Bevacizumab in the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions of Non-squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety of different doses of bevacizumab injection in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer.

Timeline

Start

2016-10

Primary completion

2019-05

Completion

2019-10

Publications

• Background Du N, Li X, Li F, Zhao H, Fan Z, Ma J, Fu Y, Kang H. Intrapleural combination therapy with bevacizumab and cisplatin for non-small cell lung cancer-mediated malignant pleural effusion. Oncol Rep. 2013 Jun;29(6):2332-40. doi: 10.3892/or.2013.2349. Epub 2013 Mar 15.
• Results Medford AR, Maskell NA. A national survey of oncologist and chest physicians' attitudes towards empirical anti-oestrogen therapy, early pleurodesis and preference of sclerosing agent in malignant breast and ovarian pleural disease. Palliat Med. 2005 Jul;19(5):430-1. doi: 10.1191/0269216305pm1033xx. No abstract available.
• Results Seto T, Ushijima S, Yamamoto H, Ito K, Araki J, Inoue Y, Semba H, Ichinose Y; Thoracic Oncology Group. Intrapleural hypotonic cisplatin treatment for malignant pleural effusion in 80 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a multi-institutional phase II trial. Br J Cancer. 2006 Sep 18;95(6):717-21. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603319. Epub 2006 Aug 29.
• Results Numnum TM, Rocconi RP, Whitworth J, Barnes MN. The use of bevacizumab to palliate symptomatic ascites in patients with refractory ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol. 2006 Sep;102(3):425-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.05.018. Epub 2006 Jun 23.
• Results Pichelmayer O, Gruenberger B, Zielinski C, Raderer M. Bevacizumab is active in malignant effusion. Ann Oncol. 2006 Dec;17(12):1853. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdl143. Epub 2006 Jun 21. No abstract available.
• Results Kesterson JP, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Lele S. The use of bevacizumab in refractory ovarian granulosa-cell carcinoma with symptomatic relief of ascites: a case report. Gynecol Oncol. 2008 Dec;111(3):527-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.07.015. Epub 2008 Aug 16.
• Results Pichelmayer O, Zielinski C, Raderer M. Response of a nonmalignant pleural effusion to bevacizumab. N Engl J Med. 2005 Aug 18;353(7):740-1. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200508183530722. No abstract available.
• Results Bae SH, Hwang JY, Kim WJ, Yoon HH, Kim JM, Nam YH, Baek HG, Cho YR, Park SY, Kim JH, Kim SH, Park TH, Lee GN, Rha SH, Kim YD. A case of cardiac amyloidosis with diuretic-refractory pleural effusions treated with bevacizumab. Korean Circ J. 2010 Dec;40(12):671-6. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.12.671. Epub 2010 Dec 31.
• Results Kitamura K, Kubota K, Ando M, Takahashi S, Nishijima N, Sugano T, Toyokawa M, Miwa K, Kosaihira S, Noro R, Minegishi Y, Seike M, Yoshimura A, Gemma A. Bevacizumab plus chemotherapy for advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2013 Feb;71(2):457-61. doi: 10.1007/s00280-012-2026-4. Epub 2012 Nov 21.
• Results Hama M, Komatsu Y, Hachiya T. [A case of lung cancer showing marked reduction of pleural effusion by bevacizumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Nov;38(11):1877-9. Japanese.
• Results Mitsuhiro Fuji, Shin-Ichiro Iwakami1, Hiroaki Ihara. Efficacy and safety of chemotherapy containing bevacizumab in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion. Respirology. 2013;18 (Suppl.4): 87
• Results Masago K, Fujimoto D, Fujita S, Hata A, Kaji R, Ohtsuka K, Okuda C, Takeshita J, Katakami N. Response to bevacizumab combination chemotherapy of malignant pleural effusions associated with non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer. Mol Clin Oncol. 2015 Mar;3(2):415-419. doi: 10.3892/mco.2014.457. Epub 2014 Nov 19.
• Results Tamiya M, Tamiya A, Yamadori T, Nakao K, Asami K, Yasue T, Otsuka T, Shiroyama T, Morishita N, Suzuki H, Okamoto N, Okishio K, Kawaguchi T, Atagi S, Kawase I, Hirashima T. Phase2 study of bevacizumab with carboplatin-paclitaxel for non-small cell lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion. Med Oncol. 2013;30(3):676. doi: 10.1007/s12032-013-0676-7. Epub 2013 Aug 8.
• Results El-Shami K, Elsaid A, El-Kerm Y. Open-label safety and efficacy pilot trial of intraperitoneal bevacizumab as palliative treatment in refractory malignant ascites. J Clin Oncol.2007;25(18 suppl):9043
• Results Hamilton CA, Maxwell GL, Chernofsky MR, Bernstein SA, Farley JH, Rose GS. Intraperitoneal bevacizumab for the palliation of malignant ascites in refractory ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2008 Dec;111(3):530-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.04.028. Epub 2008 Jun 18.
• Di W, Yue C, Ziran Z, Jie Z, Jun N, Ling D, Weiheng H, Xiaoling C, Xiangjuan M, Guangming T, Jindi H, Sen H, Yang W, Jieran L, Jian F. A phase II study of bevacizumab in non-squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer patients with malignant pleural effusion. Future Oncol. 2022 Feb;18(6):669-677. doi: 10.2217/fon-2021-1035. Epub 2022 Jan 26.

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