Title:Efficacy Analysis of PTCD + TACE vs PTCD + Apatinib in the Treatment of HCC with Obstructive Jaundice: A Retrospective Study
Volume: 24
Issue: 17
Author(s): Haohao Lu, Bin Liang, Xiangwen Xia and Chuansheng Zheng*
Affiliation:
- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang
Avenue #1277, Wuhan, 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, China
Keywords:
Hepatocellular carcinoma, obstructive jaundice, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage, hyperbilirubinemia, bile duct invasion, interventional therapy.
Abstract:
Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of PTCD combined with TACE in the
treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with obstructive jaundice and to compare the efficacy of TACE in patients
with different levels of bilirubin after PTCD.
Methods: The clinical data of 141 patients with HCC complicated with obstructive jaundice were analyzed retrospectively.
The patients underwent PTCD first. When the total bilirubin decreased, the patients received TACE or
Apatinib treatment. They were divided into two groups: (1) PTCD+TACE group, N=68; (2) PTCD+Apatinib
group, N=73.
Results: The PTCD+TACE group had higher ORR and DCR than the PTCD+Apatinib group (57.4% vs 12.3%, p
< 0.001; 80.9% vs 60.3%, p = 0.010). The mPFS of the PTCD+TACE group was longer than that of the
PTCD+Apatinib group (7.1 months vs 3.8 months, p < 0.001). The mOS of the PTCD+TACE group was longer
than that of the PTCD+Apatinib group(11.5 months vs 7.7 months, p < 0.001). In the subgroup analysis of the
PTCD+TACE group, the results showed that the survival benefits of the groups with total bilirubin <2 times and
2-3 times were greater.
Conclusion: In patients with HCC and obstructive jaundice, superselective TACE(lipiodol+epirubicin emulsion)
significantly prolonged OS and PFS compared with Apatinib after using PTCD to reduce total bilirubin to
<100 μmol/L. Patients whose total bilirubin dropped to 3 times of the upper limit of normal value after PTCD
had longer OS and PFS than patients >3 times.