Sintilimab plus a bevacizumab biosimilar (IBI305) versus sorafenib in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (ORIENT-32): a randomised, open-label, phase 2–3 study

China has a high burden of hepatocellular carcinoma, and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the main causative factor. Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma have a poor prognosis and a substantial unmet clinical need. The phase 2–3 ORIENT-32 study aimed to assess sintilimab (a PD-1 inhibitor) plu...

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Published in:The lancet oncology 2021-07, Vol.22 (7), p.977-990
Main Authors: Ren, Zhenggang, Xu, Jianming, Bai, Yuxian, Xu, Aibing, Cang, Shundong, Du, Chengyou, Li, Qiu, Lu, Yinying, Chen, Yajin, Guo, Yabing, Chen, Zhendong, Liu, Baorui, Jia, Weidong, Wu, Jian, Wang, Junye, Shao, Guoliang, Zhang, Bixiang, Shan, Yunfeng, Meng, Zhiqiang, Wu, Jianbing, Gu, Shanzhi, Yang, Wei, Liu, Chao, Shi, Xuetao, Gao, Zhenyuan, Yin, Tao, Cui, Jiuwei, Huang, Ming, Xing, Baocai, Mao, Yilei, Teng, Gaojun, Qin, Yanru, Wang, Jinhai, Xia, Feng, Yin, Guowen, Yang, Yong, Chen, Mingxia, Wang, Yan, Zhou, Hui, Fan, Jia
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Language:English
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Adverse events
Angiogenesis
Antibodies
Bevacizumab
Biological products
Blood clots
Cancer therapies
Consent
Dosage
Drug withdrawal
FDA approval
Hemorrhage
Hepatitis B
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hyperkalemia
Infections
Inhibitor drugs
Intravenous administration
Liver cancer
Lung diseases
Metastases
Metastasis
Monoclonal antibodies
Patients
PD-1 protein
Population studies
Radiation therapy
Safety
Solid tumors
Survival
Targeted cancer therapy
Toxicity
Translation
α-Fetoprotein
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Summary:China has a high burden of hepatocellular carcinoma, and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the main causative factor. Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma have a poor prognosis and a substantial unmet clinical need. The phase 2–3 ORIENT-32 study aimed to assess sintilimab (a PD-1 inhibitor) plus IBI305, a bevacizumab biosimilar, versus sorafenib as a first-line treatment for unresectable HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. This randomised, open-label, phase 2–3 study was done at 50 clinical sites in China. Patients aged 18 years or older with histologically or cytologically diagnosed or clinically confirmed unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, no previous systemic treatment, and a baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 were eligible for inclusion. In the phase 2 part of the study, patients received intravenous sintilimab (200 mg every 3 weeks) plus intravenous IBI305 (15 mg/kg every 3 weeks). In the phase 3 part, patients were randomly assigned (2:1) to receive either sintilimab plus IBI305 (sintilimab–bevacizumab biosimilar group) or sorafenib (400 mg orally twice daily; sorafenib group), until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Randomisation was done using permuted block randomisation, with a block size of six, via an interactive web response system, and stratified by macrovascular invasion or extrahepatic metastasis, baseline α-fetoprotein, and ECOG performance status. The primary endpoint of the phase 2 part of the study was safety, assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of study drug. The co-primary endpoints of the phase 3 part of the study were overall survival and independent radiological review committee (IRRC)-assessed progression-free survival according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1 in the intention-to-treat population. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03794440. The study is closed to new participants and follow-up is ongoing for long-term outcomes. Between Feb 11, 2019 and Jan 15, 2020, we enrolled 595 patients: 24 were enrolled directly into the phase 2 safety run-in and 571 were randomly assigned to sintilimab–bevacizumab biosimilar (n=380) or sorafenib (n=191). In the phase 2 part of the trial, 24 patients received at least one dose of the study drug, with an objective response rate of 25·0% (95% CI 9·8–46·7). Based on the preliminary safety and activity data of the phase 2 part, in which gr
ISSN:1470-2045
1474-5488
DOI:10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00252-7