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Author: Beaudoin, Annie ; Inam, Naila ; Vincent, Mark David ; Filion, Alain ; Ngan, Elaine ; Wani, Rajvi J ; Knight, Gregory John ; Mancini, Johanna ; Cirone Morris, Carlye ; Marquis, Katerine ; Colwell, Bruce ; Kassam, Shaqil ; Nunez, Leyla ; Asmis, Timothy ; Du, Yinhao ; Eberg, Maria ; Karachiwala, Hatim ; Trinkaus, Mateya ; Meyer, Pierre-Francois ; Samimi, Setareh ; Sideris, Lucas ; Alemayehu, Mistre ; Ma, Kim ; Cheung, Winson Y
BACKGROUND:ABP 215 is a biosimilar to the reference product, bevacizumab, and was one of the first biosimilars approved by Health Canada for the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). This study aimed to address gaps in real-world evidence (RWE) including patient characteristics, treatment safety (primary objective), and effectiveness (secondary objective) for first-line ABP 215 therapy in Canadian patients with mCRC.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:Retrospective data were collected in 2 waves, at least 1 year (Wave 1) or 2 years (Wave 2) after commercial availability of ABP 215 at each participating site.
RESULTS:A total of 75 patients from Wave 1 and 164 patients from Wave 2 treated with a minimum of 1 cycle of ABP 215 were included. At least one safety event of interest (EOI) was recorded for 34.7% of Wave 1 and 42.7% of Wave 2 patients. The median progression free survival (PFS) for Wave 1 and 2 patients were 9.47 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.71, 11.90) and 21.38 (95% CI: 15.82, not estimable) months, respectively. Median overall survival was not estimable for Wave 1 and was 26.45 months for Wave 2.
CONCLUSION:The safety and effectiveness of ABP 215 observed in this real-world study were comparable to clinical trial findings and to other RWE with longer PFS in the current study.