Virtual Library
Start Your Search
K. Azuma
Author of
-
+
MINI 10 - ALK and EGFR (ID 105)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Mini Oral
- Track: Biology, Pathology, and Molecular Testing
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:T. Yap, T. Li
- Coordinates: 9/07/2015, 16:45 - 18:15, Mile High Ballroom 1a-1f
-
+
MINI10.10 - A Multicenter Prospective Biomarker Study in Afatinib-Treated Patients with EGFR-Mutation Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 472)
16:45 - 18:15 | Author(s): K. Azuma
- Abstract
- Presentation
Background:
Afatinib is an oral, irreversible ErbB family blocker and one of the key drugs for patients with EGFR mutation positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Although treatment with afatinib has a clinical benefit for these patients, such individuals inevitably develop drug resistance as with other TKIs. This is a multicenter prospective biomarker study to inform the usefulness of noninvasive liquid biopsy in the treatment of EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) and explore the molecular mechanism of acquired-resistance against afatinib.
Methods:
Eligible patients were EGFR-TKIs naïve and had histologically and cytologically confirmed stage IIIB/IV adenocarcinoma of the lung with activating EGFR mutations. Patients remained on afatinib treatment until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Tumor samples were collected upon before afatinib treatment and after disease progression. Plasma samples were collected upon before and during afatinib treatment (4 and 24 weeks after initiation) and after disease progression. DNA derived both from tumors and plasma was analyzed using Scorpion-ARMS (ARMS), digital PCR (dPCR) and next generation sequencing (NGS). We used a nanofluidic dPCR system (BioMark HD System; Fluidigm) with a digital chip to detect activating or resistance mutations of EGFR in a quantitative and highly sensitive manner. NGS on an Ion Torrent PGM device (Thermo Fisher Scientific) was applied to detect target molecules which contribute to the survival and growth of lung cancer cells. We compared the sensitivity of these methods in detection of EGFR activating mutations in plasma DNA.
Results:
A total of 35 EGFR mutation positive NSCLC patients were enrolled. Twenty one patients harbored a deletion in exon 19 and fourteen patients had an L858R missense mutation in exon 21. Twenty seven (77.1%) patients had an objective response. In plasma DNA obtained before afatinib treatment, dPCR and NGS detected EGFR activating mutations more sensitively compared with ARMS (83.9% v 58.1%; p <0.005, 74.2% v 58.1%; p =0.059, respectively). Concordance of EGFR activating mutations detected by dPCR and NGS was 26/31 (84%) (kappa value: 0.52). All of the mutation type detected by NGS on plasma DNA completely corresponded to that found in matching tumor tissue by NGS. As of March 2015, serial plasma DNA was analyzed in 9 patients. The copy number of activating mutation was markedly decreased in 5 of 9 patients.
Conclusion:
EGFR activating mutations in plasma DNA were frequently detected by dPCR or NGS. We will present the detailed data for monitoring mutation load in plasma DNA during the afatinib treatment.
Only Members that have purchased this event or have registered via an access code will be able to view this content. To view this presentation, please login, select "Add to Cart" and proceed to checkout. If you would like to become a member of IASLC, please click here.
-
+
P3.01 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Advanced Diseases – NSCLC (ID 208)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Poster
- Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 9/09/2015, 09:30 - 17:00, Exhibit Hall (Hall B+C)
-
+
P3.01-068 - Phase II Study of S-1 plus Bevacizumab for Pretreated Patients with Non-Squamous NSCLC (ID 677)
09:30 - 17:00 | Author(s): K. Azuma
- Abstract
Background:
The additional effects of bevacizumab (B) as first-line chemotherapy for non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (Non-sq NSCLC) have been established. However, the efficacy of B in a second-line setting or further has not been clarified. It has recently become clear that S-1 (S), an oral fluoropyrimidine, is effective for advanced NSCLC, and S is now used with platinum as one of the standard forms of first-line chemotherapy. Furthermore, preclinical findings have suggested that the combination of S plus B is a promising treatment option.
Methods:
Non-sq NSCLC patients with an ECOG performance status of 0-2, and who had undergone prior platinum-based chemotherapy regardless of the use of B, were eligible for the study. S (80 mg/m[2]) was administered orally twice daily for 14 days, and B (15 mg/kg) on day 1 every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurred. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS), and the planned sample size was 28 patients.
Results:
Between March 2012 and June 2014, 28 patients (14 males and 14 females; median age 62 years; PS 0/1/2: 21/7/0; Ad/Other: 26/2, EGFR mutation positive/wild type 12/16) were accrued from 4 centers in Japan. All 28 patients were included in analysis of efficacy and toxicity. With a median follow-up of 9.3 months, the median PFS was 3.2 months (95% CI: 2.2-4.0 months). Patients who had not received prior pemetrexed or who had shown a good response to prior chemotherapy tended to have a longer PFS (5.3 and 5.0 months, respectively), although this was not statistically significant. An objective response was observed in 4 patients (PR; 4, SD; 20, PD 4), the response rate and disease control rate being 14.3% and 85.7%, respectively. The treatment was well tolerated, the most common treatment-related side effects being anorexia (75%) and fatigue (68%).
Conclusion:
This is the first report to evaluate the efficacy and safety of SB. Although SB seems to have a higher tumor reduction effect than S alone for previously treated Non-sq NSCLC, this study failed to meet its primary endpoint. SB is well tolerated and no new toxicities were observed.
