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The Role of Lovastatin in Curative Chemoradiotherapy for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Randomized Trial | ||
Middle East Journal of Cancer | ||
مقاله 5، دوره 15، شماره 2 - شماره پیاپی 58، تیر 2024، صفحه 117-127 اصل مقاله (1.09 M) | ||
نوع مقاله: Original Article(s) | ||
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30476/mejc.2023.97387.1911 | ||
نویسندگان | ||
Azadeh Sharifian* 1؛ Mahdi Aghili2 | ||
1Radiation Oncology Research Center (RORC), Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | ||
2Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | ||
چکیده | ||
Background: Evidence suggests that statins can improve survival outcomes and ameliorate treatment-related side-effects in certain malignancies. Statins exhibit various mechanisms of action, including apoptosis induction, proliferation inhibition, tumor radiosensitization, lipid production suppression, and anti-inflammatory effects. This trial aimed to assess the impact of lovastatin on patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) undergoing definitive chemoradiation. Method: In this double-blinded randomized phase 2 clinical trial, 35 patients were randomly allocated to receive either 80 mg of lovastatin daily in conjunction with chemoradiotherapy (case group, n=18) or a placebo (control group). Primary outcomes included the response rate (RR) after three months, the occurrence of acute/late side-effects, median progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Results: The complete RR was slightly higher in the statin group (83.3% vs. 64.7%), although it did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.592). Acute adverse events did not significantly differ between the two groups. Grade 3 dermatitis occurred more frequently in the placebo group (35.3% vs. 11.1%), while grade 3 mucositis was more common in the statin group (38.9% vs. 11.8%). The median OS was 22 months (confidence interval (CI) 95% = 6.3-37.6) in the statin group and 17 months (CI 95% = 4.9-29.1) in the control group (P = 0.50). Median PFS was 20 months (CI 95% = 15.8-24.1) in the statin group and 15 months (CI 95% = 8.2-21.7) in the control group (P = 0.609). Conclusion: Combining lovastatin with chemoradiation augments the therapeutic effect in HNSCC. Larger-scale studies incorporating advanced radiotherapy techniques and baseline lipid profile assessments are necessary to investigate statins' efficacy in HNSCC further. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
Head and neck neoplasms؛ Squamous cell carcinoma؛ Statin؛ Chemoradiotherapy | ||
اصل مقاله | ||
This article has been corrected. See Middle East J Cancer. 2024 July; 15(3) | ||
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