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. 2022 Feb 22;39(4):1754–1771. doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02060-1

Table 4.

Treatment switching in patients using LAN vs. OCT

LAN (n = 2327) OCT (n = 2090) p value*
All NETs (N = 4417) n = 2327 n = 2090
 Switch to another LA SSA ≤ 3 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 152 (6.5) 242 (11.6) < 0.0001
 Switch to another LA SSA between 3 and 12 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 32 (1.4) 58 (2.8) 0.0015
GEP-NETs (N = 2756) n = 1478 n = 1278
 Switch to another LA SSA ≤ 3 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 99 (6.7) 165 (12.9) < 0.0001
 Switch to another LA SSA between 3 and 12 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 17 (1.2) 37 (2.9) 0.0016
Functioning NETs (N = 629) n = 357 n = 272
 Switch to another LA SSA ≤ 3 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 29 (8.1) 41 (15.1) 0.0088
 Switch to another LA SSA between 3 and 12 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 2 (0.5) 13 (4.8) 0.0015
Non-functioning NETs (N = 2871) n = 1434 n = 1437
 Switch to another LA SSA ≤ 3 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 100 (7.0) 150 (10.4) 0.0013
 Switch to another LA SSA between 3 and 12 months after initiation of 1st LA SSA, n (%) 20 (1.4) 31 (2.2) 0.1599

GEP-NETs gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, LAN lanreotide autogel, LA SSA long-acting somatostatin analogue, NETs neuroendocrine tumors, OCT octreotide long-acting release

*p values calculated using the chi-squared test