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    Lunch & Poster Display session (ID 58)

    • Event: ELCC 2019
    • Type: Poster Display session
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    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 4/11/2019, 12:30 - 13:00, Hall 1
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      145P - Clinicopathological characteristics and outcome of advanced ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer in Asian patients (ID 332)

      12:30 - 13:00  |  Author(s): Mei-Kim Ang

      • Abstract

      Background

      ROS1 rearrangement is a rare and distinct molecular subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), sensitive to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) targeting the ROS1 kinase domain. We describe the prevalence, clinicopathological characteristics and clinical outcomes of advanced ROS1 positive NSCLC patients (pts), including concomitant mutations and brain metastases.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Methods

      We reviewed 1733 consecutive NSCLC pts from the Lung Cancer Consortium Singapore database, reflex tested for ROS1 rearrangement using break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridization. Clinical data including pts characteristics, concomitant mutations, incidence of brain metastasis, response to chemotherapy or TKIs, were retrospectively analyzed.

      20c51b5f4e9aeb5334c90ff072e6f928 Results

      We identified 34 pts (2.0%) with ROS1 positive NSCLC; median age 52 years (range 28-76), 19 males (55.9%), 26 pts (76.5%) never smoked. A patient with stage I was excluded from outcome analysis. All had adenocarcinoma histology. 8 pts (23.5%) had brain metastases at diagnosis and 6 developed brain metastases during treatment. 6 pts (17.6%) harbored concomitant EGFR mutations; 2 (9.1%) had cMET mutations; 1 had EGFR L858R, cMET and ROS1 alterations simultaneously. 8 of 13 pts (61.5%) had PD-L1>1%. Median overall survival (OS) for all pts was 29.3 months (mths). In the first line, 13 pts received chemotherapy; 11 pemetrexed-based with a response rate (RR) of 78% and 2 gemcitabine-based with a RR of 50%. Progression free survival (PFS) was 9.8 mths and OS was 30.6 mths. Ten pts received ROS1 TKIs (9 crizotinib, 1 entrectinib) as first line with RR 80%, PFS 9.9 mths, and OS 23.7 mths. For second line, 7 pts received chemotherapy, 4 were pemetrexed-based (RR 100%) and 3 were gemcitabine-based (RR 0%), 8 pts received ROS1 TKIs (6 crizotinib, 2 ceritinib) (RR 57%). 3 pts with PD-L1>1% received pembrolizumab without objective response.

      fd69c5cf902969e6fb71d043085ddee6 Conclusions

      ROS1-positive NSCLC has unique clinicopathological characteristics, high rate of brain metastases and concomitant mutations. Despite effective and durable responses to ROS1 TKI and pemetrexed chemotherapy, optimal treatment sequence remains to be explored and the role of immune checkpoint inhibitors is uncertain.

      b651e8a99c4375feb982b7c2cad376e9 Legal entity responsible for the study

      The authors.

      213f68309caaa4ccc14d5f99789640ad Funding

      Has not received any funding.

      682889d0a1d3b50267a69346a750433d Disclosure

      All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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