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Author: Asmis, Timothy ; Wani, Rajvi J ; Karachiwala, Hatim ; Vincent, Mark David ; Nunez, Leyla ; Du, Yinhao ; Filion, Alain ; Meyer, Pierre-Francois ; Ngan, Elaine ; Sideris, Lucas ; Alemayehu, Mistre ; Ma, Kim ; Trinkaus, Mateya ; Inam, Naila ; Cheung, Winson Y ; Cirone Morris, Carlye ; Samimi, Setareh ; Eberg, Maria ; Beaudoin, Annie ; Mancini, Johanna ; Kassam, Shaqil ; Knight, Gregory John ; Colwell, Bruce ; Marquis, Katerine
BACKGROUNDABP 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 METHODSRetrospective 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.RESULTSA 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.CONCLUSIONThe 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.