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    Poster Display session (Friday) (ID 65)

    • Event: ELCC 2018
    • Type: Poster Display session
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    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 4/13/2018, 12:30 - 13:00, Hall 1
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      169P - Nephrotoxicity of pemetrexed maintenance in patients with advanced NSCLC: Two cohort studies (ID 534)

      12:30 - 13:00  |  Author(s): N. Van Walree

      • Abstract
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      Background:
      Optimal survival benefit from different lines of anticancer treatment in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) requires conservation of renal function. We evaluated the development of renal impairment and its clinical significance during pemetrexed maintenance.

      Methods:
      In a prospective multi-center cohort study, patients with advanced (stage IIIB/IV) NSCLC treated with first-line (platinum-combined) or second-line pemetrexed were enrolled. After platinum-based induction patients were eligible for pemetrexed maintenance if no disease progression occurred. We evaluated the incidence of acute and chronic kidney disease (AKD/CKD), treatment discontinuation frequency due to renal impairment and associations of clinical variables with AKD during maintenance. Both AKD and CKD were defined in accordance with the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guidelines. We validated findings in an independent cohort of advanced NSCLC patients treated with pemetrexed maintenance.

      Results:
      In total 213 patients received pemetrexed. In the primary cohort 165 patients started induction of whom 47 (28%) continued maintenance. During maintenance 16 patients (34%) developed AKD, leading to CKD in 11 (69%) and treatment discontinuation in 9 (56%) in the primary cohort. Lower eGFR (unit 5 mL/min/1.73 m[2]) before start of induction (OR 1.32, 95%CI: (1.06–1.64) and relative decline (per 10%) in eGFR during induction (OR 2.11, 95%CI: 1.22–3.65) were univariably associated with AKD during maintenance. In the independent cohort (n = 48), these similar associations could be demonstrated. In this cohort, 24 patients (50%) developed AKD, leading to CKD in 13 (54%) and treatment discontinuation in 7 (29%).

      Conclusions:
      Patients are at risk for renal impairment during pemetrexed maintenance, which may jeopardize further lines of anticancer treatment. Patients whose renal function is impaired before – or declines during – induction treatment are more vulnerable. Renal protective strategies for patients at increased risk might be beneficial, such as continuation of hydration during pemetrexed maintenance or dosing based on renal function.

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      Legal entity responsible for the study:
      Erasmus MC

      Funding:
      ZonMw

      Disclosure:
      J. Aerts: Member of Scientific Committee ELCC; Consultant/advisory role with Eli Lilly and Company. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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