[The inhibition of angiogenic pathway in second line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer]

Recenti Prog Med. 2018 Nov;109(11):15e-19e. doi: 10.1701/3031.30301.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The inhibition of the antiangiogenic pathway in association with chemotherapy significantly improved disease control and overall survival both in the upfront and in second line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer patients. The VELOUR study had showed a significant improvement in overall survival with the addition of aflibercept, an antiangiogenic chimeric protein, to FOLFIRI (5-flourouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan) in patients who progressed after an oxaliplatin based chemotherapy (with or without bevacizumab) in first line treatment or within 6 months from the completion of adjuvant chemotherapy. Subgroup analyses from VELOUR trial show that the benefit of aflibercept is independent from previous exposure to bevacizumab in first line. We reported the case of a patient affected by metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma RAS/ BRAF wild-type, with an initial liver-limited presentation. In this case we used a second line treatment with FOLFIRI aflibercept after a first-line oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy plus an anti-EGFR antibody.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / blood supply
  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Aged
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Oxaliplatin / administration & dosage
  • Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor / administration & dosage*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Oxaliplatin
  • aflibercept
  • Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil
  • Camptothecin

Supplementary concepts

  • IFL protocol