Efficacy and safety of regorafenib and/or immune checkpoint inhibitors as a second-line therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A real-world study from a single center.

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e16165 Background: This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of regorafenib and/or immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) as a second-line treatment in patients with pretreated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: Patients diagnosed with advanced HCC who had received regorafenib treatment in our hospital from January 2020 to November 2023 were reviewed. Overall survival (OS) was the primary endpoint. Progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR) and toxicity were the secondary end points. Results: Forty-five patients were included with a median age of 61 (31-83) years. Thirty-two patients (71.1%) were in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage C. Twenty-three patients (51.1%) had extrahepatic metastasis. ICIs were applied to 30 patients (66.7%) at the use of regorafenib. Local treatments were applied to 17 patients (37.8%). The median OS was 14.5 (11.3, 26.4) months in all patients. Regorafenib plus ICIs had a longer survival than regorafenib alone (20.5 [11.6, NA] vs 11.3 [3.0, 13.9] months, P = 0.019). Local treatment had no obvious effect. The median PFS was 6.8 (4.5, 11.7) months in all patients. The median PFS was 9.7 (4.6, 14.5) months in regorafenib plus ICIs that was longer than regorafenib alone with 3.0 (2.0, 8.0) months. Local treatment only showed a trend of prolongation (11.8 [2.5, 22.6] vs 4.7 [3.5, 9.7] months, P = 0.059). The 1-year OS and PFS were 43.2% and 20.0%, respectively. ORR and DCR was 29.0% and 71.0% according to mRECIST criteria, respectively. The most common any-grade treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were rash/itching (41.3%), hand-foot syndrome (19.6%), and anorexia (13.0%). Grade≥3 TRAEs occurred in 8.9% (4/45) of the patients and hypertension (4.4%) had the highest proportion. Conclusions: Regorafenib plus ICIs therapy is an effective promising regimen regardless of first-line treatments in advanced HCC. Combined with local treatment only showed a trend of PFS, further prospective research is needed.