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转移性结直肠癌三线治疗的临床实践及生存分析:一项单中心回顾性研究

 

Authors Li Q , Zhang X, Fan B, Yin H , Jiang B, Xie A, Zhang X, Cui X, Li Y, Dong Y, Li J, Ma L, Sun J, Zhang B

Received 21 July 2025

Accepted for publication 6 December 2025

Published 27 December 2025 Volume 2025:17 Pages 3309—3320

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S551664

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Professor Yong Teng

Qizheng Li,1,2,* Xia Zhang,1,3,* Buqun Fan,1 Hang Yin,1 Bolun Jiang,1 Anqi Xie,1 Xuebing Zhang,1 Xiaonan Cui,1 Yujun Li,1 Yan Dong,1 Jia Li,1 Lu Ma,4 Jinghua Sun,5 Bin Zhang1 

1The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Oncology, Kunshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Science and Technology, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Dalian Fifth People’s Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China; 4Dalian Medical University Zhongshan College, Dalian, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Digestive Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence: Bin Zhang; Jinghua Sun, Email Zhangbin_dlmu@163.com; sunjinghua11111@126.com

Background: The effectiveness of third - line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) still needs enhancing. In real-world clinical practice, third-line treatment options are complex and varied. However, real-world data on third-line treatment for mCRC remains limited. Further investigation is needed into treatment patterns, the efficacy of different regimens, and their influencing factors.
Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed 229 mCRC patients receiving third-line therapy (2013– 2023). Kaplan-Meier method was used to draw the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) curves. With the chemotherapy group serving as the control group, the efficacy differences between third-line regimens were compared using the Log rank test. Univariate analysis was first conducted to evaluate prognostic factors, the indicators with statistical significance were analyzed by multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model.
Results: Fruquintinib plus immunotherapy achieved a median PFS of 8.8 months (95% CI: 8.6– 9.0), which was significantly longer than the 3.6 months (95% CI: 3.1– 4.1) in the chemotherapy group (p = 0.034). All 229 patients had proficient mismatch repair(pMMR) tumors or genetic testing suggestive of MSI-L/microsatellite stability(MSS). The third-line median PFS in the setting was 3.8 months, and the median OS was 13.3 months. Univariate analysis identified metastasis local treatment, RAS/BRAF mutation status, metastasis-to-PD2(defined as the second progression following first-line treatment initiation) interval, baseline CEA, and baseline CA199 as significant prognostic factors. Multivariate analysis confirmed metastasis-to-PD2 interval and baseline CA199 as independent prognostic indicators.
Conclusion: In the real-world setting, fruquintinib combined with immunotherapy was associated with benefits in third-line treatment of patients with pMMR mCRC. Shorter metastasis-to-PD2 interval and elevated baseline CA19-9 levels at the start of third-line therapy were independent poor prognostic factors.

Keywords: colorectal cancer, third-line therapy, real-world, fruquintinib, immune checkpoint inhibitors