - Yamada Y AD - Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Muro, Kei AU - Muro K AD - Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. FAU - Takahashi, Keiichi AU - Takahashi K AD - Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Baba, Hideo AU - Baba H AD - Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. FAU - Komatsu, Yoshito AU - Komatsu Y AD - Cancer Center, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. FAU - Satoh, Taroh AU - Satoh T AD - Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Goto, Masahiro AU - Goto M AD - Cancer Center, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Mishima, Hideyuki AU - Mishima H AD - Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan. FAU - Watanabe, Masahiko AU - Watanabe M AD - Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Sakata, Yuh AU - Sakata Y AD - Misawa City Hospital, Misawa, Aomori, Japan. FAU - Morita, Satoshi AU - Morita S AD - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Shimada, Yasuhiro AU - Shimada Y AD - Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan. FAU - Takenaka, Naruhito AU - Takenaka N AD - Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Hirooka, Tadashi AU - Hirooka T AD - Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Sugihara, Kenichi AU - Sugihara K AD - Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Glob Health Med JT - Global health & medicine JID - 101771579 PMC - PMC7731258 OTO - NOTNLM OT - S-1 OT - bevacizumab OT - fluorouracil OT - gender OT - poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma COIS- YY has received honoraria from Taiho, Chugai, Nipponkayaku, Japan. KM has received honoraria from Eli Lilly, Chugai, Takeda, Ono, Taiho, Sanofi, Bristol- Myers Squibb, and Bayer; and research funding from Parexel International, Merck Serono, Daiichi-Sankyo, Sumitomo-Dainippon Pharma, Shionogi, Pfizer, Mediscience Planning, and Solasia Pharma. HB has received honoraria from Taiho and Chugai; and research funding from Taiho, Chugai and Yakult Honsha. KY has received honoraria from Ono, Taiho, Chugai, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Eli Lilly; and research funding from Quintiles MS, NanoCarrier, Eli Lilly, Sumitomo- Dainippon Pharma, Takeda, Taiho, Chugai, MSD, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Ono. TS receives a department support grant from Chugai and Yakult Honsha; honoraria from Taiho and Chugai. MG has received honoraria from Taiho and Chugai. HM has received research funding from Chugai. YS has received honoraria from Yakult Honsha and Taiho. SM has received honoraria from Taiho. NT and TH were employees of Taiho. The other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/18 06:01 PMCR- 2020/08/31 CRDT- 2020/12/17 05:55 PHST- 2020/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/17 05:55 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.35772/ghm.2020.01050 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Glob Health Med. 2020 Aug 31;2(4):240-246. doi: 10.35772/ghm.2020.01050.