Abstract
Head-to-head comparisons of the efficacy of treatments for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) have not yet been reported. This study used a series of matching-adjusted indirect comparisons to indirectly compare the effectiveness of [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE to everolimus, sunitinib and best supportive care (BSC) for extending progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with advanced, unresectable gastrointestinal (GI)-NETs and P-NETs. The results of the main analysis suggest that after accounting for differences in key prognostic variables, the hazard of progression was 62% (hazard ratio [HR], 0.38; confidence interval [CI]95 0.25–0.58) and 65% (HR 0.35 CI95 0.21–0.59) lower in patients with GI-NETs treated with [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE than in those treated with everolimus and BSC, respectively. Similarly, the hazard of progression was 64% (HR 0.36 CI95 0.18–0.70), 54% (HR 0.46 CI95 0.30–0.71) and 79–87% (HR 0.21 CI95 0.13–0.32; HR 0.13 CI95 0.08–0.22) lower in patients with P-NET treated with [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE than in those treated with sunitinib, everolimus and BSC, respectively. The hazard of death was 58% (HR 0.42 CI95 0.25–0.72), 47% (HR 0.53 CI95 0.33–0.87) and 44–64% (HR 0.56 CI95 0.36–0.90; HR 0.34 CI95 0.20–0.57) lower in P-patients with NET treated with [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE than in those treated with sunitinib, everolimus and BSC, respectively. While our results must be interpreted with caution given the non-randomised nature of the comparisons and the potential for residual confounding, the magnitude of the effect sizes we observe and their consistency across comparators suggest that [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE may be a more effective treatment option than everolimus, sunitinib and BSC in advanced, unresectable GEP-NETs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5-13 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | European Journal of Cancer, Supplement |
Volume | 16 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This article is part of a supplement supported by Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a Novartis company. The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: M.S.K. has received speaker fees from AAA, Ipsen and Novartis and consultancy fees from Ipsen and Novartis. E.S., C.S., T.B., W.W.d.H. and M.E.P. have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships to declare.
Funding Information:
This article is part of a supplement supported by Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a Novartis company . The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: M.S.K. has received speaker fees from AAA, Ipsen and Novartis and consultancy fees from Ipsen and Novartis. E.S., C.S., T.B., W.W.d.H. and M.E.P. have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships to declare.
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