Pancreatic Insufficiency in Patients Under Sorafenib Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.


Journal

Journal of clinical gastroenterology
ISSN: 1539-2031
Titre abrégé: J Clin Gastroenterol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7910017

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 03 2021
Historique:
received: 29 12 2019
accepted: 23 04 2020
pubmed: 13 6 2020
medline: 9 7 2021
entrez: 13 6 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

To describe the occurrence of malabsorption (MA) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients under sorafenib, the potential relationship with pancreatic insufficiency (PI), and the role of pancreatic enzymes supplementation. With the increasing options of second-line systemic therapies for HCC, the recognition of drug intolerance using practical tools is crucial. It has been proposed that a MA syndrome could be due to sorafenib-induced pancreatic dysfunction. All sorafenib-treated patients with suspicion of MA (defined as decreased stool consistency lasting >4 wk or presenting ≥10% body weight loss without HCC progression) were prospectively evaluated by serum markers, endoscopy, and imaging techniques. We evaluated 81 sorafenib-treated patients and 21 developed MA suspicion (85.7% male, 81.5% Child-Pugh A, 52.4% BCLC-B, and 47.6% BCLC-C) within a median 5.9 months after starting sorafenib. The median treatment duration, follow-up, and overall survival after MA suspicion were 5.9, 20.3, and 20.3 months, respectively. Nine of them (42.9%) presented hyperparathyroidism secondary to vitamin D deficiency and 8 with PI. A gradual decrease in pancreatic volume of up to 19% was observed among patients with PI. Six of the 8 patients with PI received pancreatic enzymes, with complete recovery from MA symptoms and stabilization of pancreatic volume. We validated the association between MA and PI in 10% of sorafenib-treated patients. Pancreatic enzymes supplementation successfully led to symptomatic recovery. Awareness of this adverse event can help in the management of sorafenib irrespective of cancer type and likely, of other tyrosine kinase inhibitors for HCC patients.

Sections du résumé

GOALS
To describe the occurrence of malabsorption (MA) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients under sorafenib, the potential relationship with pancreatic insufficiency (PI), and the role of pancreatic enzymes supplementation.
BACKGROUND
With the increasing options of second-line systemic therapies for HCC, the recognition of drug intolerance using practical tools is crucial. It has been proposed that a MA syndrome could be due to sorafenib-induced pancreatic dysfunction.
STUDY
All sorafenib-treated patients with suspicion of MA (defined as decreased stool consistency lasting >4 wk or presenting ≥10% body weight loss without HCC progression) were prospectively evaluated by serum markers, endoscopy, and imaging techniques.
RESULTS
We evaluated 81 sorafenib-treated patients and 21 developed MA suspicion (85.7% male, 81.5% Child-Pugh A, 52.4% BCLC-B, and 47.6% BCLC-C) within a median 5.9 months after starting sorafenib. The median treatment duration, follow-up, and overall survival after MA suspicion were 5.9, 20.3, and 20.3 months, respectively. Nine of them (42.9%) presented hyperparathyroidism secondary to vitamin D deficiency and 8 with PI. A gradual decrease in pancreatic volume of up to 19% was observed among patients with PI. Six of the 8 patients with PI received pancreatic enzymes, with complete recovery from MA symptoms and stabilization of pancreatic volume.
CONCLUSIONS
We validated the association between MA and PI in 10% of sorafenib-treated patients. Pancreatic enzymes supplementation successfully led to symptomatic recovery. Awareness of this adverse event can help in the management of sorafenib irrespective of cancer type and likely, of other tyrosine kinase inhibitors for HCC patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32530871
pii: 00004836-202103000-00013
doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000001366
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antineoplastic Agents 0
Phenylurea Compounds 0
Niacinamide 25X51I8RD4
Sorafenib 9ZOQ3TZI87

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

263-270

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Álvaro Díaz-González (Á)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Ernest Belmonte (E)

BCLC Group, Radiology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Center Network for Liver and Digestive diseases (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Víctor Sapena (V)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Marco Sanduzzi-Zamparelli (M)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Anna Darnell (A)

BCLC Group, Radiology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Center Network for Liver and Digestive diseases (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Alba Díaz (A)

BCLC Group, Pathology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS.

Leonardo Gomes da Fonseca (L)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Neus Llarch (N)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Gemma Iserte (G)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Carmen Ayuso (C)

BCLC Group, Radiology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Center Network for Liver and Digestive diseases (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Alejandro Forner (A)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Faust Feu (F)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Jordi Bruix (J)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

Jordi Rimola (J)

BCLC Group, Radiology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Biomedical Research Center Network for Liver and Digestive diseases (CIBERehd), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

María Reig (M)

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit.

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