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1. Symptom Burden and Palliative Care Needs of Patients with Incurable Cancer at Diagnosis and During the Disease Course

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Olaf Ortmann, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Jonas Kuon, Anne Ruellan, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Palliativmedizin, Karin Oechsle, Christoph Kahl, Florian Lordick, Jeannette Vogt, Michael Thomas, Christoph Engel, B. Alt-Epping, Andreas Dietz, Birgitt van Oorschot, Andrea Heider, Susanne Stevens, Franziska Beyer, Thomas Kubin, Miriam Ahlborn, Christian George, Maria Tienken, Jochen Sistermanns, Carmen Loquai, and Kerstin Stahlhut

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Male, Quality of life, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Palliative care, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life (healthcare), Germany, Neoplasms, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Intensive care medicine, Cancer, business.industry, Palliative Care, Distress, Symptom burden, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Oncology, Symptom Management and Supportive Care, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Anxiety, Observational study, Female, Incurable cancer, medicine.symptom, business
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Background Although current guidelines advocate early integration of palliative care, symptom burden and palliative care needs of patients at diagnosis of incurable cancer and along the disease trajectory are understudied. Material and Methods We assessed distress, symptom burden, quality of life, and supportive care needs in patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer in a prospective longitudinal observational multicenter study. Patients were evaluated using validated self‐report measures (National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer [DT], Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy [FACT], Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life [SEIQoL‐Q], Patients Health Questionnaire‐4 [PHQ‐4], modified Supportive Care Needs Survey [SCNS‐SF‐34]) at baseline (T0) and at 3 (T1), 6 (T2), and 12 months (T3) follow‐up. Results From October 2014 to October 2016, 500 patients (219 women, 281 men; mean age 64.2 years) were recruited at 20 study sites in Germany following diagnosis of incurable metastatic, locally advanced, or recurrent lung (217), gastrointestinal (156), head and neck (55), gynecological (57), and skin (15) cancer. Patients reported significant distress (DT score ≥ 5) after diagnosis, which significantly decreased over time (T0: 67.2%, T1: 51.7%, T2: 47.9%, T3: 48.7%). The spectrum of reported symptoms was broad, with considerable variety between and within the cancer groups. Anxiety and depressiveness were most prevalent early in the disease course (T0: 30.8%, T1: 20.1%, T2: 14.7%, T3: 16.9%). The number of patients reporting unmet supportive care needs decreased over time (T0: 71.8 %, T1: 61.6%, T2: 58.1%, T3: 55.3%). Conclusion Our study confirms a variable and mostly high symptom burden at the time of diagnosis of incurable cancer, suggesting early screening by using standardized tools and underlining the usefulness of early palliative care. Implications for Practice A better understanding of symptom burden and palliative care needs of patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer may guide clinical practice and help to improve the quality of palliative care services. The results of this study provide important information for establishing palliative care programs and related guidelines. Distress, symptom burden, and the need for support vary and are often high at the time of diagnosis. These findings underscore the need for implementation of symptom screening as well as early palliative care services, starting at the time of diagnosis of incurable cancer and tailored according to patients’ needs., Guidelines recommend early integration of palliative care in the treatment of patients with advanced cancer. This study assessed distress, symptom burden, quality of life, and supportive care needs in patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer to facilitate future implementation of more effective palliative care services.

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2020

2. Symptoms and Needs of Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer: Early Prevalence Assessment

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Bernd Alt-Epping, Kathrin Matthias, Anja Mehnert, Kerstin Stahlhut, Ulrike Ritterbusch, Florian Lordick, Jochen Sistermanns, Susanne Stevens, Jonas Kuon, Michael Thomas, Birgitt van Oorschot, Thomas Kubin, Andrea Heider, Jeannette Vogt, Christoph Kahl, Anne Ruellan, and Miriam Ahlborn

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Adult, Male, Advance care planning, Cancer Research, Coping (psychology), Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung Neoplasms, Palliative care, Medizin, ECOG Performance Status, Unmet needs, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Adaptation, Psychological, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, ddc:610, Lung cancer, Symptoms, Psychosocial needs, Perception of prognosis, Advanced lung cancer, Early assessment, Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Hematology, Middle Aged, Prognosis, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Distress, Cross-Sectional Studies, Oncology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, business, Psychosocial, Needs Assessment, Stress, Psychological
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Background: Little is known on symptom burden, psychosocial needs, and perception of prognosis in advanced lung cancer patients at the time of diagnosis, although early assessment is strongly recommended within the setting of daily routine care. Methods: Twelve study sites cross-sectionally assessed symptoms and psychosocial needs of patients suffering from newly diagnosed incurable lung cancer. Assessment comprised NCCN distress thermometer, FACT-L, SEIQoL-Q, PHQ-4, and shortened and modified SCNS-SF-34 questionnaires. Additional prognostic information from both patients and physicians were collected. Results: A total of 208 patients were evaluated. Mean age was 63.6 years, 58% were male, 84% suffered from stage IV lung cancer, and 71% had an ECOG performance status of 0–1. Mean distress level was 5.4 (SD 2.5), FACT-L total score was 86 (21.5), and TOI 50.5 (14.9). PHQ-4 was 4.6 (3.3), and shortened and modified SCNS-SF-34 showed 9 (8.7) unmet needs per patient. According to their physicians’ perspective, 98.1% of patients were reflecting on and 85.2% were accepting incurability, while 26.5% of patients considered the treatment to be of curative intent. Conclusion: Our findings emphasize substantial domains of symptom burden seen in newly diagnosed, incurable lung cancer patients. Oncologists should be aware of these features and address prognostic issues early in the disease trajectory to facilitate opportunities to improve coping, advance care planning, and appropriate integration of palliative care, thus improving quality of life.

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2019

3. Safety and tolerability of subcutaneous trastuzumab for the adjuvant treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive early breast cancer: SafeHer phase III study's primary analysis of 2573 patients

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Jose Chacon, Katja Ziegler-Löhr, Kamran Rashid, Stanley Madretsma, Hortense Laharie Mineur, Soo Hyeon Lee, Bohuslav Melichar, Jasna Pesic, Julia Hall, Jörg Schilling, Paola Morales Espinosa, Wendy Taylor, Francesco Cognetti, Doris Augustin, Ines Sandri, Laura Murillo Jaso, Alejandro Juarez Ramiro, Nora Artagaveytia, Rocio Reategui, Nataliia Voitko, Teresa Gamucci, Lisa H Barraclough, Jérôme Alexandre, Mohammed Butt, Frank Priou, A.J. van de Wouw, Cristina Marinela Oprean, Isabel Alonso, Suzana Vasovic, Fernando Roque, Marc Thill, Viktoria Dvornichenko, K. Bouzid, Idris Yucel, Andrea Stefek, Jose Manuel Lopez Vega, Daniil Stroyakovskiy, R. Chiara Forcignanò, Mohammed Harb, Andrzej Mruk, Jana Prausová, Lydia Dreosti, Prabir Chakraborti, Armando Santoro, Lee Wei Ching, Anna Tuczek, Jane Beith, Larisa Ciule, Hakan Bozcuk, Antonino Musolino, Hartmut Kristeleit, Clare Crowley, T.C. Kok, Dhurata Koroveshi, Natasha Mithal, Laura Garcia Sanchis, Stephan Henschen, Carmen Cañabate Arias, A. Contu, Antoaneta Tomova, Alper Sevinc, Helga Droogendijk, Gustavo Fernando Ismael, Konstantinos Papazisis, Laurent Gasnault, Sandra Bakker, Judit Kocsis, Bernd Christensen, Stephen Kelly, Rosana Jarcau, Christian Jackisch, George Fountzilas, Cyril Foa, Annebeth W. Haringhuizen, Silvia Neciosup, Juan Matos Santos, Finlander Rosales Osegueda, Robinson Rodriguez, Marcus Schmidt, Bart de Valk, Kathryn Wright, A.S. Dhadda, Elizabeth Sherwin, Sabino De Placido, Luigi Cavanna, Joelle Egreteau, Shazza Rehman, Giacomo Allegrini, Doerte Luedders, Poovandren Govender, Hugues Barletta, Iztok Takač, Yuraima Garcia, Michael Green, Geneviève Jolimoy, Marcela Urrego, Chanyoot Bandidwattanawong, Vito Lorusso, Annette van der Velden, Rene Muñoz, Djumhana Atmakusuma, Christos Papandreou, Craig Macmillan, Hassan Errihani, Iris Schrader, Isabelle Desmoulins, Jean-Marc Ferrero, Mohamed Idris, B. Ataseven, Andre Farrokh, Isabelle Moullet, Iain R. Macpherson, N. Al-Sakaff, Stephen Chia, Blanca Hernando Fernandez De Aranguiz, Lorena Lion, Alexandros Ardavanis, Ani Zlatareva-Petrova, Ernesto Pablo Korbenfeld, Hugo Castro, Mirta Garcia, Heike Passmann-Kegel, Lionel Uwer, Gary Richardson, Marion Paul, Georgia Demetriou, Andreas Köhler, V. Kovcin, Eliot Sims, Gerasimos Aravantinos, Adriana Dominguez, Daniel Rauch, Greta Beyer, Laurence J. C. van Warmerdam, Roberto Bordonaro, Raymond Ng, David Coeffic, Rostislav Vyzula, Bernard Leduc, Jozef Mardiak, Andrea Pigi, Ingo Runnebaum, Jose Angel Garcia Saenz, Areewan Somwangprasert, Cristina Llorca Ferrandiz, Coskun Hasan Senol, Martin Griesshammer, Friedrich Overkamp, Suzanne Nguyen, Maria Turdean, Udaiveer Panwar, Zsuzsanna Nagy, Francesco Giotta, Andreas Schneeweiss, Teresa Ramon y Cajal Asensio, Jae Hong Seo, Joohyuk Sohn, Jean-Philippe Jacquin, Daniela Grecea, Jasmina Nedovic, Arrate Plazaola Alcibar, Tadeusz Pienkowski, Jetske M. Meerum Terwogt, Elmar Stickeler, Hazem I. Assi, Vadim Shirinkin, Grzegorz Slomian, Etela Mišurová, Roberto Hegg, K. Friedrichs, Corinne Dagada, Jean-François Berdah, Fulden Yumuk, Alexandru Eniu, Amit Chakrabarti, Mathias Fehr, Christoph Salat, Dan Lungulescu, Heinrik Martin Strebel, Antonio Llombart Cussac, Rémy Largillier, Stefan Curescu, Albert von der Assen, Emmanuel Guardiola, Andras Csejtei, Tamas Hickish, Krzysztof Krzemieniecki, Yaroslav Shparyk, Ramon Perez Carrion, Michela Donadio, Purificacion Martinez del Prado, Sandra Franco, J.J. Braun, Michael Friedlander, Suhail Anwar, Thierry Petit, Sarah Smith, Rafael Gutierrez Pilarte, Laia Garrigos Cubells, Frans L. G. Erdkamp, Jedzada Maneechavakajorn, Mastura Yusof, Jocelyn Adams, Diana Cascallar, Luis Antonio Fernandez Morales, Max S. Mano, Simon Waters, Carlos Beato, Philippe Martin, Martin Hogg, Isabelle Sillet Bach, Monica Casalnuovo, Klara Mezei, Alexey Manikhas, Margarida Damasceno, Sergey Emelyanov, Gabriella Mariani, Kecman Gordana, Gianfilippo Bertelli, Ignacio Pelaez Fernandez, Damir Vrbanec, Maria Wagnerova, Johannes Petrus Jordaan, Marina Cazzaniga, Mustafa Deryal, Ruth Davis, Abdurrahman Isikdogan, Sanjay Raj, José Juan Illarramendi Mañas, Vinod Ganju, Maria Dolores Torregrosa Maicas, Glenda Ramos, Nugroho Prayogo, H. Orfeuvre, Filipovic S, Joke Tio, Andrew Redfern, M. Shing, Eduardo Yanez, Khalil Zaman, Jin-Seok Ahn, Dino Amadori, Bahriye Aktas, Miriam O'Connor, Uta Ringsdorf, Christophe Desauw, J. Gligorov, Jorge Corona, Michele De Laurentiis, Arthur Wischnik, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Katalin Boér, Caroline Archer, Anne Kendall, Ori Freedman, Maya Tsakova, Dana Lucia Stanculeanu, Kevin Patterson, Cathy Kelly, Nellie Lay Chin Cheah, X. Artignan, Anil A. Joy, Steffi Busch, Monica Nave, Bryan Hennessy, Lorenzo Livi, X. Pivot, R.J.B. Blaisse, Adolfo Murias Rosales, Juan Carlos Alcedo, Dalila Marcano, Emmanuel Beguier, Andreas Müller, László Csaba Mangel, Christina Schlatter, Fernando Gaion, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Sebastian Wojcinski, Ute Bückner, Florinel Badulescu, Cynthia Mayte Villarreal Garza, Rozenn Allerton, Mikhail Lichinitser, Damir Gugić, Manuela Rabaglio, Jens Kisro, Iris Scheffen, Vincent Phua, Marc A. Bollet, Giampaolo Biti, M. Verrill, Adrien Melis, Andrew M Wardley, Ali Arican, Hamdy A. Azim, Lelia-Eveline Bauer, Tsai-Wang Chang, Nik Hauser, René Lazaro González Mendoza, Dominique Jaubert, Samreen Ahmed, Mazhar Shah, János Szántó, Kunibert Latos, Xavier Pivot, Helen Gogas, Elona Juozaityte, Luca Moscetti, Helene Simon, Giacomo Carterni, Dan-Corneliu Jinga, Olivia Pagani, Elena Rota Caremoli, Esther Arbona, Cornelia Liedtke, Stylianos Kakolyris, Abdulla Alhasso, Omalkhair Abulkhair, Jose Ponce Lorenzo, Julian Singer, Tony Branson, Claudia Hänle, Ingvild Mjaaland, Chiun-Sheng Huang, Heri Fadjari, Jonathan Joffe, Laetitia Stefani, Dieter Lampe, Franck Burki, S. Lauer, Sabine Schmatloch, Gracieux Fernando, Dina Sakaeva, Christina Balser, Michael Martin, Nora Bittner, Andrea Heider, Antonio Frassoldati, Serafin Morales Murillo, Hakan Akbulut, Saad Tahir, Tilmann Lantzsch, Christine Brezden-Masley, Vanessa Helena, Tran Van Thuan, F.E. de Jongh, Roger K.C. Ngan, Elke Faust, Hugues Bourgeois, Flora Li Tze Chong, Nehal Masood, Keun Seok Lee, J. Bishop, Mathias Warm, Dimitris Mavroudis, Petrosian Veersamy, Judith Fraser, Andres Garcia-Palomo Perez, Heiko Graf, Vanesa Quiroga Garcia, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Maria Jose Villanueva Silva, Elke Simon, Diana Aleman, Kazim Uygun, Cosima Brucker, Michael Weigel, Volkmar Müller, Djohan Kurnianda, Duncan Wheatley, Amr Abdel Aziz, Benno Lex, Laura G. Estévez, Darren Teoh, María Isabel León, Noemia Afonso, Frances Yuille, Amelia Tienghi, Gernot Seipelt, Jose Alberto Nogueira, Dumitru Filip, Zafar Malik, Fatima Cardoso, Giorgio Cruciani, Winnie Yeo, Luis Vera, Santiago Gonzalez Santiago, Richard North, M.W. Dercksen, Zsolt Horváth, Noelia Martinez Jañez, Marta Mion, Marcela Ferrari, Natalia Valdiviezo, Oana Zveltlana Cojocarasu, Alessandra Morelle, Medy Tsalic, Sonia Pernas Simon, Christoph Maintz, Daniele Farci, Alvaro Edson Lessa, Jeremy Monge, Joseph Gligorov, Anthony Neal, Norberto Batista Lopez, Piotr Tomczak, Yesim Eralp, Kasan Seetalarom, Thitiya (Sirisinha) Dejthevaporn, Jamal Zekri, Steven John Proctor, Saira Nasim, Muireann Kelleher, Eftal Yucel, Quirine Clementine van Rossum-Schornagel, Linda Coate, Paolo Marchetti, Theresa Howe, Carlos Alberto Hernandez, Roberto Torres, Konstanta Timcheva, Evaristo Maiello, Anita Prechtl, Jamil Asselah, Branislav Bystricky, Kate Scatchard, Zeba Aziz, Jaroslava Leskova, Sherko Kuemmel, Paolo Bidoli, Richard Ashford, Piotr Sawrycki, Claude Bressac, Alberto Bottini, Pilar Lopez Alvarez, Nadine Dohollou, Alejandro Andres Acevedo Gaete, M. De Laurentiis, T.J. Smilde, Andrew Proctor, Catherine Prady, Michele Aieta, Jan Henry Svensson, Reda Garidi, Erik Wist, Antonia Perello Martorell, Mohammed Jaloudi, Graeme Lumsden, Eva-Maria Grischke, Ali Youssef, Annemieke van der Padt, Kadri Altundag, Christina Bechtner, Mireille Mousseau, Heba El Zawahry, Maartje Los, Alvydas Česas, Alfredo Falcone, Salima Hamizi, Franchette W P J van den Berkmortel, Cesar Estuardo Hernandez-Monroy, K.H. Jung, Swati Kulkarni, R.K. Agrawal, Hwei Chung Wang, Hany Eldeeb, Fredrika Killander, Jose Luis Alonso Romero, Antonio Pazzola, Daan ten Bokkel Huinink, Mario Campone, Beena C.R. Devi, Florence Dalenc, Pedro Jimenez Gallego, Mawin Vongsaisuwon, Timur Ceric, Chantal Bernard Marty, R. A. Popescu, J. van den Bosch, Luis Matamala, Sylvia Ruth, Maria Litwiniuk, Maria Lomas Garrido, Mark Churn, Christian Kersten, Francesco Del Piano, Eddie Herman Tanggo, Antonio Fernandez Aramburo, Kyung Hae Jung, Christos Papadimitriou, Hamdy Abdel Azeem, Patricia Bastick, Tobias Hesse, Maree Colosimo, Lucia Gonzalez Cortijo, Mark Verrill, Gligorov, J, Ataseven, B, Verrill, M, De Laurentiis, M, Jung, K. H, Azim, H. A, Al-sakaff, N, Lauer, S, Shing, M, Pivot, X., de Laurentiis, M, Jung, K, Azim, H, Al-Sakaff, N, Pivot, X, Koroveshi, D, Bouzid, K, Casalnuovo, M, Cascallar, D, Korbenfeld, E, Bastick, P, Beith, J, Colosimo, M, Friedlander, M, Ganju, V, Green, M, Patterson, K, Redfern, A, Richardson, G, Ceric, T, Gordana, K, Beato, C, Ferrari, M, Hegg, R, Helena, V, Ismael, G, Lessa, A, Mano, M, Morelle, A, Nogueira, J, Timcheva, K, Tomova, A, Tsakova, M, Zlatareva-Petrova, A, Asselah, J, Assi, H, Brezden-Masley, C, Chia, S, Freedman, O, Harb, M, Joy, A, Kulkarni, S, Prady, C, Gaete, A, Matamala, L, Torres, R, Yanez, E, Franco, S, Urrego, M, Gugic, D, Vrbanec, D, Melichar, B, Prausova, J, Vyzula, R, Pilarte, R, Leon, M, Munoz, R, Ramos, G, Azeem, H, Aziz, A, El Zawahry, H, Osegueda, F, Alexandre, J, Artignan, X, Barletta, H, Beguier, E, Berdah, J, Marty, C, Bollet, M, Bourgeois, H, Bressac, C, Burki, F, Campone, M, Coeffic, D, Cojocarasu, O, Dagada, C, Dalenc, F, Del Piano, F, Desauw, C, Desmoulins, I, Dohollou, N, Egreteau, J, Ferrero, J, Foa, C, Garidi, R, Gasnault, L, Guardiola, E, Hamizi, S, Jarcau, R, Jacquin, J, Jaubert, D, Jolimoy, G, Mineur, H, Largillier, R, Leduc, B, Martin, P, Melis, A, Monge, J, Moullet, I, Mousseau, M, Nguyen, S, Orfeuvre, H, Petit, T, Priou, F, Bach, I, Simon, H, Stefani, L, Uwer, L, Youssef, A, Aktas, B, von der Assen, A, Augustin, D, Balser, C, Bauer, L, Bechtner, C, Beyer, G, Brucker, C, Buckner, U, Busch, S, Christensen, B, Deryal, M, Farrokh, A, Faust, E, Friedrichs, K, Graf, H, Griesshammer, M, Grischke, E, Hanle, C, Heider, A, Henschen, S, Hesse, T, Jackisch, C, Kisro, J, Kohler, A, Kuemmel, S, Lampe, D, Lantzsch, T, Latos, K, Lex, B, Liedtke, C, Luedders, D, Maintz, C, Muller, V, Overkamp, F, Park-Simon, T, Paul, M, Prechtl, A, Ringsdorf, U, Runnebaum, I, Ruth, S, Salat, C, Scheffen, I, Schilling, J, Schmatloch, S, Schmidt, M, Schneeweiss, A, Schrader, I, Seipelt, G, Simon, E, Stefek, A, Stickeler, E, Thill, M, Tio, J, Tuczek, A, Warm, M, Weigel, M, Wischnik, A, Wojcinski, S, Ziegler-Lohr, K, Aravantinos, G, Ardavanis, A, Fountzilas, G, Gogas, H, Kakolyris, S, Mavroudis, D, Papadimitriou, C, Papandreou, C, Papazisis, K, Castro, H, Hernandez-Monroy, C, Ngan, R, Yeo, W, Bittner, N, Boer, K, Csejtei, A, Horvath, Z, Kocsis, J, Mangel, L, Mezei, K, Nagy, Z, Szanto, J, Atmakusuma, D, Fadjari, H, Kurnianda, D, Prayogo, N, Tanggo, E, Coate, L, Hennessy, B, Kelly, C, Martin, M, Nasim, S, O'Connor, M, Aieta, M, Allegrini, G, Amadori, D, Bidoli, P, Biti, G, Bordonaro, R, Bottini, A, Carterni, G, Cavanna, L, Cazzaniga, M, Cognetti, F, Contu, A, Cruciani, G, Donadio, M, Falcone, A, Farci, D, Forcignano, R, Frassoldati, A, Gaion, F, Gamucci, T, Giotta, F, Livi, L, Lorusso, V, Maiello, E, Marchetti, P, Mariani, G, Mion, M, Moscetti, L, Musolino, A, Pazzola, A, Pedrazzoli, P, Pigi, A, de Placido, S, Caremoli, E, Santoro, A, Tienghi, A, Ahn, J, Lee, K, Lee, S, Seo, J, Sohn, J, Cesas, A, Juozaityte, E, Cheah, N, Chong, F, Devi, B, Phua, V, Teoh, D, Ching, L, Yusof, M, Corona, J, Dominguez, A, Mendoza, R, Hernandez, C, Ramiro, A, Santos, J, Espinosa, P, Villarreal Garza, C, Errihani, H, Bakker, S, van den Berkmortel, F, Blaisse, R, Huinink, D, van den Bosch, J, Braun, J, Dercksen, M, Droogendijk, H, Erdkamp, F, Haringhuizen, A, de Jongh, F, Kok, T, Los, M, Madretsma, S, Terwogt, J, van der Padt, A, van Rossum-Schornagel, Q, Smilde, T, de Valk, B, van der Velden, A, van Warmerdam, L, van de Wouw, A, North, R, Kersten, C, Mjaaland, I, Wist, E, Aziz, Z, Masood, N, Rashid, K, Shah, M, Alcedo, J, Aleman, D, Neciosup, S, Reategui, R, Valdiviezo, N, Vera, L, Fernando, G, Roque, F, Strebel, H, Krzemieniecki, K, Litwiniuk, M, Mruk, A, Pienkowski, T, Sawrycki, P, Slomian, G, Tomczak, P, Afonso, N, Cardoso, F, Damasceno, M, Nave, M, Badulescu, F, Ciule, L, Curescu, S, Eniu, A, Filip, D, Grecea, D, Jinga, D, Lungulescu, D, Oprean, C, Stanculeanu, D, Turdean, M, Dvornichenko, V, Emelyanov, S, Lichinitser, M, Manikhas, A, Sakaeva, D, Shirinkin, V, Stroyakovskiy, D, Abulkhair, O, Zekri, J, Filipovic, S, Kovcin, V, Nedovic, J, Pesic, J, Vasovic, S, Ng, R, Bystricky, B, Leskova, J, Mardiak, J, Misurova, E, Wagnerova, M, Takac, I, Demetriou, G, Dreosti, L, Govender, P, Jordaan, J, Veersamy, P, Romero, J, Lopez, N, Arias, C, Chacon, J, Aramburo, A, Morales, L, Garcia, M, Estevez, L, Garcia-Palomo Perez, A, Garcia Saenz, J, Garcia Sanchis, L, Cubells, L, Cortijo, L, Santiago, S, De Aranguiz, B, Manas, J, Gallego, P, Cussac, A, Ferrandiz, C, Garrido, M, Alvarez, P, Vega, J, Del Prado, P, Janez, N, Murillo, S, Rosales, A, Jaso, L, Fernandez, I, Martorell, A, Carrion, R, Simon, S, Alcibar, A, Lorenzo, J, Garcia, V, Asensio, T, Maicas, M, Villanueva Silva, M, Killander, F, Svensson, J, Fehr, M, Hauser, N, Muller, A, Pagani, O, Passmann-Kegel, H, Popescu, R, Rabaglio, M, Rauch, D, Schlatter, C, Zaman, K, Chang, T, Huang, C, Wang, H, Yu, J, Bandidwattanawong, C, Maneechavakajorn, J, Seetalarom, K, Dejthevaporn, T, Somwangprasert, A, Vongsaisuwon, M, Akbulut, H, Altundag, K, Arican, A, Bozcuk, H, Eralp, Y, Idris, M, Isikdogan, A, Senol, C, Sevinc, A, Uygun, K, Yucel, E, Yucel, I, Yumuk, F, Shparyk, Y, Voitko, N, Jaloudi, M, Adams, J, Agrawal, R, Ahmed, S, Alhasso, A, Allerton, R, Anwar, S, Archer, C, Ashford, R, Barraclough, L, Bertelli, G, Bishop, J, Branson, T, Butt, M, Chakrabarti, A, Chakraborti, P, Churn, M, Crowley, C, Davis, R, Dhadda, A, Eldeeb, H, Fraser, J, Hall, J, Hickish, T, Hogg, M, Howe, T, Joffe, J, Kelleher, M, Kelly, S, Kendall, A, Kristeleit, H, Lumsden, G, Macmillan, C, Macpherson, I, Malik, Z, Mithal, N, Neal, A, Panwar, U, Proctor, A, Proctor, S, Raj, S, Rehman, S, Sandri, I, Scatchard, K, Sherwin, E, Sims, E, Singer, J, Smith, S, Tahir, S, Taylor, W, Tsalic, M, Wardley, A, Waters, S, Wheatley, D, Wright, K, Yuille, F, Alonso, I, Artagaveytia, N, Rodriguez, R, Arbona, E, Garcia, Y, Lion, L, Marcano, D, and Van Thuan, T

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0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, Receptor, ErbB-2, medicine.medical_treatment, Medizin, Antineoplastic Agent, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Trastuzumab, Adjuvant, Aged, 80 and over, education.field_of_study, Middle Aged, HER2/neu, Tolerability, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Herceptin, Subcutaneous, subcutaneous, Female, Survival Analysi, Breast Neoplasm, medicine.drug, Human, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Injections, Subcutaneous, Population, Socio-culturale, Antineoplastic Agents, Breast Neoplasms, Injections, Subcutaneou, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Internal medicine, medicine, Adjuvant therapy, Humans, Subcutaneou, education, Adverse effect, Aged, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, breast cancer, HER2/neu, herceptin, trastuzumab, business.industry, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, Surgery, Discontinuation, 030104 developmental biology, business
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Aim To assess the safety and tolerability of adjuvant subcutaneous trastuzumab (Herceptin ® SC, H SC), delivered from an H SC Vial via hand-held syringe (Cohort A) or single-use injection device (Cohort B), with or without chemotherapy, for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive stage I to IIIC early breast cancer (EBC) in the phase III SafeHer study (NCT01566721). Methods Patients received 600 mg fixed-dose H SC every 3 weeks for 18 cycles. The chemotherapy partner was at the investigators' discretion (H SC monotherapy was limited to ≤10% of the population). Data from the first H SC dose until 28 days (plus a 5-day window) after the last dose are presented. Results are descriptive. Results In the overall population, 2282/2573 patients (88.7%) experienced adverse events (AEs). Of the above, 128 (5.0%) patients experienced AEs leading to study drug discontinuation; 596 (23.2%) experienced grade ≥ 3 AEs and 326 (12.7%) experienced serious AEs. Grade ≥ 3 cardiac disorders were reported in 24 patients (0.9%), including congestive heart failure in eight (0.3%). As expected, the AE rates varied according to the timing of chemotherapy in both cohorts, with higher rates in concurrent versus sequential chemotherapy subgroups. In the concurrent chemotherapy subgroup, AEs were more common during the actual period of concurrent chemotherapy compared with the period when patients did not receive concurrent chemotherapy. Conclusion SafeHer confirms the safety and tolerability of the H SC 600 mg fixed dose for 1 year (every 3 weeks for 18 cycles) as adjuvant therapy with concurrent or sequential chemotherapy for HER2-positive EBC. These primary analysis results are consistent with the known safety profile for intravenous H and H SC.

Published
2017

4. Phase II trial with carboplatin and bendamustine in patients with extensive stage small-cell lung cancer

Author

Andrea Heider, Hansjochen Wilke, Michael Stahl, Wolf Köster, Norbert Niederle, Jürgen Fischer, Georgios Stamatis, and Jens A. Koch

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Bendamustine, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung Neoplasms, Maximum Tolerated Dose, medicine.medical_treatment, Phases of clinical research, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Neutropenia, Gastroenterology, Risk Assessment, Drug Administration Schedule, Carboplatin, chemistry.chemical_compound, Internal medicine, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, medicine, Confidence Intervals, Chemotherapy, Bendamustine Hydrochloride, Humans, Lung cancer, Infusions, Intravenous, Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Probability, Small cell lung cancer, Performance status, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, business.industry, Patient Selection, Extensive disease, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Surgery, Regimen, Oncology, chemistry, Nitrogen Mustard Compounds, Female, business, medicine.drug, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Background: Bendamustine is an alkylating agent with hybrid activity and proven efficacy in small-cell lung cancer associated with a favorable toxicity rate. This phase II study of carboplatin/bendamustine was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of this combination in patients with extensive disease small-cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC). Methods: Fifty-six untreated patients with ED-SCLC were enrolled. Their median age was 63 years. Sixty-seven percent of patients were male and 18% had a World Health Organization performance status of 2. Bendamustine was administered as a 30- to 60-minute infusion at a dose of 80 mg/m 2 on days 1 and 2, and carboplatin was given at an area under the curve of 5 on day 1 of a 21-day cycle. Results: Fifty-five patients were assessable for response and toxicity. The overall response rate was 72.7% (95% confidence interval: 59%–84%), with one complete remission (1.8%). The median time to progression was 5.2 months (95% confidence interval: 4.2–5.6). At the time of evaluation, 71% of the patients had died. The median survival time reached 8.3 months (95% confidence interval: 6.6–9.9). The major toxicity of this regimen was myelosuppression, including grade 3 or 4 neutropenia (46%), thrombopenia (26%), anemia (15%), and infections (11%). Toxic death was recorded in two patients (3.6%). Conclusions: The carboplatin/bendamustine regimen is a well-tolerated cytostatic combination in ED-SCLC with activity comparable with that of other platinum-based regimens. Further investigations, such as a phase III trial, are currently planned.

Published
2007

5. Bendamustine Plus Rituximab (B-R) Versus CHOP Plus Rituximab (CHOP-R) As First-Line Treatment in Patients with Indolent and Mantle Cell Lymphomas (MCL) – 7 Year Updated Results from the StiL NHL1 Study

Author

Jürgen Barth, Alexander Burchardt, Wolfgang Blau, Georg Maschmeyer, Ulrich von Grünhagen, Martina Stauch, Andrea Heider, Arnold Ganser, Wolfram Brugger, Hans Peter Böck, Gerhard Heil, Eckhart Weidmann, Frank Kauff, Christoph Losem, Heinz Dürk, Axel Hinke, Ulrich Kaiser, Manfred Welslau, Christina Balser, and Mathias J. Rummel

Subjects
Bendamustine, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Immunology, Hazard ratio, Cell Biology, Hematology, CHOP, Biochemistry, Gastroenterology, Confidence interval, Surgery, Internal medicine, medicine, Clinical endpoint, In patient, Rituximab, business, Survival rate, medicine.drug
Abstract

Background: This multicenter, randomized, phase III study compared B-R and CHOP-R as first-line treatment in patients (pts) with indolent lymphomas or MCL and was presented at ASH 2009, ASCO 2012, and published in The Lancet in 2013. The final published analysis at a median follow-up of 45 months demonstrated a significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) in the B-R group, compared to the CHOP-R group (hazard ratio [HR] 0.58, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.44–0.74; p Methods: 549 pts with indolent lymphomas or MCL were randomized to receive B-R or CHOP-R for a maximum of 6 cycles. The primary endpoint was PFS; secondary endpoints included OS, TTNT, and sNPL. Results: 514 randomized pts were evaluable (261 B-R; 253 CHOP-R). Patient characteristics were well balanced between arms; median age was 64 years. Fewer pts treated initially with B-R needed second-line treatments due to disease progression compared to CHOP-R treated pts: 93 pts (36%) in the B-R group received salvage treatment compared with 140 pts (55%) in the CHOP-R group. Of those in the CHOP-R group, 69 pts (49%) received B-R as salvage. TTNT was significantly prolonged with B-R compared with CHOP-R (HR 0.53, 95% CI 0.40-0.68; p The difference in complete response (CR) rates (independent of treatment arms) between male (n=272, median age 63 years) and female (n=242, median age 64 years) pts was statistically significant: 28.6% for male pts versus 42.1% for female pts (p=0.0016). Female pts had a longer median TTNT compared to male pts (not yet reached vs. 52.2 months, respectively; HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.54-0.90; p=0.006). The achievement of a CR was associated with significantly prolonged OS, with an estimated 10-year survival rate of 72.6% for pts with a CR and 63.6% for pts with a partial response (p=0.006). The difference in OS between the treatment arms was not statistically significant, with 65 and 76 deaths in the B-R and CHOP-R arms, respectively. The estimated 10-year survival rates were 67.4% for B-R and 60.1% for CHOP-R (p=0.262). In pts with indolent lymphomas (total group without MCL), there was a trend toward longer survival for the B-R group compared with the CHOP-R group, with 43 deaths out of 215 pts (20.0%) in B-R and 58 deaths out of 205 pts (28.3%) in CHOP-R. The estimated 10-year survival rates for pts with indolent lymphomas were 71.9% for B-R and 61.5% for CHOP-R (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.48-1.04; p=0.076). No difference in OS was found in the subgroup of pts with MCL (n=95) (HR 1.28, 95% CI 0.69-2.39; p=0.429). Twenty sNPL were observed in the B-R group compared with 23 in the CHOP-R group, with 1 hematological malignancy in each group (1 MDS in B-R, 1 AML in CHOP-R) to date. Updated sNPL results will be presented at the ASH meeting. Conclusions: In pts with previously untreated indolent lymphomas, and in elderly pts with MCL, B-R demonstrates a PFS and TTNT benefit over CHOP-R. OS for the entire group of patients was not significantly different while treatment with B-R resulted in a trend toward survival benefit in the group of pts with indolent lymphomas. Disclosures Off Label Use: Indication and dosage of bendamustine.

Published
2014

6. Bendamustine Plus Rituximab Versus Fludarabine Plus Rituximab in Patients with Relapsed Follicular, Indolent, or Mantle Cell Lymphomas – 8-Year Follow-up Results of the Randomized Phase III Study NHL 2-2003 on Behalf of the StiL (Study Group Indolent Lymphomas, Germany)

Author

Mathias J. Rummel, Christina Balser, Ulrich Kaiser, Hans Peter Böck, Martina Beate Stauch, Andrea Heider, Manfred Welslau, Christoph Losem, Eckhart Weidmann, Wolfgang Blau, Alexander Burchardt, Jürgen Barth, Frank Kauff, Axel Hinke, and Wolfram Brugger

Subjects
Immunology, Cell Biology, Hematology, Biochemistry
Abstract

Introduction: Fludarabine plus rituximab (F-R) is an established treatment option for patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma (FL), other indolent lymphoma, or mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). To further improve the treatment in this setting we initiated in 2003 a multicenter, randomized phase III study to compare the efficacy and safety of bendamustine plus rituximab (B-R) versus F-R for pts with relapsed FL, other indolent lymphomas or MCL. Patients and Methods: 230 pts in need of treatment were randomized to rituximab 375 mg/m² (day 1) plus either bendamustine 90 mg/m² (days 1+2) or fludarabine 25 mg/m² (days 1–3) q 28 days for a maximum of 6 cycles. Prophylactic use of antibiotics or granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was not generally recommended; however, in case of severe granulocytopenia, G-CSF use was permitted. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints were overall survival (OS), overall response rate (ORR), and complete response rate (CR). The protocol was amended in 2006 to allow rituximab maintenance therapy (rituximab 375 mg/m2 q 3 months for up to 2 years) in both arms, following regulatory approvals in this setting. Results: A total of 219 pts were evaluable for the analysis (114 B-R; 105 F-R). There were no significant differences between arms for patient characteristics, including age, stage, LDH, IPI, FLIPI, bone marrow infiltration, and extranodal involvement. Most pts had stage IV (71.6% B-R; 60.6% F-R) or stage III disease (21.1% B-R; 25.3% F-R). Median patient age was 68 yrs (range 38–87). Patients had received a median of 1 prior therapy (range 1–7). Histological subtypes were distributed equally between the B-R and F-R arms: follicular, 45.9% and 47.5%, respectively; Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia, 11.9% and 11.1%; MCL, 20.2% and 21.2%; other indolent lymphomas, 23% and 20.2%. A median of 6 cycles were given in both treatment arms, with 75.2% and 53.4% of B-R and F-R pts receiving 6 cycles, respectively. At the time of this analysis (June 2014), the median observation time was 96 months. The ORR was significantly higher with B-R than with F-R (83.5% vs. 52.5%, respectively; p< 0.0001). The CR rate with B-R was also significantly higher than that with F-R (38.5% vs. 16.2%; p=0.0004). Median PFS was significantly prolonged with B-R compared with F-R (34 vs. 12 months; hazard ratio [HR] 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.38–0.72; p There were no significant differences in the rates of alopecia, stomatitis, erythema, allergic reactions, peripheral neuropathy, or infectious episodes between groups. Hematologic toxicities were also similar between arms: 8.9% grade 3/4 neutropenia with B-R vs. 9.1% with F-R; 11.8% grade 3/4 leukocytopenia with B-R vs. 12.4% with F-R. The overall incidence of serious adverse events was similar for the B-R and F-R groups (17.4% and 22.2%, respectively). 17 pts (14.9%) developed a secondary neoplasia after B-R compared with 16 pts (15.2%) after F-R. Of these, 5 pts in the B-R group, and 3 pts in the F-R group developed a secondary hematological neoplasia (2 AML [1 AML M4], 1 CML, 1 DLBCL, and 1 HD after B-R; and 2 AML M4, and 1 MDS after F-R). An unplanned subanalysis showed that rituximab maintenance therapy significantly prolonged overall survival (HR 0.38, 95% CI 0.32-0.71; p=0.0003) and PFS (HR 0.35, 95% CI 0.31-0.62; p< 0.0001) in the small group of 40 pts who received this treatment (23 B-R, 17 F-R) compared with those who did not. Although the numbers are too small in this non-randomized comparison to draw validated conclusions, these results appear to confirm the favorable role of rituximab maintenance. Conclusions: B-R was more effective than F-R in this setting of relapsed FL, other indolent lymphomas and MCL due to higher overall and complete response rates, a longer PFS, and an improved OS. These data confirm the high anti-lymphoma activity of B-R. Disclosures Off Label Use: Indication and dosage of bendamustine.

Published
2014

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