Advanced Hepatocellular and Renal Cell Carcinomas: Updated Data in Specific Patient Populations Based on presentations from the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) May 30-June 3, 2008 Chicago, Illinois
Jan 29, 2016
Advanced Hepatocellular andRenal Cell Carcinomas: Updated Data in
Specific Patient Populations
Based on presentations from the44th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)May 30-June 3, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Responses to Sorafenib According to Resistance
IM-RES(n=6)
IM/SU-RES(n=23)
Overall (n=29)
CR 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
PR 1 (17%) 3 (13%) 4 (14%)
SD 3 (50%) 15 (65%) 18 (62%)
Disease control:CR+PR+SD 4 (67%) 18 (78%) 22 (76%)
Adapted from Wiebe et al. ASCO 2008, abstract 10502.
Toxicities Developed After Sorafenib Treatment (n=29)
Grade 3(% patients)
Grade 4(% patients)
Hypertension 24 -
Hand-foot 24 -
Rash 17 -
Diarrhea 10 -
Fatigue 7 -
Hemorrhage 7 -
Thrombosis - 3
Perforation 3 -
Anemia 3 -
Adapted from Wiebe et al. ASCO 2008, abstract 10502.
Cardiac-related Grade ≥3 Adverse Events
Adverse events (%) ≥65 years(n=1131)
<65 years(n=1361)
Hypertension 5 5
Cardiac ischemia 1 1
Hypotension 1 0.3
Cardiac arrhythmia 1 0.2
Adapted from Bukowski et al. ASCO 2008, abstract 5045.
Cost-effectiveness Results
First-line treatment Best supportive care
Sorafenib
Life-years gained(discounted)
Mean* 1.06 1.59Standard deviation 0.10 0.18
Total costs(discounted)
Mean* $8,161 $41,782Standard deviation $1,408 $3,292
Incermental LYG 0.53
Incermental costs $33,621
Incermental cost per LYG $63,436
*Probabilistic mean
Adapted from Muzbek et al. ASCO 2008, abstract 6527.
RECIST Response by ECOG PS
Percentage of patients
PS 0 PS 1-2
sorafenib (n=161)
Placebo (n=164)
Sorafenib (n=138)
Placebo (n=139)
ORR (CR + PR) 2.5 0.6 2.2 0.7
SD 77.6 70.1 62.3 64.0
PD 13.7 25.6 23.2 22.3
Not assessable 6.2 3.7 12.3 13.0
DCR 46.6 36.0 39.9 26.6
Adapted from Raoul et al. ASCO 2008, abstract 4587.
SHARP: Baseline Patient Characteristics
MVI/EHS present(n=421)
MVI/EHS absent(n=181)
CharacteristicsSorafenib (n=209)
Placebo (n=90)
Sorafenib (n=90)
Placebo (n=91)
Median age (range), years 66 (21-84) 68 (21-82) 67 (21-89) 70 (39-86)
Male/female, % 88/12 88/12 86/14 86/14ECOG PS, %01-2
5149
5347
6040
5644
Region (Europe/North/other), %
86/11/3 87/9/4 93/4/2 87/10/3
Etiology, %Viral hepatitis (HBV/HCV)Alcohol/other
18/2626/30
20/2524/31
20/3727/17
13/3233/22
Child-Pugh class (A/B), % 94/5 99/1 97/3 97/3BCLC stage (B/C), % 0/100 0/100 60/40 56/44MVI (yes/no), % 52/48 58/42 0/100 0/100EHS (yes/no), % 76/24 71/29 0/100 0/100
Adapted from Sherman et al. ASCO 2008, abstract 4584.
SHARP: RECIST Response Stratified by MVI and/or EHS
Percentage of patients
MVI and/or EHS present MVI and/or EHS absent
Sorafenib (n=209)
Placebo (n=212)
Sorafenib (n=90)
Placebo (n=91)
ORR (CR + PR) 2.4 0.9 2.2 0
SD 65.6 62.7 82.2 78.0
PD 21.5 27.4 10.0 16.5
Not assessable 10.5 9.0 5.6 5.5
DCR* 41.2 27.8 48.9 40.7
*Disease control rate is defined as the proportion of patients with a best response of CR, PR or SD by RECIST that is maintained for ≥28 days following demonstration of that response.
Adapted from Sherman et al. ASCO 2008, abstract 4584.