Background: To report on sunitinib activity in a retrospective series of 35 solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) treated at a single institution. Patients and methods: From April 2008, 35 patients with progressive advanced SFT (male/female: 20/15; mean age: 58 years; meningeal/extrameningeal: 6/29; locally advanced/metastatic: 15/20; prior chemotherapy: 25) were treated, on an individual use basis, with continuous-dosing sunitinib 37.5 mg/day. Platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) status were assessed by immunohistochemistry and, in a subgroup of patients, by real time PCR. Results: Thirty-one patients were assessable for response by RECIST (one early death; three early interruptions). Best responses were 2 partial response (PR), 16 stable disease, 13 progressive disease. A <30% decrease in size was observed in three patients. Fourteen of 29 patients assessable by Choi criteria had a PR. Median progression-free survival by RECIST was 6 months (range 1-22). In two of six patients, resistance to sunitinib was overcome by increasing sunitinib to 50 mg/day. PDGFRB and/or VEGFR2 were positive in all cases and not predictive of response; a less aggressive morphology corresponded to an increased response rate (53% PR by Choi in the malignant SFT, 20% PR in the pleomorphic/dedifferentiated SFT). Conclusions: Sunitinib is active in SFT. Response can be long-lasting.
Sunitinib malate in solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) / S. Stacchiotti, T. Negri, M. Libertini, E. Palassini, A. Marrari, B. De Troia, A. Gronchi, A.P. Dei Tos, C. Morosi, A. Messina, S. Pilotti, P.G. Casali. - In: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0923-7534. - 23:12(2012), pp. 3171-3179. [10.1093/annonc/mds143]
Sunitinib malate in solitary fibrous tumor (SFT)
P.G. CasaliUltimo
2012
Abstract
Background: To report on sunitinib activity in a retrospective series of 35 solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) treated at a single institution. Patients and methods: From April 2008, 35 patients with progressive advanced SFT (male/female: 20/15; mean age: 58 years; meningeal/extrameningeal: 6/29; locally advanced/metastatic: 15/20; prior chemotherapy: 25) were treated, on an individual use basis, with continuous-dosing sunitinib 37.5 mg/day. Platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRB) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) status were assessed by immunohistochemistry and, in a subgroup of patients, by real time PCR. Results: Thirty-one patients were assessable for response by RECIST (one early death; three early interruptions). Best responses were 2 partial response (PR), 16 stable disease, 13 progressive disease. A <30% decrease in size was observed in three patients. Fourteen of 29 patients assessable by Choi criteria had a PR. Median progression-free survival by RECIST was 6 months (range 1-22). In two of six patients, resistance to sunitinib was overcome by increasing sunitinib to 50 mg/day. PDGFRB and/or VEGFR2 were positive in all cases and not predictive of response; a less aggressive morphology corresponded to an increased response rate (53% PR by Choi in the malignant SFT, 20% PR in the pleomorphic/dedifferentiated SFT). Conclusions: Sunitinib is active in SFT. Response can be long-lasting.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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