Multicenter Randomized Double-Blind Phase III Trial of Donafenib in Progressive Radioactive Iodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

作者:Lin, Yansong*; Qin, Shukui*; Yang, Hui; Shi, Feng; Yang, Aimin; Han, Xingmin; Liu, Bin; Li, Zhiyong; Ji, Qinghai; Tang, Lijun; Deng, Zhiyong; Ding, Yong; Fu, Wei; Xie, Xianhe; Li, Linfa; He, Xiaohui; Lv, Zhongwei; Ma, Qingjie; Shen, Zan; Guo, Zhuming; Chen, Zhendong; Cui, Yali; Tan, Jian; Gao, Zairong; Jing, Shanghua; Lu, Keyi; Luo, Xianyang; Zhang, Yuan; Fang, Yong; Li, Zhendong; Cheng, Yizhuang; Lei, Shangtong; Luan, Sha; Chen, Guang; Wang, Guihua; Wu, Liqing
来源:Clinical Cancer Research, 2023, 29(15): 2791-2799.
DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-3613

摘要

Purpose: The phase II/III study of donafenib was initiated when there was no available treatment indicated for Chinese patients with progressive radioactive iodine-refractory differen-tiated thyroid cancer (RAIR-DTC). Donafenib, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), showed good efficacy and tolerability in the phase II study. We aimed to further evaluate the antitu-mor activity and safety of donafenib in Chinese patients with RAIR-DTC. Patients and Methods: This multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III study enrolled 191 patients with progressive RAIR-DTC and randomized in a ratio of 2:1 to donafenib (300 mg twice daily, n = 128) or matched placebo (n = 63). An open-label donafenib treatment period was allowed upon disease progression. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS) assessed by the independent review committee. The second endpoints include objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), safety, etc. Results: Donafenib demonstrated prolonged median PFS over placebo [12.9 vs. 6.4 months; hazard ratio (HR), 0.39; 95% confi- dence interval (CI), 0.25-0.61; P < 0.0001] in Chinese patients with RAIR-DTC. Improved ORR (23.3% vs. 1.7%; P = 0.0002) and DCR (93.3% vs. 79.3%; P = 0.0044) were observed in the donafenib group over placebo. For donafenib, the most common grade & GE; 3 treat-ment-related adverse events (AE) included hypertension (13.3%) and hand-foot syndrome (12.5%), 42.2% underwent dose reduction or interruption, and 6.3% experienced discontinuation. Conclusions: Donafenib was well-tolerated and demonstrated clinical benefit in terms of improved PFS, ORR, and DCR in patients with RAIR-DTC. The results suggest that donafenib could be a new treatment option for patients with RAIR-DTC.

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    四川大学; 同济大学; 浙江大学; 中国医学科学院; 中国医学科学院北京协和医院; 中国医科大学; 南方医科大学; 西安交通大学; 河北医科大学; 复旦大学; 吉林大学; 上海交通大学; 中山大学; 华中科技大学; 6; 厦门大学; 哈尔滨医科大学; 安徽医科大学; 郑州大学