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    MO07 - NSCLC - Targeted Therapies II (ID 114)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Medical Oncology
    • Presentations: 2
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      MO07.01 - Clinical benefit of continuing crizotinib beyond initial disease progression in patients with advanced <em>ALK</em>-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (ID 2843)

      16:15 - 17:45  |  Author(s): J.W. Clark

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      Background
      Crizotinib is approved multinationally to treat advanced ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Most patients with crizotinib-treated ALK-positive NSCLC ultimately develop progressive disease (PD). We investigated whether continuing ALK inhibition beyond PD is clinically beneficial and the clinicopathologic characteristics associated with patients who experience clinical benefit.

      Methods
      Patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC enrolled in two ongoing multicenter, single-arm trials (the molecularly enriched expansion cohort of the phase I trial PROFILE 1001 and the phase II trial PROFILE 1005) who developed RECIST-defined PD were allowed to continue crizotinib if, in the investigator's opinion, they were deriving ongoing clinical benefit. In the present retrospective analyses, continuation of crizotinib beyond PD (CBPD) was defined as >3 weeks of crizotinib treatment after PD documentation. Baseline and post-progression characteristics, sites of PD, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) were compared in patients who continued CBPD versus those who did not. The impact of continuing CBPD on OS after adjusting for potential confounding factors was assessed.

      Results
      Among 194 crizotinib-treated patients with RECIST-defined PD, 120 (62%) continued CBPD. A higher proportion of patients who continued CBPD responded to initial crizotinib treatment (74% vs. 55%), had an ECOG performance status of 0/1 at PD (96% vs. 82%), and had brain (56% vs. 28%) and/or bone (20% vs. 9%) as sites of PD compared with patients who did not continue CBPD. CBPD patients also had numerically longer median PFS from initial crizotinib treatment (7.3 months vs. 5.7 months) and significantly longer OS from the time of PD (median 16.4 months vs. 3.9 months; HR, 0.27; 95% CI: 0.17−0.42; P<0.0001; Figure 1). Multiple-covariate Cox regression analysis revealed that CBPD remained significantly associated with improved OS post-PD after adjusting for relevant factors. Figure 1. OS of patients who continued CBPD versus those who did not, from the time of PD. Shaded areas are 95% Hall-Wellner confidence bands. Figure 1

      Conclusion
      Continuing ALK inhibition after PD may provide survival benefit to a majority of patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC. Prolonged PFS on initial crizotinib, good performance status at PD, and progression in brain and/or bone are characteristics that were commonly found in patients who benefited from continued ALK inhibition.

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      MO07.03 - Crizotinib therapy for patients with advanced ROS1-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (ID 2777)

      16:15 - 17:45  |  Author(s): J.W. Clark

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      Background
      Rearrangements of the ROS1 receptor tyrosine kinase gene identify a subset of NSCLC sensitive to the small-molecule ALK and MET inhibitor crizotinib, approved multinationally for the treatment of advanced ALK-positive NSCLC. Here we present updated efficacy and safety data for crizotinib in an expanded cohort of patients with advanced ROS1-rearranged NSCLC.

      Methods
      ROS1 status was determined by break-apart FISH assays, and patients were enrolled into an expansion cohort of an ongoing phase I crizotinib study (PROFILE 1001; NCT00585195, Pfizer). Where available, samples were also tested for concurrent ALK rearrangement and MET amplification. Patients received crizotinib 250 mg BID, and responses were assessed using RECIST v1.0.

      Results
      At the data cut-off, 35 of 40 patients with ROS1-positive NSCLC were evaluable for response. Median age was 51 years (range 31–77), 80% of patients were never-smokers, and 98% had adenocarcinoma histology; 40% had received one prior regimen, and 45% had received 2–6 regimens for advanced/metastatic disease. 25 samples tested for concurrent ALK rearrangement (24 by FISH and 1 by PCR) and 12 samples tested for concurrent MET amplification (11 by FISH and 1 method not recorded) were all negative. The objective response rate (ORR) was 60% (95% CI: 42–76), with 2 complete responses, 19 partial responses, and 10 cases of stable disease. Median progression-free survival (PFS) had not been reached, with 25 patients (63%) still in follow-up for PFS; six patients (15%) experienced disease progression, and two (5%) died before progression occurred; 6-month PFS probability was 76% (95% CI: 55–88). The disease-control rate was 80% at 8 weeks and 66% at 16 weeks. The most common treatment-related adverse events (AEs) were visual impairment (80%), diarrhea (35%), and nausea (30%), with most patients (68%) reporting only AEs of grade 1 or 2 severity. Peripheral edema (28%) and elevated transaminases (18% AST, 15% ALT) were also reported, similar to previous experience with crizotinib. There were no treatment-related serious AEs and one patient discontinued treatment due to treatment-related nausea. Accrual of patients with ROS1-positive NSCLC is ongoing.

      Conclusion
      Similar to results obtained in ALK-positive NSCLC, crizotinib had marked antitumor activity with a high ORR (60%) in patients with ROS1-positive NSCLC, with a generally tolerable and manageable AE profile. These data suggest that crizotinib is an effective therapy for patients with advanced ROS1-positive NSCLC.

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