Relationship between metabolic toxicity and efficacy of everolimus in patients with neuroendocrine tumors: A pooled analysis from the randomized, phase 3 RADIANT-3 and RADIANT-4 trials

Nicola Fazio, Carlo Carnaghi, Roberto Buzzoni, Juan W. Valle, Fabian Herbst, Antonia Ridolfi, Jonathan Strosberg, Matthew H. Kulke, Marianne E. Pavel, James C. Yao

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hyperglycemia and hypercholesterolemia are class effects of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors such as everolimus. This post hoc pooled analysis assessed the potential impact of these events on the efficacy of everolimus. METHODS: Patients with advanced, low- or intermediate-grade pancreatic, gastrointestinal, or lung neuroendocrine tumors received either oral everolimus at 10 mg/d or a placebo in the RAD001 in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors 3 (RADIANT-3) and RAD001 in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors 4 (RADIANT-4) trials. A landmark progression-free survival (PFS) analysis by central review was performed for patients treated for at least 16 weeks (n = 308) and according to the occurrence of any-grade adverse events (AEs) within this treatment period. RESULTS: The overall PFS with everolimus from the pooled analysis was 11.4 months (95% confidence interval, 11.01-13.93 months), which was consistent with the findings of RADIANT-3 and RADIANT-4. Overall, 19.1% and 9.8% of patients in RADIANT-3 and 11.9% and 6.4% of patients in RADIANT-4 developed any-grade hyperglycemia and hypercholesterolemia, respectively (regardless of the study drug). The duration of everolimus exposure was longer in patients who developed these AEs versus patients without these AEs. Overall, 308 patients were exposed to treatment for at least 16 weeks (hyperglycemia, 39 of 269 patients; hypercholesterolemia, 20 of 288 patients). No association was observed between the development of these AEs and PFS (18.8 and 14.1 months with and without hyperglycemia, respectively, and 14.1 and 14.8 months with and without hypercholesterolemia, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Although limitations apply because of the small number of AEs observed, there was no significant impact of these AEs on PFS; this suggests similar efficacy in the presence or absence of these events.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2674-2682
Number of pages9
JournalCancer
Volume127
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 1 2021

Keywords

  • adverse events
  • everolimus
  • landmark analysis
  • mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors
  • RAD001 in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors 3 (RADIANT-3)
  • RAD001 in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors 4 (RADIANT-4)
  • targeted therapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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