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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: Oncology (Williston Park). 2022 Feb 8;36(2):108–114. doi: 10.46883/2022.25920945

Table 3.

Yttrium-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy for Treatment of Unresectable CRLM

Study Design Treatment N Prior treatments Median OS, months (95% CI) Median PFS, months Adverse events
Saxena et al (2014)49 Systematic review Y90 979 (20 studies) Chemo ± hepatic intervention 12 (range, 8.3–36.0) 9 (range, 6–16) Not reported
Saxena et al (2015)45 Retrospective, single-center cohort Y90 302 Chemo ± hepatic intervention 10.5* NR None ≥ grade 3
Hickey et al (2015)46 Retrospective, multicenter cohort Y90 531 Any 10.6 (8.8–12.4) NR 13% ≥ grade 3
Abbott et al (2015)47 Retrospective, single-center cohort Y90 68 Chemo ± hepatic intervention 11.6* NR 7.3% ≥ grade 3
Golfieri et al (2015)48 Prospective, single-center case series Y90 52 Chemo ± hepatic intervention 11.0 (8.0–14.0) NR 6% ≥ grade 3
Van Hazel et al (2016)43 Prospective, multicenter RCT Chemo vs chemo + Y90 530 None NR 10.2 (chemo) vs 10.7 (chemo + Y90); P=0.4 74.4% (chemo) vs 85.4% (chemo + Y90) grade ≥ 3; P=0.5
Wasan et al (2017)42 3 multicenter RCTs (combined analysis) Chemo vs chemo + Y90 1103 None 23.3 (chemo) vs 22.6 (chemo + Y90); P=0.6 10.3 (chemo) vs 11.0 (chemo + Y90); P=0.1 Y90 group greater odds of grade ≥ 3
Gibbs et al (2018)44 2 multicenter RCTs (combined analysis) Chemo vs chemo + Y90, stratified by primary tumor side 739 None RSP: 22.0 (chemo + Y90) vs 17.1 (chemo); P=0.01

LSP: 24.6 (chemo + Y90) vs 26.6 (chemo); P=0.3
RSP: 10.8 (chemo + Y90) vs 8.7 (chemo); P=0.06

LSP: 11.4 (chemo + Y90) vs 10.8 (chemo); P=0.4
RSP: No difference in grade ≥ 3

LSP: Y90 group greater odds of grade ≥ 3
White et al (2019)2 Prospective, multicenter cohort None 399 Chemo ± hepatic intervention 7.6 (6.9–8.3) 3.0 (2.8–3.1) 143 (36%) experienced an AE; 8% were ≥ grade 3

CRLM, colorectal liver-only or liver-dominant metastases; RCT, randomized controlled trial; Y90, yttrium-90 selective internal radiation therapy; chemo, chemotherapy; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; RSP, right-sided primary tumor; LSP, left-sided primary tumor; NR, not reported; AE, adverse event.

*

95% CI and/or P value not reported.