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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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      P2.01-072 - A Phase II Study of Carboplatin/Pemetrexed/Bevacizumab Followed by Bevacizumab/Erlotinib Maintenance for NonSq-NSCLC with Wild-Type EGFR (ID 1677)

      09:30 - 17:00  |  Author(s): H. Asahina

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      Background:
      Maintenance therapy (MT) after platinum doublet chemotherapy has been shown to improve progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), whereas optimal strategies for MT, such as continuation or switch maintenance, have yet to be determined. ATLAS trial adopted a combination maintenance strategy design in which both EGFR-positive and -negative NSCLC patients received platinum doublet chemotherapy at the choice of investigators plus bevacizumab (Bev) followed by Bev with either erlotinib (Erl) or a placebo as a maintenance therapy. The trial demonstrated that Erl plus Bev was favorable for PFS, but not for either OS or toxicity, when compared with placebo plus Bev. The aim of this phase II study was to clarify the effects and safety of a fixed induction regimen: carboplatin (Cb)/pemetrexed (PEM)/Bev followed by Bev plus Erl as a maintenance therapy in non-squamous (nonSq)-NSCLC patients with wild-type (WT) EGFR.

      Methods:
      All eligible patients (pts) had treatment-naive nonSq-NSCLC (stage IIIB, IV, or postoperative recurrent) with WT EGFR. Cb (AUC 5), PEM (500 mg/m[2]) and Bev (15mg/kg) were administered on Day 1 every three weeks for four-to-six cycles and maintenance therapy with Bev (15mg/kg) once every three weeks plus continuous Erl (150mg/body) was administered until occurrence of either disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The primary endpoint was PFS at 6 months (mo). The secondary endpoints included OS, tumor response, toxicity, and quality of life (QOL).

      Results:
      From September 2011 to June 2014, 51 pts were enrolled. Fifty pts were evaluated for the efficacy and safety of the treatment. The median follow-up duration was 14.3 months (range: 1.1-30.7). The median age was 64 years (range: 36-74); male/female=27/23 (54/46%); ECOG PS 0/1=28/22 (56/44%); Stage IIIB/IV/recurrent=5/41/4 (10/82/8%); adenocarcinoma/NSCLC=48/2 (96/4%). The median cycles of the induction/maintenance therapy were 4 (range: 1-6)/4 (range: 1-20). Twenty-nine pts (58%) received the MT. Overall response rate was 48.0% (95% CI: 34.8-61.5%), and disease control rate was 86% (95% CI: 73.8-93.0%). Six-month PFS rate was 59.5% (95% CI: 45.0-72.6%). Median OS and PFS were 18.4 mo (95% CI: 11.9-24.9 mo) and 6.5 mo (95% CI: 5.8-7.2 mo), respectively. CTCAE Grade (Gr) 3/4 hematological toxicities were neutropenia (48%/3.4%), anemia (18%/3.4%) and thrombocytopenia (22%/0%). The most frequent Gr 3/4 non-hematological toxicities were anorexia (14%/3.4%), hypertension (10%/3.4%), malaise (6%/3.4%), nausea (6%/0%) and rash (0%/10%). There were two interstitial lung diseases (Gr1), one gastrointestinal perforation (Gr4), and one treatment-related death due to ventricular fibrillation. QOL results are still under analysis.

      Conclusion:
      Cb/PEM/Bev followed by maintenance Bev/Erl was effective and well tolerated in NS-NSCLC pts with WT EGFR.

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