TY - JOUR AU - Betge, Johannes AU - Barat, Ana AU - Murphy, Verena AU - Hielscher, Thomas AU - Van Grieken, Nicole C AU - Belle, Sebastian AU - Zhan, Tianzuo AU - Härtel, Nicolai AU - Kripp, Melanie AU - Bacon, Orna AU - Cordes, Martijn AU - Kay, Elaine W AU - Verheul, Henk M W AU - Neerincx, Maarten AU - Hennessy, Bryan AU - Hofheinz, Ralf D AU - Gaiser, Timo AU - Ylstra, Bauke AU - Prehn, Jochen H M AU - Lambrechts, Diether AU - Byrne, Annette T AU - Ebert, Matthias P AU - Schulte, Nadine TI - Outcome of Colorectal Cancer Patients Treated with Combination Bevacizumab Therapy: A Pooled Retrospective Analysis of Three European Cohorts from the Angiopredict Initiative. JO - Digestion VL - 94 IS - 3 SN - 1421-9867 CY - Basel PB - Karger M1 - DKFZ-2017-01635 SP - 129 - 137 PY - 2016 AB - This study is aimed at analyzing the survival rates and prognostic factors of stage IV colorectal cancer patients from 3 European cohorts undergoing combination chemotherapy with bevacizumab.Progression free-survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed in 172 patients using the Kaplan-Meier method and uni- and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models.The median PFS was 9.7 and the median OS 27.4 months. Patients treated at centers in Germany (n = 97), Ireland (n = 32), and The Netherlands (n = 43) showed a median PFS of 9.9, 9.2, and 9.7 months, OS of 34.0, 20.5, and 25.1 months, respectively. Patients >65 years had a significantly shorter PFS (9.5 vs. 9.8 months) but not OS (27.4 vs. 27.5 months) than younger patients. High tumor grade (G3/4) was associated with a shorter PFS, T4 classification with both shorter PFS and OS. Fluoropyrimidine (FP) chemotherapy backbones (doublets and single) had comparable outcomes, while patients not receiving FP backbones had a shorter PFS. In multivariable analysis, age and non-FP backbone were associated with inferior PFS, T4 classification and therapy line >2nd were significantly associated with poor PFS and OS.The observed survival rates confirm previous studies and demonstrate reproducible benefits of combination bevacizumab regimens. Classification T4, non-FP chemotherapy backbone, and age >65 were associated with inferior outcome. KW - Angiogenesis Inhibitors (NLM Chemicals) KW - Pyrimidines (NLM Chemicals) KW - Bevacizumab (NLM Chemicals) KW - 5-fluoropyrimidine (NLM Chemicals) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:27756074 DO - DOI:10.1159/000449412 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/125509 ER -