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    MO08 - NSCLC - Early Stage (ID 117)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Medical Oncology
    • Presentations: 1
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      MO08.05 - Research and progress of vascular targeted therapy in the postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for lung cancer (ID 732)

      16:35 - 16:40  |  Author(s): Z. Zhou

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      Background
      Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy is extensively received due to its extension of the time to recurrence and enhancement of survival rate in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, it has reached the plateau at current, the beneficial cases are few, and drug-resistance and over-treatment phenomena are present in most of patients, hence it is necessary to seek a new postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy to improve the survival rate. Angiogenesis is one premise of malignant tumors to occur, develop and metastasize, but vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most important tumors in the process of neovascularization. Under normal conditions, VEGF is hardly expressed in a lot of normal tissues in vivo, while highly expressed in the tumors like osteosarcoma, bladder cancer, breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Recombinant human endostatin (endostar) can significantly intervene the angiogenesis-promoting effect to block the nutritional supply of tumors and inhibit tumor proliferation or metastasis. We compare the curative effect of endostar plus adjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy alone in the treatment of patients with completely resected NSCLC at stage IB-IIIA.

      Methods
      This is an open, multicenter, randomized (1:1) study, stratified by gender, stage and histology. Completely resected pts (stage IB to IIIA) were randomized to receive adjuvant NP plus Endostar (Vinorelbine 25mg/m2 on d1 and d8 plus Cisplatin 75 mg/m2 on d1, and iv plus Endostar 7.5mg/m2 per day iv for consecutive 14 days. Every 21 days as one cycle for 4 cycles) or NP regimen alone. The primary endpoint was disease-free survival (DFS). Secondary endpoints included tumor response rate, overall survival and safety.

      Results
      250 pts (1:1) were included between 07/2007 and 06/2009. Two arms were well-balanced with regard to age, gender, histology, staging, and resection type. The follow-up time is 42 months. The two groups had no significant difference in the incidence of toxicity reaction. Endostatin plus NP can prolong the DFS of patients with complete resectable NSCLC at stage IIIA (19.33±3.73m vs 17.10±9.68m) with high security, but no statistical difference. Cases with high expression of VEGF showed a better DFS than cases with low expression in Endostatin plus NP group (48.45±3.52m vs 40.18±4.54m, P < 0.05). The level of peripheral circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in NSCLC patients is significantly higher than that in healthy volunteers. EPCs level was associated with NSCLC stage. The EPCs levels after treatment significantly decreased than that before treatment (P=0.014) in beneficiaries of NP or NP plus with endostar. The time to progression (TTP) was longer in patients with lower levels of EPCs (<0.35%) before chemotherapy or endostatin treatment (P<0.001).

      Conclusion
      This preliminary result showed vascular targeted therapy in postoperative adjuvant therapy of lung cancer has a good application prospect. VEGF and EPCs play important roles in the development of lung cancer. Deep studies should be taken for the other related molecular targets in the future.

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