A Non-Interventional Study on Vismodegib for Basal Cell Carcinoma in Swedish Patients

• Introduction: Real-life data on vismodegib in advanced basal cell carcinoma (aBCC) are limited. Optimal treatment duration is left to the discretion of the physician.Objectives: To assess the effectiveness, safety and treatment pattern for vismodegib in aBCC in clinical practice.Methods: In this multicenter, non-interventional, prospective study, 49 Swedish patients planned for vismodegib treatment were included. The treatment pattern observed was treatment until remission, allowing unlimited discontinuations/pauses.Results: The majority of patients (93.8%), discontinued at least once during the study. Compared to earlier studies there was a decrease of more than 2 months with actual drug intake, reducing the patients burden and costs, at the same time as a high number of responses were seen (87.8%). Median progression-free-survival was 16.7 months, and 90% of the patients were alive at 13.3 months. Ten patients were re-challenged with vismodegib at recurrence or progression, resulting in five partial remissions and three complete remissions.Conclusions: Clinical response rates with vismodegib for aBCC were comparable to those of similar trials despite a shorter and more intermittent treatment duration. The majority of re-challenges lead to partial or complete remissions.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Dermatologi och venereologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Dermatology and Venereal Diseases (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Non-interventional

prospective

cohort-study

effectiveness

safety

hedgehog pathway

Dermatology

cohort-study

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