Treatment outcomes for unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Nationwide, population-based, cohort study based on propensity score matching with the Mahalanobis metric

Wei Wen Chang, Ping Kun Hsiao, Lei Qin, Chia Lun Chang, Jyh Ming Chow, Szu Yuan Wu

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Abstract

Purpose: No prospective randomized trials have been conducted to date to evaluate the efficacy of palliation of pain or jaundice without treatment, definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy (CTRT), or chemotherapy (CT) alone for treating unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). We designed a nationwide, population-based, cohort study to determine the effects of different treatments on patients with unresectable ICC using propensity score matching (PSM) with the Mahalanobis metric. Patients and methods: We classified patients with unresectable ICC from the Taiwan Cancer Registry database into the following 4 treatment groups: group 1, definitive CCRT; group 2, sequential CTRT; group 3, no treatment (palliative therapy for relief of pain, pruritus, or jaundice); and group 4, CT alone. Confounding factors among the 4 treatment groups were minimized through propensity score matching (PSM). Results: After PSM, the final cohort consisted of 844 patients (211 patients in each of the 4 groups). In both univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses, adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs; 95% confidence interval [CI]) derived for groups 1 and 2 compared with group 4 were 0.65 (0.59–0.71) and 0.95 (0.83–1.48), respectively. Furthermore, an aHR (95% CI) of 2.25 (1.89–2.67) was derived for significant independent prognostic risk factors for poor overall survival for group 3 compared with group 4. Conclusions: Definitive CCRT is the optimal therapy for patients with unresectable ICC without distant metastasis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)284-292
Number of pages9
JournalRadiotherapy and Oncology
Volume129
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018

Keywords

  • Chemotherapy alone
  • Concurrent chemoradiotherapy
  • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
  • Sequential chemoradiotherapy
  • Survival

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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