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Effects of molecular targeting agents and immune-checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced cancer who are near the end of life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2021

Shuji Hiramoto Open the ORCID record for Shuji Hiramoto [Opens in a new window] ,
Tomohiko Taniyama ,
Ayako Kikuchi ,
Tetsuo Hori ,
Akira Yoshioka Open the ORCID record for Akira Yoshioka [Opens in a new window]  and
Akira Inoue
Shuji Hiramoto*
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital Japan, Kyoto, Japan
Tomohiko Taniyama
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Ayako Kikuchi
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Tetsuo Hori
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Akira Yoshioka
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Akira Inoue
Affiliation:
Department of Palliative Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Shuji Hiramoto, Department of Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital Japan, Katsuragoshocho-1 Nishikyo ward, Kyoto. E-mail: otomari1rx.8@gmail.com
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Abstract

Background

In recent years, the use of both molecular targeting agents (MTAs) and immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) tend to occupy important positions in systemic anticancer therapy (SACT). The objective of this study is to describe the predictors of SACT include both MTAs and ICIs near the end of life (EOL) and the effect on EOL care in patients with advanced cancer.

Methods

We analyzed all patients who died of advanced cancer from August 2016 to August 2019, and we analyzed the survival time of patients who underwent anticancer agents excluded due to the loss of information about the last administration of SACT. The primary endpoint of this study was to identify predictors during the last administration of SACT near EOL.

Results

In a multivariate analysis, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG-PS) (ORs 33.781) was significantly related factors within 14 days of death from the last administration of SACT. Age (ORs 0.412), ECOG-PS (ORs 11.533), primary cancer site of upper GI cancers (ORs 2.205), the number of comorbidities (ORs 0.207), MTAs (ORs 3.139), and ICIs (ORs 3.592) were significantly related factors within 30 days of death. The median survival time (MST) of patients with PS 3–4 was 29 days, while that of patients with both PS 0–2 was 76 days. The prevalence rate of delirium with MTAs was 17.5%, which was significantly lower than that of patients without it (31.8%). The prevalence rate of the mean dose of opioids in patients with ICIs was 97.9 mg/day, which was significantly higher than that of patients without it (44.9 mg/day).

Conclusions

Age, ECOG-PS, primary cancer site, the number of comorbidities, MTAs, and ICIs use were significant associated with SACT near EOL. Information on these factors may aid clinical decision making in referral to palliative care institutes.

Keywords

End of lifeImmune-checkpoint inhibitorsMolecular targeted agentsSystemic anticancer therapy
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , December 2021 , pp. 709 - 714
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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