Abstract
Anemia is often associated with a lower quality of life and less tolerance to treatments in cancer patients. The aims of this retrospective study were to assess the biological (hemoglobin, Hb) and clinical (ECOG index) impact of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) and to identify predictive factors of response in cancer patients with iron deficiency. We included 133 patients with solid tumors who received at least one dose of FCM in 2015. At baseline, most patients had metastatic cancer (70%), were undergoing chemotherapy (82%), suffered from anemia (90%), and 72% had an ECOG 0-1 index. Mean Hb level was statistically higher at M1 (108.3g/L ± 13.9), M2 (110.3g/L ± 16.1), and M3 (111.7g/L ± 12.6) than M0 (99.2g/L ± 13.9). Mean ECOG score increased significantly at M1 (1.31 ± 0.80) and M2 (1.31 ± 0.87) compared to M0 (1.13 ± 0.80). Variations of ECOG index between M0 and M1 were independent of levels of Hb and ferritin at inclusion and pretreatment use of transfusion and ESAs. Increase of Hb level was higher in patients with Hb < 100g/L, ferritinemia < 800ng/ml, or transfused before inclusion. In multivariate analysis, an ECOG index of 0 was the only predictive factor of an increase of ECOG index and Hb level < 100g/L and ferritinemia < 800ng/ml were predictive of an increase in Hb. Even though there was no improvement in ECOG index, this study did identify an increase of Hb for patients receiving FCM, indicating its potential benefit in iron-deficient cancer patients.
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