Starting Dose of Sorafenib for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective, Multi-Institutional Study
Reiss KA, Yu S, Mamtani R, Mehta R, D'Addeo K, Wileyto EP, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE. Starting Dose of Sorafenib for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective, Multi-Institutional Study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2017.73.824. PMID: 28872925, PMCID: PMC5662845, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.73.8245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSorafenib patientsHazard ratioOverall survivalHepatocellular carcinomaPotential confoundersNoninferiority marginEnd-stage liver disease-sodium (MELD-Na) scoreVeterans Health Administration hospitalsHigher Child-TurcottePotential treatment biasReduced pill burdenComorbidity Index scorePrimary end pointFirst-line therapyGastrointestinal adverse effectsDose of sorafenibSignificant OS differenceAdvanced hepatocellular carcinomaLower overall survivalMultivariate logistic regressionMulti-institutional studyChild-TurcotteOS relativePugh scorePurpose Sorafenib