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    ES24 - Diagnosis and Management of Side Effects of Immunotherapy (ID 363)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Educational Session
    • Track: Immuno-oncology
    • Presentations: 1
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      ES24.01 - Recognizing Toxicities in an Early Phase in PDL1 Treatment (Now Available) (ID 3905)

      11:30 - 13:00  |  Presenting Author(s): Hossein Borghaei

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    MA25 - Precision Medicine in Advanced NSCLC (ID 352)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Mini Oral Session
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
    • Now Available
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      MA25.01 - Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy for Advanced NSCLC Without Tumor PD-L1 Expression: Pooled Analysis of KN021G, KN189 and KN407 (Now Available) (ID 1399)

      14:30 - 16:00  |  Presenting Author(s): Hossein Borghaei

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      Background

      Randomized studies have demonstrated that pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy improves OS, PFS, and ORR compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced NSCLC regardless of tumor PD-L1 expression level. We present a post hoc pooled analysis of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced NSCLC and no PD-L1 expression (ie, TPS <1%), representing an area of unmet need.

      Method

      Patients enrolled in KEYNOTE-021 cohort G (nonsquamous; NCT02039674), KEYNOTE-189 (nonsquamous; NCT02578680), and KEYNOTE-407 (squamous; NCT02775435) were included. Patients with nonsquamous NSCLC were randomized to pemetrexed-platinum with or without pembrolizumab; those with squamous NSCLC were randomized to carboplatin-paclitaxel/nab-paclitaxel with or without pembrolizumab. OS, PFS, and ORR were evaluated for the pooled intent-to-treat population. Response was assessed per RECIST v1.1 by blinded independent central review. Across studies, PD-L1 expression was assessed centrally using PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay (Agilent Technologies, Carpinteria, CA). Analyses were descriptive.

      Result

      Of 1298 patients enrolled across the 3 trials, 428 (33%) had PD-L1 TPS <1% (pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy, n=243; chemotherapy alone, n=185) and were included in this analysis. 52% had nonsquamous histology, 63% had ECOG PS of 1. Median (range) follow-up at data cutoff was 10.2 (0.1‒34.9) months. OS, PFS, and ORR were improved with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone (Table). Grade ≥3 AEs (all-cause) occurred in 68% of patients receiving pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus 72% receiving chemotherapy alone. Immune-mediated AEs and infusion reactions occurred in 26% who received pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus 12% who received chemotherapy alone.

      Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy

      n=243

      Chemotherapy
      Alone

      n=185

      Median (95% CI) OS, mo

      19.0 (15.2–24.0)

      11.0 (9.2–13.5)

      Hazard ratio (95% CI)

      0.56 (0.43–0.73)

      Median (95% CI) PFS, mo

      6.5 (6.2–8.5)

      5.4 (4.7–6.2)

      Hazard ratio (95% CI)

      0.67 (0.54–0.84)

      ORR, % (95% CI)

      46.9% (40.5%–53.4%)

      28.6% (22.3%–35.7%)

      Difference (95% CI)

      18.3% (9.0%–27.1%)

      Conclusion

      Our results highlight the clinically meaningful efficacy benefit and acceptable safety profile of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced NSCLC and no PD-L1 expression. Benefit was consistent with that observed in the overall study populations, suggesting pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy should be considered standard-of-care first-line therapy for all patients with NSCLC, irrespective of PD-L1 expression.

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    OA04 - Immuno Combinations and the Role of TMB (ID 126)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Immuno-oncology
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA04.05 - KEYNOTE-021: TMB and Outcomes for Carboplatin and Pemetrexed With or Without Pembrolizumab for Nonsquamous NSCLC (Now Available) (ID 2630)

      15:15 - 16:45  |  Author(s): Hossein Borghaei

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      Background

      KEYNOTE-021 cohort C was the first study to show antitumor activity for pembrolizumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy in previously untreated advanced nonsquamous NSCLC; the combination significantly improved efficacy vs platinum-based chemotherapy alone in cohort G. We explored the relationship between TMB and outcomes in KEYNOTE-021 cohorts C and G.

      Method

      All patients in cohort C received pembrolizumab plus carboplatin and pemetrexed. Patients in cohort G were randomized 1:1 to pembrolizumab plus carboplatin and pemetrexed or carboplatin and pemetrexed alone. TMB was determined by whole-exome sequencing of tumor and matched normal DNA. Association of TMB (continuous, log10 transformed) with outcomes for pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy and chemotherapy alone were assessed using logistic regression for ORR and Cox proportional hazards models for PFS and OS adjusted for ECOG PS; statistical significance was determined at the 0.05 level without multiplicity adjustment. The correlation of TMB (continuous, log10­ transformed) with PD-L1 TPS (square root scale) was assessed in the combined population. The clinical utility of TMB for ORR using a prespecified TMB cutpoint of 175 Mut/exome (~13 Mut/Mb by FoundationOne CDx) was assessed for pembrolizumab + chemotherapy.

      Result

      TMB data were evaluable for 70 patients: 12/24 (50.0%) in cohort C, 32/60 (53.3%) in the cohort G pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy arm, and 26/63 (41.3%) in the cohort G chemotherapy only arm; median age was 65 years (IQR, 57-70) and 61% were female. Baseline characteristics were generally similar in the TMB-evaluable and total populations. TMB as a continuous variable was not significantly associated with ORR, PFS, or OS for pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy (one-sided P = 0.180, 0.187 and 0.081, respectively) or chemotherapy alone (one-sided P = 0.861, 0.795 and 0.763, respectively). There was no significant correlation between TMB and TPS (r=0.12, P=0.34). ORR (95% CI) in patients treated with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy was 60.8% (38.5-80.3) in the 23 patients with TMB <175 and 71.4% (47.8-88.7) in the 21 patients with TMB ≥175.

      Conclusion

      In this exploratory analysis, TMB was not significantly associated with efficacy of pembrolizumab plus carboplatin and pemetrexed or carboplatin and pemetrexed alone as first-line therapy for metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC. TMB was not significantly correlated with PD-L1 expression. Among pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy-treated patients, ORR was high in both the TMB low and high subgroups. Sample size is a limitation of this study; exploration in larger datasets is required to understand any differential efficacy of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone based on TMB status.

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    OA14 - Update of Phase 3 Trials and the Role of HPD (ID 148)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Immuno-oncology
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA14.04 - Five-Year Outcomes From the Randomized, Phase 3 Trials CheckMate 017/057: Nivolumab vs Docetaxel in Previously Treated NSCLC (ID 894)

      11:30 - 13:00  |  Author(s): Hossein Borghaei

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      Background

      Historically, outcomes for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been poor, with 5-year survival rates < 5% with conventional chemotherapy. Nivolumab, a programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor, was approved in 2015 for patients with previously treated advanced NSCLC based on two randomized phase 3 trials, CheckMate 017 (NCT01642004; squamous) and CheckMate 057 (NCT01673867; non-squamous), which demonstrated improved overall survival (OS) vs docetaxel. We report 5-year pooled efficacy and safety from these trials, representing the longest survival follow-up for randomized phase 3 trials of an immune checkpoint inhibitor in advanced NSCLC.

      Method

      Patients (N = 854; CheckMate 017/057 pooled) with advanced NSCLC, ECOG performance status (PS) ≤ 1, and progression during or after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, were randomized 1:1 to nivolumab 3 mg/kg Q2W or docetaxel 75 mg/m2 Q3W until progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of the primary analyses, patients in the docetaxel arm no longer receiving benefit could cross over to receive nivolumab. OS was the primary endpoint for both studies.

      Result

      At 5-year follow-up, 50 nivolumab patients and 9 docetaxel patients were alive. Baseline characteristics of 5-year survivors in both arms were similar to the overall population and patients who survived < 1 year, except for a higher percentage of patients with ECOG PS 0 or tumor programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression ≥ 1% on nivolumab and ECOG PS 0 and Stage IIIB NSCLC on docetaxel. Nivolumab continued to show long-term OS and progression-free survival (PFS) benefit vs docetaxel with 5-year OS rates 13% vs 3% (HR, 0.68 [95% CI, 0.59–0.78]) and PFS rates 8% vs 0% (0.79 [0.68–0.92]). OS benefit with nivolumab vs docetaxel was observed across subgroups including patients with tumor PD-L1 expression < 1%, baseline liver and adrenal metastases, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio < median, lactate dehydrogenase ≥ upper limit of normal or no baseline proton-pump inhibitor use. Among patients with an objective response to nivolumab (20%) or docetaxel (11%), 32% remained in response at 5 years vs none on docetaxel, with a median duration of response of 19.9 vs 5.6 months, respectively. Of the 5-year nivolumab vs docetaxel survivors, 36% vs 0% were on study drug, 20% vs 67% received subsequent immunotherapy (on or off study), and 10% vs 0% were off study drug, progression free, with no subsequent therapy. No new safety signals were observed with longer follow-up. Between 3 and 5 years’ follow-up, 8 of the 31 (26%) nivolumab-treated patients reported a treatment-related adverse event, 1 (3%) grade 3–4. The most common select adverse events (events with a potential immunological cause) were related to skin, in 4 (13%) patients, none of which were grade 3–4.

      Conclusion

      CheckMate 017 and 057 are the first phase 3 trials to report 5-year outcomes for a PD-1 inhibitor in previously treated advanced NSCLC, demonstrating a greater than 4-fold increase in 5-year OS rates with nivolumab (13%) over docetaxel (3%). Nivolumab remained well tolerated with no new safety signals.

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    P1.04 - Immuno-oncology (ID 164)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Immuno-oncology
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 09:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.04-17 - Phase I/II Study of Nivolumab and Vorolanib in Patients with Refractory Thoracic Tumors (ID 2443)

      09:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Hossein Borghaei

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      Background

      Single-agent nivolumab has limited efficacy in thoracic tumors. The antitumor activity of VEGF TKIs is typically attributed to their effect on angiogenesis; however, emerging data suggest these agents can modulate the immune system, especially in the immune suppressive microenvironment. Preliminary results in multiple solid tumors demonstrated clinical benefit when nivolumab was added to anti-angiogenic agents albeit with increased toxicities. Vorolanib was designed to improve the safety profile without compromising efficacy. No dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) from vorolanib were reported in multiple single-agent phase I trials.

      Method

      NCT03583086 is an ongoing multi-institutional, phase I/II study of nivolumab and vorolanib in patients with thoracic tumors who have failed at least one prior line of therapy. A standard 3+3 dose escalation design was planned with three doses of vorolanib (200, 300, and 400 mg once-daily) and 240 mg nivolumab every two weeks to determine the maximum tolerated dose. Phase II will evaluate the response rate in five cohorts: PD-1/PD-L1 naïve non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), PD-1/PD-L1 primary refractory (defined as progression on PD-1/PD-L1 therapy within 12 weeks), NSCLC patients with acquired resistance (achieved at least stable disease and then progressed) to PD-1/PD-L1, thymic carcinoma, and small cell lung cancer patients who have progressed on prior platinum-based chemotherapy. Exploratory correlatives will assess changes in the innate and adaptive immune responses after treatment.

      Result

      Phase I enrolled 10 patients (eight NSCLC and two thymic cancers); one patient was not evaluable for DLT and replaced. No DLTs were observed in three patients at the first dose level of 200 mg. Vorolanib was escalated to 300 mg, and elevated ALT (Grade 3) occurred in two of six patients just beyond the DLT period but deemed clinically significant; thus, 200 mg vorolanib with 240 mg nivolumab is being evaluated in expansion cohorts. The most common adverse events were elevated ALT, AST, and lipase, diarrhea, and fatigue; most were Grade 1/2. Grade 4 hyperglycemia and elevated lipase and Grade 3 elevated serum amylase occurred in one patient each. In seven efficacy-evaluable patients (2 immunotherapy naïve NSCLC; 3 NSCLC with prior immunotherapy; 2 thymic cancer), two partial responses were observed (1 PD-1/PD-L1 naive NSCLC and 1 thymic cancer patient); the NSCLC patient was also PD-L1 negative. Three NSCLC patients with prior PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors had tumor regression; two of these had acquired resistance and the other was primary refractory to prior immunotherapy.

      Conclusion

      The combination of 200 mg vorolanib and 240 mg nivolumab was generally well tolerated. Clinical activity was observed in both PD-1/PD-L1 naïve patients and those treated with prior immunotherapy. Final phase I results and available phase II data will be presented.

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    P2.04 - Immuno-oncology (ID 167)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Immuno-oncology
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall
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      P2.04-64 - 222 NSCLC’s Classified by PAM50: Luminal A NSCLC Is a Distinct Subtype with Low TMB and Immune Suppressive TME (ID 1797)

      10:15 - 18:15  |  Presenting Author(s): Hossein Borghaei

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      Background

      Breast Cancer (BC) and NSCLC are heterogeneous diseases with distinct disease subtypes. A 50-gene qPCR assay (PAM50) identifies 5 intrinsic biological subtypes: luminal A, luminal B, HER2-enriched, basal-like, and normal-like breast cancer. NSCLC subtypes are often divided by driver oncogene mutations. We assessed the association of genomic and transcriptomic patterns in molecular NSCLC subtypes using a 50-gene breast cancer classifier.

      Method

      Retrospective analysis on Whole exome (WES) DNA and deep whole transcriptomic sequencing (RNA-Seq) (∼200x106 reads per tumor) data from NantHealth was done. BC intrinsic subtype sorting based on RNAseq assay was used to classify breast tumors into luminal A, luminal B, HER2-enriched, basal-like, or normal-like. Immune Checkpoint therapy (ICT) gene expression was measured for PDL1,CTLA4,LAG3, IDO,TIM3,OX40,FOXP3,TIGIT, and PDL2.

      Result

      A total of 222 NSCLC patients were classifiable using RNAseq. The molecular BC subtype distribution was 38.74% Luminal A, 32.88% Luminal B, 14.41% HER2-enriched, 9.46% basal-like, and 4.50% normal-like. Using a TMB cutoff of 200 Non-synonymous variants (Rizvi et al), there was a significant difference between LumA and LumB (OR 0.39, p=0.0014) for TMB high v low, which is similar in BC, with LumA v LumB (OR 0.46, p=0.014). In the TMB low LumA group there was a 23% EGFR mut+ rate, with 0 EGFR mut+ in the LumA TMB high group. ICT gene expression showed no difference in PDL1 expression between subgroups, but TIM3 was significantly higher in LumA and lower in Basal. ICT co-expression patterns in LumA suggest TME suppression via TIM3, IDO, and OX40 expression. Gender difference did not affect subtype classification distribution.

      Conclusion

      In this retrospective analysis of NSCLC using PAM50 classification we found similar subtype distributions as BC with both LumA BC and LumA NSCLC subtype as a distinct subgroup characterized by low TMB, and LumA NSCLC with high EGFR mutation frequency, and ICT suppressive TME, suggesting potential uses of the 50 gene BC classifier in NSCLC trial design and treatment for checkpoint inhibitor eligible patients.

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    PC05 - Immune Chekpoint Inhibitors in Real World - How Do We Treat NSCLC ''Special Populations'' (ID 87)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Pro-Con Session
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      PC05.04 - ICIs for Elderly Patients with Advanced NSCLC (Now Available) (ID 3577)

      14:30 - 16:00  |  Presenting Author(s): Hossein Borghaei

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      Abstract

      Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors has changed the treatment landscape of many cancers. In the management of patients with non-small cell lung cancer the introduction of immunotherapy as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy has led to significant improvement in survival and response rates in many patients but not all. I will discuss the role of this approach in the treatment of the elderly patient population with non-small cell lung cancer. I will examine the available data related to clinical efficacy and toxicity of these treatments and hope to delineate a potential role for the continued use of checkpoint inhibitors in the elderly patient population.

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