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Clinical observation of apatinib‑related hypothyroidism in patients with advanced malignancies

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    • Junjuan Xiao
    • Jing Liang
    • Wei Zhang
    • Yan Li
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  • Published online on: June 25, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8937
  • Pages: 1961-1966
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Abstract

Thyroid dysfunction has been previously reported during treatment with certain small-molecule multi‑tyrosine kinase inhibitors, including sunitinib and sorafenib. Apatinib, which has a similar mechanism of action to these inhibitors, has reportedly induced hypothyroidism during treatment. Fully elucidating drug‑associated adverse events could aid in patient monitoring and recommendations of suitable management strategies. The current 2‑year observational study monitored patients with solid tumors who were prescribed apatinib. A total of 149 patients treated with apatinib from February 2015 to January 2016 were included. Their thyroid function and thyroid ultrastructure was evaluated for at least 24 months or until death. The primary objective of the current study was evaluating accepted thyroid replacement treatment. Secondary objective was ultrastructural changes in the thyroid gland. The current study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Qianfoshan Hospital, affiliated with Shandong University and written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to commencing the clinical trial. A total of 53 (35.57%) patients developed hypothyroidism, which varied from subclinical (12 cases; 8.05%) to clinical (41 cases; 27.52%). Thyroid nodules were noted in 15 cases (10.07%). Furthermore, 3 cases (2.01%) had thyroid imaging reporting and data system scores of 4a/4b/4c and 12 cases (8.05%) had scores of 1, 2 and 3. A total of 25 patients (16.78%) experienced 1‑2 grade fatigue and 2 patients (1.34%) reported 3‑4 grade fatigue. There was no reported association between disease control rate and hypothyroidism. Apatinib significantly increased the risk of clinically relevant hypothyroidism and altered thyroid gland structure.

Introduction

Apatinib, a small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), selectively binds to and inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) (1). This consequently inhibits VEGF-stimulated endothelial cell migration and proliferation, and decreases microvascular tumor density (1). Certain pre-clinical and clinical data have utilized apatinib in the treatment of solid tumors, which has led to the approval of the drug as a second-line treatment for patients with advanced gastric tumors in China in 2014(2).

Additionally, apatinib has undergone Phase II/III clinical trials for non-small-cell lung cancer, esophageal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and breast cancer in China (3-7)

The most common side effects of apatinib are hypertension, gastrointestinal distress, skin toxicity, fatigue and elevated transaminases (8). However, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined hypothyroidism induced by apatinib. Hypothyroidism can lead to severe consequences if left untreated, including fatigue, intolerance to cold, acroparesthesia, dryness of the skin and hair, weight gain, constipation, hoarseness of the voice, typical facial appearance and prolonged relaxation phase of the tendon reflexes (9). Therefore, appropriate monitoring and treatment recommendations in patients receiving apatinib are critical.

The primary objective of the current study was to assess the number of patients who accepted thyroid replacement therapy after commencing treatment with apatinib. The secondary objective was to investigate thyroid ultrastructure remodeling. To summarize, the current study evaluated the incidence and severity of clinically actionable hypothyroidism induced by apatinib.

Materials and methods

Patient selection and therapy

A total of 149 patients with pathologically diagnosed solid tumors who were treated with apatinib from February 2015 to January 2016 in Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital were recruited for the current study. All cases were diagnosed as stage IIIC or IV and had no standard alternative curative therapy. Additional eligibility criteria included: Age between 18 and 70 years, no history of other cancers, an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (10) between 0-3 and a life expectancy of >3 months. Exclusion criteria was the presence of thyroid disease, other than thyroid cancer.

At baseline, all patients underwent a computed tomography scan or magnetic resonance imaging, a thyroid ultrasound and blood tests. All study subjects had normal hematological, thyroid, hepatic, renal and cardiac functions prior to treatment (counts of leukocytes, erythrocytes and thrombocytes; levels of triiodothyronine, tetraiodothyronine, thyroid stimulating hormone, lactic dehydrogenase and brain natriuretic peptide; and rates of alanine transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase and creatinine clearance were assessed). All these parameters were normal in each patient.

Evaluation and method

All patients received 500 mg apatinib/day (Jiangsu Heng Rui Medicine Co., Ltd.) orally until the disease progressed, except for 3 patients who were administered a dose of 250 mg/day due to hypertension. Dose reductions occurred often due to toxicity, as such the doses of 11 patients were reduced to 250 mg/day.

Levels of triiodothyronine (T3; normal range, 3.1-6.8 pmol/l), tetraiodothyronine (T4; normal range, 12-22 pmol/l) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH; 0.27-4.2 µIU/ml) were evaluated monthly. These parameters were evaluated using Elecsys FT3 III, FT4 III and TSH and Cobase E analyzers supplied by Roche Diagnostics GmbH. Lower levels of T3 and T4 were <3.1 and 12 pmol/l, respectively. Higher levels of TSH were >4.2 µIU/ml.

Additionally, patients underwent a thyroid ultrasound every 2 months while receiving apatinib treatment. Their thyroid function and thyroid ultrastructure was evaluated for at least 24 months or until death. All patients divided into the normal thyroid function group (96 cases) and the hypothyroidism group (53 cases) according to their levels of T3, T4 and TSH. Efficacy measures included complete response(CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD) and disease control rate (DCR; including complete response, partial response and sTable disease). Statistical differences in DCR between the two groups were analyzed.

Statistical analysis

Statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS (version 18.0; SPSS, Inc.). All quantitative data are presented as mean ± SD of three independent repeats. Pearson χ2 test was used for the comparison of parameters. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference. The current study was granted access to information that could identify individual participants during data collection through the health information system at Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital.

Results

Demographics

The demographic characteristics of 149 patients with solid tumors are presented in Table I: Apatinib was administered to patients with gastric, hepatic, colorectal, pancreatic, lung, breast, ovarian and kidney cancer, as well as soft tissue sarcoma. A total of 21 cases were diagnosed at stage IIIc and 128 cases at stage IV.

Table I

Demographic characteristics of 149 patients with solid tumors.

Table I

Demographic characteristics of 149 patients with solid tumors.

CharacteristicNumber of cases (%)
Age (years) 
     <6599 (66.44)
     ≥6550 (33.56)
Sex 
     Male64 (42.95)
     Female85 (57.05)
Primary tumor site 
     Gastric54 (36.24)
     Hepatic13 (8.72)
     Colorectal12 (8.05)
     Pancreatic3 (2.01)
     Lung17 (11.41)
     Breast16 (10.74)
     Ovarian18 (12.08)
     Kidney13 (8.72)
     Soft tissue sarcoma3 (2.01)
Stage 
     IIIc21 (14.09)
     IV128 (85.91)
ECOG performance status 
     0-112 (8.05)
     271 (47.65)
     366 (44.30)
Prior therapy 
     Chemotherapy76
     Radiotherapy32
     Surgery97
     Tyrosine kinase inhibitors32
Total149

[i] ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.

Toxicity and tolerability

The most frequently observed drug-related adverse events (AEs) were hypertension, hand-foot syndrome, hypothyroidism, elevated transaminases, diarrhea, albinism, rash, anorexia, mucosal ulcers, fatigue and proteinuria. In the current study, only drug-related hypothyroidism AEs, including hypothyroidism, ultrastructural changes and fatigue are discussed. A total of 53 (35.57%) patients had hypothyroidism (Table II), which varied from alterations in THS with normal T3 and T4 (12 cases; 8.05%) to higher TSH with lower T3 and T4 (41 cases; 27.52%). Thyroid nodules were found in 15 cases (10.07%). A total of 3 cases (2.01%) had thyroid imaging reporting and data system for ultrasonography scores (11) of 4a/4b/4c and 12 cases (8.05%) had scores of 1, 2 and 3. Another drug-related AE was fatigue (16.78%; 25 cases of grade 1-2; and 1.34%; 2 cases of grade 3-4).

Table II

Summary of adverse events in 53 patients with hypothyroidism.

Table II

Summary of adverse events in 53 patients with hypothyroidism.

Adverse eventNumber of cases (%)
Hypothyroidism53 (35.57)
     Normal T3, T4 and higher TSH12 (8.05)
     Lower T3, T4 and higher TSH41 (27.50)
Ultrastructural changes15 (10.07)
     Ti-RADs 1/2/312 (8.05)
     Ti-RADs 4a/4b/4c3 (2.01)
Fatigue27 (18.12)
     1-2 grades25 (16.78)
     3-4 grades2 (1.34)

[i] T3, triiodothyronine; T4, tetraiodothyronine; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; Ti-RADs, Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System.

The incidence of hypothyroidism increased gradually as apatinib treatment duration increased (28.1% at 12 months and 34.6% at 24 months; Fig. 1). Additionally, 2 cases of ultrastructural changes in the thyroid gland were reported. However, normal thyroid function was noted in both cases. Apatinib treatment of 1 year shrunk the thyroid gland in a patient who had a 9.0x6.0 mm nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland prior to apatinib treatment. The nodule increased to 10.0x8.0 mm after treatment (Fig. 2). Furthermore, after 9 months of apatinib treatment, thyroid ultrasound revealed two new nodules (3.5x2.0 and 8.4x4.9 mm) in a second patient who had normal thyroid function prior to treatment (Fig. 3).

DCR and hypothyroidism

A total of 6 patients attained PR and 28 attained SD in the normal thyroid function group. In the hypothyroidism group, 2 patients attained PR and 19 attained SD. No significant difference was noted (P=0.61; Table III).

Table III

DCR and hypothyroidism.

Table III

DCR and hypothyroidism.

Group (no. of patients)PRSDDCRP-value
Normal thyroid function (96)628540.61
Hypothyroidism (53)21939.6 

[i] DCR, disease control rate; PR partial response; SD, stable disease.

Discussion

Since determining the role of VEGF and VEGFR in carcinogenesis (12,13), therapeutic strategies against these targets have been widely studied (13-16). Oral TKIs that inhibit VEGFR (sorafenib, sunitinib, axitinib, cediranib and pazopanib) have since been elucidated and have been reported to have similar mechanisms of action and toxicities (13-16).

The antitumor activity of sorafenib and sunitinib is mediated through the inhibition of VEGFRs, platelet-derived growth factor receptor and stem cell factor receptor (17,18). This inhibition results in apoptotic and antiangiogenic effects. Sorafenib has been approved for treatment in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, metastatic renal cell carcinoma and radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma (19-21). Furthermore, sorafenib has also been approved for treatment in advanced renal cell carcinoma, imatinib-resistant/-intolerant gastrointestinal stromal tumors and also for certain patients with progressive, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Sorafenib and sunitinib are relatively well-tolerated (22,23).

Apatinib has a binding affinity that is 10x higher than that of sorafenib (24). Sorafenib and sunitinib were previously demonstrated to cause hypothyroidism in 6.3-27% and 10-85% of cases, respectively (25-31). The severity of hypothyroidism is hypothesized to be associated with the dose and duration of sorafenib and sunitinib treatment (26). Certain proposed molecular mechanisms have been hypothesized for TKI-induced hypothyroidism, including inhibition of radioactive iodine uptake by the thyroid gland (32), inhibition of VEGFR and/or platelet-derived growth factor receptor (25) and via an autoimmune mechanism of thyroid gland damage, which is supported by the observation of lymphocytic thyroiditis among certain patients receiving the drug (33). Lack of treatment can decrease patients' quality of life (34).

Currently, few studies have assessed the association between apatinib and thyroid dysfunction. The current study observed apatinib-related hypothyroidism in numerous patients with solid tumors. The incidence was similar to the reported incidence of sorafenib and sunitinib-related hypothyroidism (25-31). The results of current study indicated that clinicians should monitor thyroid functions in patients that receive apatinib. Furthermore, timely supplementation of thyroxine may improve patient's tolerance and quality of life.

In conclusion, the present study reported data of the incidence of clinically actionable AEs. Appropriate management of hypothyroidism may improve the tolerability of apatinib, patient quality of life and overall survival. However, the present study had limitations. A statistical significance between the effect of apatinib and thyroid dysfunction was not established and the mechanism of apatinib-induced thyroid dysfunction was not assessed. In future reports, a cohort study concerning the presence of anti-angiogenesis-related hypothyroidism as a potential biomarker of antitumor efficacy in patients with metastatic cancer receiving apatinib should be conducted, followed by a relevant mechanism study to supplement these limitations.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

No funding was received.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the present study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

JX, JL and YL analyzed and interpreted the patient data regarding hematological and imaging examinations. JX and YL wrote the manuscript. WZ performed thyroid ultrasound examinations. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The current study was designed in accordance with the legal requirements and principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Qianfoshan Hospital, affiliated to Shandong University. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to commencing the clinical trial.

Patient consent for publication

Written informed consent for publication of any associated data and accompanying images were obtained from all patients or their parents, guardians or next of kin.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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