[摘要]"目的"探討局部晚期胃/胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌患者兩藥/三藥新輔助化療(neoadjuvant"chemotherapy,NACT)的療效及安全性。方法"選取2016年1月至2021年12月新疆醫(yī)科大學(xué)附屬腫瘤醫(yī)院收治的112例局部晚期胃/胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌患者為研究對(duì)象,根據(jù)患者的NACT方案將其分為兩藥組(36例)和三藥組(76例)。所有患者均行至少2個(gè)周期的NACT,之后接受手術(shù)治療。比較兩組患者的治療療效、無(wú)病生存期(disease-free"survival,DFS)和總生存(overall"survival,OS)。結(jié)果"三藥組患者的部分緩解占比顯著高于兩藥組(Plt;0.05)。兩組患者的OS、DFS、R0切除率、腫瘤降級(jí)比較差異均無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05);多因素Cox回歸分析結(jié)果顯示,手術(shù)方法、病理分化類型、術(shù)后腫瘤病理分期、神經(jīng)侵犯均是影響患者OS的獨(dú)立危險(xiǎn)因素(Plt;0.05),年齡、手術(shù)方法、術(shù)后腫瘤病理分期均是影響患者DFS的獨(dú)立危險(xiǎn)因素(Plt;0.05)。三藥組患者的嚴(yán)重貧血比例顯著高于兩藥組(Plt;0.05),其余不良反應(yīng)兩組間比較差異均無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05)。結(jié)論"兩藥/三藥NACT方案對(duì)患者的遠(yuǎn)期預(yù)后無(wú)顯著影響,但患者的年齡、術(shù)后腫瘤病理分期、病理分化類型對(duì)患者的預(yù)后有一定影響。
[關(guān)鍵詞]"局部晚期胃癌;新輔助化療;腫瘤降級(jí)
[中圖分類號(hào)]"R735.2""""""[文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識(shí)碼]"A""""[DOI]"10.3969/j.issn.1673-9701.2024.34.006
Efficacy"and"safety"of"real"world"neoadjuvant"chemotherapy"for"locally"advanced"gastric"cancer
ZHAO"Haosen,"QU"Yanli
Department"of"Gastroenterology,"Affiliated"Tumor"Hospital"of"Xinjiang"Medical"University,"Urumqi"830000,"Xinjiang,"China
[Abstract]"Objective"To"investigate"the"efficacy"and"safety"of"two-drug/three-drug"neoadjuvant"chemotherapy"(NACT)"for"patients"with"locally"advanced"gastric/gastroesophageal"junction"adenocarcinoma."Methods"A"total"of"112"patients"with"locally"advanced"gastric/gastroesophageal"junction"adenocarcinoma"admitted"to"the"Affiliated"Tumor"Hospital"of"Xinjiang"Medical"University"from"January"2016"to"December"2021"were"selected"as"study"objects,"and"were"divided"into"two-drug"group"(36"cases)"and"three-drug"group"(76"cases)"according"to"the"NACT"regimen."All"patients"underwent"at"least"2"cycles"of"NACT"followed"by"surgery."The"therapeutic"effect,"disease-free"survival"(DFS)"and"overall"survival"(OS)"were"compared"between"two"groups."Results"The"proportion"of"partial"response"in"three-drug"group"was"significantly"higher"than"that"in"two-drug"group"(Plt;0.05)."There"were"no"significant"differences"in"OS,"DFS,"R0"resection"rate"and"tumor"degradation"between"two-drug"and"three-drug"groups"(Pgt;0.05)."Multivariate"Cox"regression"analysis"showed"that"surgical"method,"pathological"differentiation"type,"pathological"stage"of"postoperative"tumor,"and"nerve"invasion"were"independent"risk"factors"for"OS"(Plt;0.05),"age,"surgical"method"and"pathological"stage"of"postoperative"tumor"were"independent"risk"factors"for"DFS"(Plt;0.05)."The"proportion"of"severe"anemia"in"three-drug"group"was"significantly"higher"than"that"in"two-drug"group"(Plt;0.05),"and"there"were"no"significant"differences"in"other"adverse"reactions"between"two"groups"(Pgt;0.05)."Conclusion"The"two-drug/three-drug"NACT"regimen"have"no"significant"effect"on"the"long-term"prognosis"of"patients,"but"the"patient’s"age,"pathological"stage"of"postoperative"tumor"and"pathological"differentiation"type"have"certain"effects"on"the"prognosis"of"patients.
[Key"words]"Locally"advanced"gastric"cancer;"Neoadjuvant"chemotherapy;"Tumor"downgrade
胃/胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌的發(fā)病率位居全球第5位,致死率第4位[1]。中國(guó)約70%的胃癌患者在確診時(shí)已處于局部晚期,預(yù)后較差[2]。新輔助治療是指Ⅲ期可切除腫瘤患者的術(shù)前治療,包括新輔助化療(neoadjuvant"chemotherapy,NACT)、新輔助放化療、新輔助靶向治療及新輔助免疫治療,旨在優(yōu)化患者預(yù)后,減少腫瘤復(fù)發(fā)。中國(guó)臨床腫瘤學(xué)會(huì)(Chinese"Society"of"Clinical"Oncology,CSCO)胃癌診療指南已將NACT作為可手術(shù)局部晚期胃/胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌患者(T2~4N+M0)的Ⅰ級(jí)推薦[3]。2010年EORTC40954研究[4]與2011年FNCLCC/FFCD研究[5]確定紫杉醇類、氟尿嘧啶類及鉑類藥物為NACT的經(jīng)典聯(lián)合方案。臨床工作中常根據(jù)患者的身體狀況、經(jīng)濟(jì)條件選用兩藥或三藥的NACT方案。本研究旨在評(píng)估真實(shí)世界中NACT使用兩藥或三藥方案的療效及安全性。
1""資料與方法
1.1""一般資料
選取2016年1月至2021年12月新疆醫(yī)科大學(xué)附屬腫瘤醫(yī)院收治的112例局部晚期胃/胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌患者為研究對(duì)象。納入標(biāo)準(zhǔn):①組織學(xué)或細(xì)胞學(xué)證實(shí)為Ⅲ期胃/胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌,美國(guó)癌癥聯(lián)合委員會(huì)(American"Joint"Committee"on"Cancer,AJCC)分期T3~4N+M0[6];②根據(jù)實(shí)體瘤臨床療效評(píng)價(jià)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(response"evaluation"criteria"in"solid"tumor,RECIST)1.1[7]評(píng)估療效,至少有1個(gè)可測(cè)量的病變;③預(yù)期壽命gt;12周,并具有足夠的器官功能;④5年內(nèi)無(wú)其他腫瘤(包括殘胃癌)及既往未接受過任何抗腫瘤治療;⑤術(shù)前接受NACT(兩藥/三藥),術(shù)前化療至少2個(gè)周期,術(shù)后接受輔助治療;⑥年齡≥18歲;⑦患者臨床資料完整。排除標(biāo)準(zhǔn):①NACT前有遠(yuǎn)處轉(zhuǎn)移、殘胃癌或其他惡性腫瘤;②既往接受其他新輔助治療;③行姑息手術(shù)者;④術(shù)前化療后疾病進(jìn)展無(wú)法手術(shù)者。根據(jù)患者NACT方案將其分為兩藥組(36例)和三藥組(76例),三藥組患者的年齡顯著小于兩藥組,兩組患者的其他一般資料比較差異均無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05),具有可比性,見表1。所有患者均簽署知情同意書,本研究經(jīng)新疆醫(yī)科大學(xué)附屬腫瘤醫(yī)院倫理委員會(huì)批準(zhǔn)(倫理審批號(hào):K-2024091)。
1.2""NACT具體方法
兩組患者均在化療前和術(shù)前行生化、血常規(guī)、腫瘤標(biāo)志物、增強(qiáng)CT等檢查。化療前排除化療禁忌證。兩藥組患者方案為奧沙利鉑+替吉奧、卡培他濱+替吉奧或白蛋白結(jié)合型紫杉醇+替吉奧。三藥組患者方案為多西他賽+奧沙利鉑+卡培他濱、多西他賽+奧沙利鉑+替吉奧、白蛋白結(jié)合型紫杉醇+奧沙利鉑+替吉奧或表柔比星+奧沙利鉑+卡培他濱。具體用藥劑量均參照CSCO指南[3]。
1.3""療效判定及觀察指標(biāo)
化療結(jié)束21d,通過復(fù)查B超、多層螺旋CT、胃鏡等評(píng)估腫瘤病灶大小。根據(jù)RECIST"1.1將療效分為:完全緩解(complete"response,CR)、部分緩解(partial"response,PR)、疾病進(jìn)展(progressive"disease,PD)、疾病穩(wěn)定(stable"disease,SD)。評(píng)價(jià)NACT后的總有效率(overall"response"rate,ORR)和疾病控制率(disease"control"rate,DCR)。ORR=(CR+PR)/總例數(shù)×100%,DCR=(CR+PR+SD)/總例數(shù)×100%。術(shù)后病理標(biāo)本以美國(guó)國(guó)家綜合癌癥網(wǎng)絡(luò)推薦的病理學(xué)腫瘤退縮分級(jí)(tumor"regression"grade,TRG)為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)[8]:0級(jí)(CR)、1級(jí)(PR)、2級(jí)(療效不佳)、3級(jí)(幾乎無(wú)反應(yīng));將0級(jí)定為病理學(xué)完全緩解(pathologic"complete"response,pCR),TRG"0~1級(jí)定義為主要病理學(xué)緩解(main"pathologic"response,MPR)。化療毒副反應(yīng)按照常見不良反應(yīng)術(shù)語(yǔ)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(common"terminology"criteria"for"adverse"event,CTCAE)5.0分為Ⅰ~Ⅳ級(jí)[9]。
患者隨訪時(shí)間截止至2024年4月,隨訪截止時(shí)仍生存或失訪作為截尾數(shù)據(jù),分析患者的無(wú)病生存期(disease-free"survival,DFS)和總生存(overall"survival,OS)。
1.4""統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)方法
應(yīng)用SPSS"26.0軟件對(duì)數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行統(tǒng)計(jì)處理。符合正態(tài)分布的計(jì)量資料以均數(shù)±標(biāo)準(zhǔn)差(")表示,比較采用t檢驗(yàn),計(jì)數(shù)資料以例數(shù)(百分率)[n(%)]表示,比較采用χ2檢驗(yàn)或Fisher確切概率法。使用Kaplan-Meier法進(jìn)行生存分析,Cox回歸進(jìn)行多因素分析。Plt;0.05為差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義。
2""結(jié)果
2.1""術(shù)前療效評(píng)估
112例患者完成NACT,其中PR"38例,SD"71例,PD"3例。ORR為33.9%,DCR為97.2%。三藥組患者的PR占比顯著高于兩藥組(Plt;0.05),但兩組患者的術(shù)前分期比較差異無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05),見表2。
2.2""術(shù)后療效評(píng)估
兩藥組患者切緣腫瘤細(xì)胞陰性(R0切除)35例,手術(shù)切緣腫瘤細(xì)胞陽(yáng)性(R1切除)1例。三藥組患者R0切除73例,R1切除3例。兩組患者的R0/R1切除率比較差異無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05)。術(shù)后病理方面,兩藥組患者21例腫瘤降級(jí),三藥組患者40例腫瘤降級(jí),但兩組患者的pCR率和MPR率比較差異均無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05),見表3。
2.3""預(yù)后評(píng)估
兩藥組患者的中位OS時(shí)間為38.0個(gè)月(95%CI:21.7~54.3個(gè)月),三藥組患者的中位OS時(shí)間為36.0個(gè)月(95%CI:24.2~47.8個(gè)月),兩藥組和三藥組患者的OS率比較差異無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(44.4%"vs."38.2%,P=0.690),見圖1。兩藥組和三藥組患者的平均DFS比較差異無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(64.2個(gè)月"vs."54.9個(gè)月,P=0.390),見圖2。
2.4""影響因素分析
多因素Cox回歸分析結(jié)果顯示,手術(shù)方法、病理分化類型、術(shù)后腫瘤病理分期、神經(jīng)侵犯均是影響患者OS的獨(dú)立危險(xiǎn)因素(Plt;0.05),見表4;年齡、手術(shù)方法、術(shù)后腫瘤病理分期均是影響患者DFS的獨(dú)立危險(xiǎn)因素(Plt;0.05),見表5。
2.5""風(fēng)險(xiǎn)評(píng)估
三藥組患者的嚴(yán)重貧血比例顯著高于兩藥組(Plt;0.05),其余不良反應(yīng)發(fā)生率兩組間比較差異均無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(Pgt;0.05),見表6。
3""討論
多項(xiàng)臨床試驗(yàn)結(jié)果表明,NACT不僅可通過降低腫瘤分期而提高手術(shù)的R0切除率,也能在不同程度上提高患者的DFS和OS,且相較于單純手術(shù),NACT在改善預(yù)后的同時(shí)并無(wú)明顯的用藥風(fēng)險(xiǎn)[10-14]。但用藥方案的差異是否對(duì)預(yù)后產(chǎn)生影響及患者對(duì)不同方案的耐受程度需要進(jìn)一步研究。本研究發(fā)現(xiàn),兩藥/三藥方案對(duì)患者的預(yù)后無(wú)顯著影響,但三藥組患者的OS和DFS稍高于兩藥組,這可能與臨床中選擇三藥方案的患者年齡更小、一般情況更好有關(guān),這可能導(dǎo)致研究結(jié)果的部分偏倚。同時(shí),本研究發(fā)現(xiàn)NACT的療效與腫瘤位置無(wú)關(guān),但這并不意味著胃/胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌可選擇同樣的治療方式,已有研究指出胃食管結(jié)合部腺癌患者NACT聯(lián)合放療能帶來(lái)更多的生存獲益[15-16]。
進(jìn)一步分析預(yù)后的危險(xiǎn)因素發(fā)現(xiàn),患者的年齡、病理類型及腫瘤的術(shù)后病理分期均是影響患者預(yù)后的獨(dú)立危險(xiǎn)因素,令人意外的是,NACT后腫瘤的降期對(duì)預(yù)后卻無(wú)顯著影響。值得一提的是,三藥方案在臨床治療中雖能帶來(lái)稍好的獲益,但其所帶來(lái)的用藥風(fēng)險(xiǎn)也應(yīng)引起注意。本研究發(fā)現(xiàn)兩藥/三藥方案對(duì)腫瘤的降期效果相仿,而患者使用三藥方案發(fā)生貧血的嚴(yán)重程度顯著高于兩藥方案。遺憾的是,本研究未詳細(xì)分析兩藥/三藥對(duì)手術(shù)的影響,若三藥方案可帶來(lái)更好的手術(shù)獲益,那么更高的用藥風(fēng)險(xiǎn)在一定程度上也可接受。在未來(lái),新輔助治療方案的研究更多傾向于尋找聯(lián)合方案,免疫抑制劑的應(yīng)用是當(dāng)前腫瘤治療的熱點(diǎn)。在已經(jīng)開展的Ⅲ期新輔助免疫治療研究中已證實(shí)免疫抑制劑可提高pCR率,且藥物風(fēng)險(xiǎn)和手術(shù)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)并未提升[17-18]。目前多個(gè)關(guān)于胃癌的Ⅱ期新輔助免疫治療研究正在開展,階段結(jié)果表明新輔助免疫治療聯(lián)合化療可帶來(lái)更好的pCR率和腫瘤降期率[19-20]。
綜上,兩藥/三藥NACT方案對(duì)患者的遠(yuǎn)期預(yù)后無(wú)顯著影響,但患者的年齡、腫瘤降期、病理分化類型對(duì)患者的預(yù)后有一定影響。
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