A Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase 3 Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Lenvatinib (E7080) Versus Sorafenib in First-line Treatment of Participants With Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Summary

E7080-G000-304 is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, noninferiority Phase 3 study to compare the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib versus sorafenib as a first-line systemic treatment in participants with unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).

Timeline

Start

2013-03-01

Primary completion

2016-11-13

Completion

2021-03-10

Publications

• Piscaglia F, Ikeda K, Cheng AL, Kudo M, Ikeda M, Breder V, Ryoo BY, Mody K, Ren M, Ramji Z, Sung MW. Association between treatment-emergent hypertension and survival with lenvatinib treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the REFLECT study. Cancer. 2024 Apr 15;130(8):1281-1291. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35185. Epub 2024 Jan 23.
• Kudo M, Finn RS, Qin S, Han KH, Ikeda K, Cheng AL, Vogel A, Tovoli F, Ueshima K, Aikata H, Lopez CL, Pracht M, Meng Z, Daniele B, Park JW, Palmer D, Tamai T, Saito K, Dutcus CE, Lencioni R. Overall survival and objective response in advanced unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: A subanalysis of the REFLECT study. J Hepatol. 2023 Jan;78(1):133-141. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.09.006. Epub 2022 Sep 20.
• Huynh J, Cho MT, Kim EJ, Ren M, Ramji Z, Vogel A. Lenvatinib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who progressed to Child-Pugh B liver function. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2022 Aug 24;14:17588359221116608. doi: 10.1177/17588359221116608. eCollection 2022.
• Vogel A, Qin S, Kudo M, Su Y, Hudgens S, Yamashita T, Yoon JH, Fartoux L, Simon K, Lopez C, Sung M, Mody K, Ohtsuka T, Tamai T, Bennett L, Meier G, Breder V. Lenvatinib versus sorafenib for first-line treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: patient-reported outcomes from a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Aug;6(8):649-658. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00110-2. Epub 2021 Jun 2.
• Okusaka T, Ikeda K, Kudo M, Finn R, Qin S, Han KH, Cheng AL, Piscaglia F, Kobayashi M, Sung M, Chen M, Wyrwicz L, Yoon JH, Ren Z, Mody K, Dutcus C, Tamai T, Ren M, Hayato S, Kumada H. Safety and efficacy of lenvatinib by starting dose based on body weight in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in REFLECT. J Gastroenterol. 2021 Jun;56(6):570-580. doi: 10.1007/s00535-021-01785-0. Epub 2021 May 4.
• Briggs A, Daniele B, Dick K, Evans TRJ, Galle PR, Hubner RA, Lopez C, Siebert U, Tremblay G. Covariate-adjusted analysis of the Phase 3 REFLECT study of lenvatinib versus sorafenib in the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Br J Cancer. 2020 Jun;122(12):1754-1759. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-0817-7. Epub 2020 Apr 8.
• Yamashita T, Kudo M, Ikeda K, Izumi N, Tateishi R, Ikeda M, Aikata H, Kawaguchi Y, Wada Y, Numata K, Inaba Y, Kuromatsu R, Kobayashi M, Okusaka T, Tamai T, Kitamura C, Saito K, Haruna K, Okita K, Kumada H. REFLECT-a phase 3 trial comparing efficacy and safety of lenvatinib to sorafenib for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: an analysis of Japanese subset. J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jan;55(1):113-122. doi: 10.1007/s00535-019-01642-1. Epub 2019 Nov 12.
• Evans TRJ, Kudo M, Finn RS, Han KH, Cheng AL, Ikeda M, Kraljevic S, Ren M, Dutcus CE, Piscaglia F, Sung MW. Urine protein:creatinine ratio vs 24-hour urine protein for proteinuria management: analysis from the phase 3 REFLECT study of lenvatinib vs sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma. Br J Cancer. 2019 Jul;121(3):218-221. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0506-6. Epub 2019 Jun 28.
• Kudo M, Finn RS, Qin S, Han KH, Ikeda K, Piscaglia F, Baron A, Park JW, Han G, Jassem J, Blanc JF, Vogel A, Komov D, Evans TRJ, Lopez C, Dutcus C, Guo M, Saito K, Kraljevic S, Tamai T, Ren M, Cheng AL. Lenvatinib versus sorafenib in first-line treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised phase 3 non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2018 Mar 24;391(10126):1163-1173. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30207-1.

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