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    MA13 - Modern Technologies and Biological Factors in Radiotherapy (ID 395)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Mini Oral Session
    • Track: Radiotherapy
    • Presentations: 1
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      MA13.05 - Nivolumab in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): The Real-Life Data (ID 5582)

      16:00 - 17:30  |  Author(s): M. Moskovitz

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      Background:
      Nivolumab has been recently approved by the FDA as a 2[nd]-line treatment of NSCLC. The data regarding its efficacy in the real-life setting is lacking.

      Methods:
      260 consecutive patients with advanced NSCLC treated with nivolumab at five cancer centers in Israel between January 2015 and March 2016 were observed for OS and toxicity. OS was analyzed by the Cox proportional-hazards regression model.

      Results:
      Patient baseline characteristics: median age 67y (range 41-99); males 68%; smokers 76%; ECOG PS ≥2 46%; Non-sq/Sq/other 70%/23%/7%; KRASm/EGFRm/ALK+/other genetic aberration/none/NA 7%/5%/0%/4%/42%/42%; brain metastases 21%; liver metastases 21%; treatment (Tx) line: 1st/2nd/3rd+-line/NA 6%/64%/26%/4%. Median duration of follow-up was 4.3 mo (range 0.1-13.8); median Tx duration was 2.7 mo (range 0.1-15.5); median number of Tx cycles delivered was 6 (range 1-26). 130 (50%) patients died; median OS comprised 6.6 mo (95%CI 5.6-8.4). In univariate and multivariate analysis, the only variable which significantly correlated with OS was ECOG PS (table 1). Median OS of patients with ECOG PS 0/1 and ECOG PS ≥2 comprised 8.6 mo and 3.5 mo, respectively. Safety data is presented in table 2. Figure 1Figure 2





      Conclusion:
      Nivolumab has reasonable efficacy and good safety profile in the real-life setting. ECOG PS ≥2 is associated with poor prognosis.

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    OA21 - Palliative and Supportive Care for Lung Cancer Patients (ID 405)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Palliative Care/Ethics
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA21.02 - ALK-Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer is Associated with a High Rate of Venous Thromboembolism (ID 4290)

      11:00 - 12:30  |  Author(s): M. Moskovitz

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      Background:
      Patients with lung cancer are at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), particularly those receiving chemotherapy. It is estimated that 8-15% of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) experience a VTE in the course of their disease. The incidence in patients with specific molecular subtypes of NSCLC is unknown. We undertook this review to determine the incidence of VTE in patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLC.

      Methods:
      We identified all patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLC, diagnosed and/or treated at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM CC) in Canada between July 2012 and January 2015. Retrospective data were extracted from electronic medical records. We then included a validation cohort comprising all consecutive patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLC treated in two tertiary centers in Israel.

      Results:
      Within the PM CC cohort, of 55 patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLC, at a median follow-up of 22 months, 23 (42%) experienced VTE. Patients with VTE were more likely to be Caucasian (p=0.006). The occurrence of VTE was associated with a trend towards worse prognosis (overall survival HR=2.88, p=0.059). Within the validation cohort (N=43), VTE rate was 28% at a median follow-up of 13 months. Combining the cohorts (N=98) the VTE rate was 36%. Patients with VTE were younger (age 52 vs 58, p=0.04) and had a worse ECOG performance status (p=0.04). VTE was associated with shorter OS (HR=5.71, p=0.01)Figure 1.



      Conclusion:
      We found the rate of VTE in our ALK-rearranged cohort is 3-5-fold higher than previously reported for the general NSCLC population. This warrants confirmation in larger cohorts.

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    P3.07 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 493)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Poster Presenters Present
    • Track: Regional Aspects/Health Policy/Public Health
    • Presentations: 1
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      P3.07-004 - Nivolumab for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): An Economic Model for Risk Sharing Based on Real-Life Data (ID 5452)

      14:30 - 15:45  |  Author(s): M. Moskovitz

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      Background:
      Increasing costs of novel immunotherapy requires risk sharing between manufacturers and payers. Aside from the cost per dose of the compound, the total treatment cost (TTC) is affected by the duration of treatment (DOT). DOT in real life may differ significantly from that observed in the randomized clinical trials. The objective of this study was to develop a risk sharing strategy based on real world data for the use of nivolumab in NSCLC.

      Methods:
      We analyzed DOT for 260 consecutive patients with advanced NSCLC treated with nivolumab at five Israeli cancer centers between January 2015 and March 2016. We developed a model to incorporate the number of cycles delivered and to calculate the TTC for each patient. We calculated the “mid-point” (MP) to estimate the number of cycles for all patients to comprise half of the TTC for the population.

      Results:
      Median age 67y (range 41-99); males 68%; ECOG PS ≥2 46%; Non-squamous (Non-sq)/Squamous(Sq)/other histology 70%/23%/7%; treatment line: 1[st]/2[nd]/3[rd]+-line/NA 6%/64%/26%/4%. All patients received nivolumab as standard of care or within the compassionate use program. Median duration of follow-up was 4.3 mo (range 0.1-13.8); 27% of patients continued the treatment at the time of data cut-off. Median DOT was 2.7 mo (range 0.1-15.5). Median number of treatment cycles delivered calculated from a total of 206 patients was 6 (range 1-26 and 1-23 for Sq and Non-sq NSCLC, respectively). TTC distribution according to the treatment cycle and MP for Non-sq and Sq NCSLC are presented in Figure 1 (A and B), respectively. Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      Based on current list prices in Israel, the estimated mid-point for total treatment cost is the 5[th] cycle for Non-Sq NSCLC and the 4[th] cycle for Sq NSCLC. Our data may represent a basis for risk sharing discussion between the payers and the manufacturers.

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