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    P2.01 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Advanced Diseases – NSCLC (ID 207)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Poster
    • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.01-002 - Immunotherapy as an Effective Treatment Option in the Metastatic NSCLC in Spite of PD-1 or PDL-1 Inhibition and Line of Therapy (ID 2275)

      09:30 - 17:00  |  Author(s): M. Iglesias

      • Abstract

      Background:
      Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death globally. Important survival benefit has been recently obtained with targeted therapies against driver mutations. Immunotherapy approach under development will probably represent a new standard option of care in pretreated patients: clinical and/or pathological prognostic factors will further be needed to select the maximum benefit treated population.

      Methods:
      We reviewed retrospectively clinical, pathological and efficacy data from 28 patients with metastatic NSCLC treated with anti-PD1 (programmed cell death 1) and anti-PDL1 (programmed cell death-ligand 1) check-point inhibitors in our Institution between 2013 and 2015.

      Results:
      28 metastatic NSCLC patients were treated: 2 (7,14%) in first line, 14 (50%) in second line and 12 (40%) patients beyond third line. 82% were males, median age was 61 years old, and 71,4% adenocarcinomas. Mutation profile was defined as 1 patient (3,5%) EGFR positive and 1 patient ROS-1 positive (3,5%). PDL-1 resulted positive by immunohistochemistry on 43% of total population. 75% of patients received anti-PDL-1 therapy versus 25% anti-PD1 check point inhibitors. With a median follow up time of 22 months, overall response rate (ORR) was 10,7% and disease control rate (DCR) was 64,3%: no differences were seen by immunotherapy strategy. ORR, DCR, and median time for treatment (MTT) were analysed according to the line of therapy and type of immunotherapy. ORR 0%, DCR 100% and MTT 104 days at first line setting; ORR 7,14%, DCR 64,28% and MTT 98 days at second line; and finally, ORR 18,18%, DCR 63,63% and MTT 67 days at third line or beyond. Most of patients remain on treatment so survival data were not reached. The most common grade III-IV adverse events related with treatment were pneumonitis (14,3%), fatigue (3,6%), hyperamylasemia (3,6%), hypertransaminasemia (3,6%) and neurologic disorders (7%).

      Conclusion:
      Our retrospective and local analysis confirmed immunotherapy as a safe and effective therapy option with high rate of DCR and longer MTT than standard chemotherapy, independently PD-1 or PDL-1 inhibition or line of therapy used.