The third-line therapy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: regorafenib or repeated administration of drugs? A review

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To this date, the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer involves continuous drug therapy, the so-called "continuum of care" approach in order to control of tumor growth and try to increase life expectancy for patients. The characteristic is the limited availability and insufficient number of third- and subsequent-line therapy. The main options for the treatment of resistant forms of metastatic colorectal cancer in real practice are the alternation of chemotherapy regimens, targeted drugs and the application of regorafenib. The choice of the treatment tactics is influenced by the patient's condition, the previous treatment and the efficacy, the molecular status of the tumor. The correct sequence of use of such approaches is currently not clearly defined and is the subject of many discussions and retrospective studies. The article discusses the main trends in the application of targeted antiangiogenic therapy for this category of patients.

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Ivan V. Rykov

Saint Petersburg Clinical Hospital

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Email: rykov.ivan@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8250-8144

Cand. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Viacheslav A. Chubenko

Saint-Petersburg Clinical Scientific and Practical Center for Special Types of Medical Care (oncology-oriented)

Email: vchubenko@me.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6644-6687

Cand. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. Kaplan–Meier estimates of progression-free survival (a) and overall survival (b) according to RAS and BRAF circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) status.

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3. Fig. 2. Progression-free survival (a) and overall survival (b) by cetuximab-free interval.

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4. Fig. 3. OS after the beginning of the first-line therapy (RE-OPEN study). The median OS is 300 days, the median PFS is 98 days.

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5. Fig. 4. Response to treatment of patients using oxaliplatin reintroduction (RE-OPEN study). Complete response – 0%, partial response – 6.1%, stabilization – 33.3%, progression – 54.5%.

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6. Fig. 5. OS of patient in the CONCUR and CORRECT trials.

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