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    MINI 10 - ALK and EGFR (ID 105)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Mini Oral
    • Track: Biology, Pathology, and Molecular Testing
    • Presentations: 1
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      MINI10.06 - Incidence of ALK Gene Rearrangements in a Prospectively, Consecutively Collected Caucasian Population with Pulmonary Adenocarcinomas (ID 684)

      16:45 - 18:15  |  Author(s): A. Mellemgaard

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      Background:
      EML4-ALK oncogene fusion in non- small cell lung cancer, identifies patients sensitive to ALK-targeted inhibitors. Estimates of the frequency of this fusion oncogene rearrangement are primarily available from selected patient cohorts. The true incidence in an unselected Caucasian population is unknown. This study assess the incidence of ALK rearrangement in a population based cohort, together with correlation to gender, age, smoking habits, as well as pathological and clinical.

      Methods:
      All patients in a well-defined catchment area of 1.7 million people in the capital region of Denmark diagnosed with pulmonary adenocarcinomas from April 1. 2013 to July 31. 2014 were prospectively included. The type and location of the diagnostic material, and data on smoking and clinical characteristics were registered. The rearrangement analyses were investigated by up-front analysis with immunohistochemistry (IHC) using clone 5A4 Novocastra and all IHC positive tests were also subsequently tested by FISH using Zytovision, spec. ALK Dual Color Break Apart.

      Results:
      Among 797 patients included in this study, 777 patients (97.5%) patients had sufficient material for mutation analysis. Fourteen patients (1.8%, 95% CI 1.1-3.0) were IHC positive, all with 3+ reaction. All but one of these were also FISH positive. Eight patients (57%) were women. Median age was 62.7 years. All tumors were strongly TTF1 positive with mucin present in the cytoplasm of the malignant cells without dominance of any subtype. Ten patients (71.4) were diagnosed in stage IIIa or higher. Nine patients (64.3%) were never smokers, 3 (21.4%) were light smokers (0.5-10 yrs), 2 (14.3 %) were heavy smokers (25-40 yrs). More than 1/3 (36%) of the analyses were done on cytological, cellblock material. Seven patients had localized or locally advanced disease and did not receive crizotinib. Among seven patients with advanced disease, six received crizotinib with one complete response in a light smoker (male) and three partial responses in two never and one light smoker (response rate 67%). One out of three females receiving crizotinib achieved a response while it was three out of three males. No heavy smokers received crizotinib despite an ALK translocation was identified. Median progression free survival for patients receiving crizotinib was 3.4 months (range 0-20 months).

      Conclusion:
      ALK rearrangement analysis was possible in 97.5% of all patients with pulmonary adenocarcinomas. 1.8% had a positive test. Rearrangements were primarily found in never/light smokers. No difference in gender regarding rearrangement status was observed. Response rate to crizotinib was 67% and was in this study more frequent in males than in females (not significant). Chance of response was equal in light and in never smokers.

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    MINI 17 - WT EGFR, Angiogenesis and OMD (ID 131)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Mini Oral
    • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 2
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      MINI17.07 - Efficacy of Nintedanib/Docetaxel after Bevacizumab, Pemetrexed or Taxanes Therapy (ID 1521)

      16:45 - 18:15  |  Author(s): A. Mellemgaard

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      Background:
      Nintedanib is a triple angiokinase inhibitor of receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), platelet-derived growth factor and fibroblast growth factor. The randomized, placebo-controlled, Phase III LUME-Lung 1 study (NCT00805194; 1199.13) investigating nintedanib/docetaxel was the first trial of an antiangiogenic agent to demonstrate significant overall survival (OS) benefit in previously treated patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) of adenocarcinoma histology; nintedanib/docetaxel is approved in the European Union for the treatment of patients with locally advanced, metastatic or locally recurrent NSCLC of adenocarcinoma histology after 1[st]-line chemotherapy. Here we report LUME-Lung 1 data from the adenocarcinoma population who received 1[st]-line chemotherapy containing bevacizumab, pemetrexed or taxanes.

      Methods:
      In LUME-Lung 1, 1314 patients with Stage IIIB/IV recurrent NSCLC received either nintedanib/docetaxel or placebo/docetaxel. Primary endpoint was centrally assessed progression-free survival (PFS); OS was a key secondary endpoint. Prior treatment with anti-VEGF agent bevacizumab was a stratification factor. Analyses of the adenocarcinoma population (n=658) according to prior treatment with bevacizumab (n=45 in either arm), pemetrexed (1[st]-line [n=126] or maintenance [n=27]) or taxanes (n=142) were performed to determine if 1[st]-line regimens could influence subsequent outcomes for nintedanib/docetaxel.

      Results:
      Patient characteristics were generally well-balanced across prior-treatment subgroups. For the adenocarcinoma population, there was no interaction between 1[st]-line treatment with bevacizumab, pemetrexed or taxanes and treatment outcome with nintedanib/docetaxel. Independent of pretreatment, nintedanib/docetaxel-treated adenocarcinoma patients had an OS benefit (Table). In the overall patient population, efficacy outcomes for these subgroups were also similar regardless of prior treatment. Furthermore, there was no significant effect on nintedanib/docetaxel outcomes for the few adenocarcinoma patients who received maintenance pemetrexed. The adverse event (AE) profile for nintedanib/docetaxel in each subgroup was consistent with that reported for the adenocarcinoma population in LUME-Lung 1, with diarrhea and reversible liver enzyme elevations among the more frequently reported AEs. Among patients who received nintedanib/docetaxel, there was no difference between prior-treatment subgroups in the frequency of AEs commonly associated with the prior treatment, such as hypertension with bevacizumab, mucositis with pemetrexed and peripheral neuropathy with taxanes.

      Conclusion:
      In LUME-Lung 1, regardless of whether a patient with NSCLC of adenocarcinoma histology received 1[st]-line chemotherapy containing bevacizumab, pemetrexed or taxanes, subsequent treatment with nintedanib/docetaxel led to improved OS.

      Table: OS results in patients with NSCLC of adenocarcinoma tumor histology stratified by ± prior 1st-line bevacizumab, pemetrexed or taxanes treatment
      No BEV BEV No PEM PEM No TAX TAX
      N/D Pl/D N/D Pl/D N/D Pl/D N/D Pl/D N/D Pl/D N/D Pl/D
      Patients, n 298 315 24 21 261 271 61 65 245 271 77 65
      Median OS, months 12.6 10.6 14.9 8.7 13.4 10.8 12.0 8.0 12.2 10.3 15.1 11.6
      HR (95% CI) 0.85 (0.71–1.01) 0.61 (0.31–1.20) 0.83 (0.68–1.00) 0.79 (0.53–1.18) 0.86 (0.71–1.05) 0.75 (0.51–1.11)
      Interaction p-value p=0.24 p=0.90 p=0.61
      BEV, bevacizumab; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; N/D, nintedanib/docetaxel; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; OS, overall survival; PEM, pemetrexed; Pl/D, placebo/docetaxel; TAX, taxanes.

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      MINI17.08 - Tumor Growth Over Time with Nintedanib/Docetaxel or Placebo/Docetaxel in Adenocarcinoma NSCLC: Analysis From the LUME-Lung 1 Study (ID 1405)

      16:45 - 18:15  |  Author(s): A. Mellemgaard

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      Background:
      Nintedanib (N; Vargatef[®]), a triple angiokinase inhibitor, is approved in the EU in combination with docetaxel (D) for the treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC of adenocarcinoma histology (ACH) after 1[st]-line chemotherapy. In the randomized, placebo-controlled, Phase III LUME-Lung 1 study (NCT00805194; 1199.13), N+D significantly improved overall survival (OS; secondary endpoint) vs D in patients with ACH (median OS: 12.6 vs 10.3 months (m); HR: 0.83 [95% CI: 0.70–0.99]; p=0.0359) and in patients who progressed either during or within 9 m of 1[st]-line therapy (time[T]<9m) (median OS: 10.9 vs 7.9 m; HR: 0.75 [95% CI: 0.60–0.92]; p=0.0073). We explored the impact of on tumor growth over time as a treatment effect of N+D, with a specific focus on early progressors (T<9m) and patients who had progressive disease as best response to 1[st]-line therapy (PD-FLT).

      Methods:
      Tumor growth was evaluated using all available tumor measurements. Mixed-effects models were used to quantify the non-linear individual relationships between time from randomization and tumor burden, measured as the sum of longest diameter of target lesions (SLD) and assessed by independent central review (RECIST 1.0). Analyses were conducted for the entire population of patients with ACH, T<9m and PD-FLT.

      Results:
      Estimated mean baseline SLD was 82.5 mm in all patients with ACH, 88.3 mm in T<9m and 98.1 mm in PD-FLT. N+D showed a significant reduction of tumor growth over time (p<0.0001) in patients with ACH compared to D. Treatment difference at 6 months (SLD D group – SLD N+D group) for patients with ACH was 9.7 mm. This treatment difference was even more pronounced in the T<9m group (16.8 mm) and in patients with PD-FLT (19.7 mm). Tumor growth over time for N+D showed a non-linear J-shaped curve, indicating a decline in SLD at the beginning of treatment, which was maintained over time followed by a linear increase (see Figure for curves for the T<9m group). This relationship was consistently observed between populations. For patients treated with D, a linear increase in SLD from baseline over time in all ACH patients, T<9m and PD-FLT was observed. Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      In the LUME-Lung 1 study, N+D significantly decreased tumor burden and decelerated tumor growth over time compared to D in all patients with ACH and in the groups of patients with the poorest prognosis.

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