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Table 3 Summary of phase III trial (first- and second-line) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

From: The role of immunotherapy in solid tumors: report from the Campania Society of Oncology Immunotherapy (SCITO) meeting, Naples 2014

Treatment

Principal targets

Patients (n)

Median overall survival

First-line

Sunitinib vs SOR

VEGFR, PDGFRa/b, c-KIT, FLT3, RET

1074

8.1 vs 10 months

Cheng et al. 2013

HR 1.31 (1.13-1.52), p = 0.0019)

Brivanib vs SOR (BRISK-FL)

VEGFR, FGFR

1155

9.5 vs 9.9 months

Johnson et al. 2013

HR 1.07 (0.94-1.23), p = 0.3116

Linifanib vs SOR

VEGFR, PDGFR

1035

9.1 vs 9.8 months

Cainap et al. 2012

HR 1.046 (0.896-1.221), p = 0.1785

Erlotinib/SOR vs placebo/SOR (SEARCH)

EGFR

720

9.5 vs 8.5 months

Zhu et al. 2012

HR 0.929 (0.781-1.106), p = 0.204

Second-line

Brivanib vs BSC (BRISK-APS)

VEGFR, FGFR

395

9.4 vs 8.2 months

Llovet et al. 2013

HR 0.89 (0.69-1.15), p = 0.3307

Everolimus vs BSC (EVOLVE-1)

mTOR

546

7.6 vs 7.3 months

Zhu et al. 2014

HR 1.05 (0.86-1.27), p = 0.675

  1. BSC = best supportive care, HR = hazard ratio, SOR = sorafenib.