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    MA13 - Going Back to the Roots! (ID 139)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Mini Oral Session
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      MA13.07 - Phase I/II Study of Carboplatin Plus Weekly Nab-Paclitaxel in Aged ≥75 Patients with Squamous-Cell Lung Cancer: TORG1322   (Now Available) (ID 1369)

      14:00 - 15:30  |  Presenting Author(s): Yoshitaka Zenke

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      Background

      Combination chemotherapy of carboplatin (CBDCA) plus weekly nab-paclitaxel (nab-PTX) showed a favorable efficacy for elderly (70 year or older) patients with squamous non-small cell lung cancer (Sq-NSCLC) in a subgroup analysis of the CA031 study. We conducted a phase I/II study of CBDCA plus nab-PTX in chemo-naïve elderly patients with advanced Sq-NSCLC.

      Method

      Patients aged ≥75 years with untreated, measurable lesion, advanced Sq-NSCLC, performance status (PS) 0-1, and adequate organ function were eligible. In a phase I study, doses of carboplatin at an area under the curve (AUC) of 5 or 6 mg/mL min on day 1 (levels 1 and 2, respectively) were administered along with weekly nab-PTX (100 mg/m2) on days 1, 8, and 15 every 4 weeks up to 6 cycles using a modified 3 + 3 design. The primary endpoint for the phase II study was the 6-month progression-free survival (6m PFS) rate and hypothesis required 36 patients to be enrolled with expecting and threshold values for the primary endpoints of 40% and 25% (one-sided alpha = 0.05; beta = 0.2).

      Result

      A total of 46 patients were enrolled in this study. The median age was 78 (range 75-85 years); male (n = 41); PS 0/1, (n = 15/31). Ten patients were enrolled in the phase I part. At dose level 1, 2/7 patients showed dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) of grade 3 diarrhea and febrile neutropenia, and at dose level 2, 1/3 patient showed DLT of grade 3 anorexia. The recommended dose was determined to be level 2. Additional 36 patients were enrolled, and a total of 39 patients were evaluated in the phase II study. The median number of cycles was 4 (range 1-6), and the median follow-up time was 17.5 months (range 5.6-28.9). The 6m PFS rate was 59% (90% CI, 44.8-71.4), and the primary endpoint was met. The median overall survival time was 23.5 months (95% CI, 11.6-35.4), and the median PFS was 6.8 months (95% CI, 5.4-9.1). The response rate was 54% and disease control rate was 92%. Nineteen patients (49%) received post-study treatment and 14 out of 19 patients (74%) received immunotherapy. Common toxicities of grade 3 or 4 were neutropenia (61.5%), anemia (46.2%), thrombocytopenia (17.9%), and febrile neutropenia (15.4%). There was no treatment-related death.

      Conclusion

      Combination chemotherapy of CBDCA plus weekly nab-PTX had a promising efficacy and acceptable toxicities in elderly (aged ≥75) patients with advanced Sq-NSCLC. Clinical trial information: UMIN000011216.

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    OA01 - Advanced Diagnostic Approaches for Intrathoracic Lymph Nodes and Peripheral Lung Tumors (ID 117)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Interventional Diagnostics/Pulmonology
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA01.05 - Cryobiopsy Compared with Forceps Biopsy in Pathological Diagnosis and Biomarker Research in Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Single-Arm Study (Now Available) (ID 1564)

      10:30 - 12:00  |  Author(s): Yoshitaka Zenke

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      Background

      Cryobiopsy is a novel transbronchial biopsy tool that enables the collection of larger samples than forceps biopsy. We evaluated the usefulness of cryobiopsy compared with forceps biopsy in pathological diagnosis and biomarker research in lung cancer.

      Method

      In this prospective single-arm study, 121 patients with or suspected of having lung cancer underwent concurrent transbronchial biopsy using a cryoprobe (ERBECRYO2) and forceps from the same lesion. Sample size and morphological classification were determined for patients whose cryobiopsy and forceps biopsy samples both contained tumor cells (n = 81). Patients diagnosed with non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) with adequate samples from the two procedures (n = 65) were analyzed for programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression score (22C3). Genomic DNA and RNA were extracted from cryobiopsy and forceps biopsy formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples (20 NSCLC patients, 20 sections, 10 µm thick each) for whole-exome sequencing and RNA sequencing.

      Result

      Cryobiopsy samples were significantly larger than forceps biopsy samples (median 11.1 mm2[range: 3.3–135.0] vs. 2.0 mm2[0.7–6.6], p < 0.01). The confirmation rate of morphological classification of cryobiopsy samples was significantly higher than that of forceps biopsy samples (86% vs. 79%, p < 0.01, adenocarcinoma/squamous-cell carcinoma/small-cell carcinoma/other = 35/19/12/4 and 30/15/11/4, respectively). The success rate for evaluating PD-L1 score using cryobiopsy and forceps biopsy samples was 94% and 95%, respectively. A greater proportion of cryobiopsy samples tended to have PD-L1 > 1% than forceps biopsy samples (51% vs. 42%, p = 0.06). Significantly larger amounts of DNA (median 1.60μg vs. 0.58μg, p = 0.02) and RNA (median 0.62μg vs. 0.17μg, p < 0.01) were extracted from cryobiopsy samples than forceps biopsy samples. The success rate for whole-exome sequencing (90% vs. 15%, p < 0.01) and RNA sequencing (75% vs. 10%, p < 0.01) was higher for cryobiopsy samples than forceps biopsy samples. The median tumor-mutation burden in cryobiopsy samples was 84 (range 3–2396).

      Conclusion

      Cryobiopsy provided larger sample sizes compared with forceps biopsy, and were more useful for morphological classification, PD-L1 evaluation and genetic analysis.

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    P1.18 - Treatment of Locoregional Disease - NSCLC (ID 190)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Treatment of Locoregional Disease - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 09:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.18-04 - Neoadjuvant Ceritinib for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with ALK Rearrangement: SAKULA Trial (ID 876)

      09:45 - 18:00  |  Presenting Author(s): Yoshitaka Zenke

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      Background

      Ceritinib is a highly selective ALK inhibitor that has been shown potent antitumor activity against ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We conducted a multicenter single-arm phase II study to assess the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant therapy with ceritinib followed by surgery in patients with ALK-positive resectable locally advanced (LA) NSCLC.

      Method

      Three cycles of ceritinib were administered as induction therapy. The drug was administered orally at the dose 750 mg once daily for 28 days per cycle. The primary endpoint was the major pathological response rate (mpRR). This study required 19 patients, with mpRR of 15% considered non-promising and 45% promising (one-side alpha = 0.025; beta = 0.2). Biomarker analyses using pre- and post-ceritinib through next-generation sequencing (NGS) of plasma and tissue is also planned. (Trial Identifier, UMIN000017906).

      Result

      A total of 395 patients with LA-NSCLC were screened from March 2015 to March 2018 and 15 patients (4%) were identified as ALK-positive. Only 7 patients were enrolled because of slow accrual. The median age of the patients was 50 years and 71% (n=5) were male. All patients had stage IIIA disease and adenocarcinoma. 6 out of 7 patients completed three cycles of neoadjuvant therapy with ceritinib as planned, 71% (n=5) of patients required dose adjustment. One patient was withdrawn from the study because of hepatitis. The objective clinical response rate was 100%. Surgical resection was performed in 6 patients, and complete (R0) resection was achieved in 5 patients. Among the 7 evaluable patients, the mpRR was 57% (95% CI, 18 to 90); 4 patients achieved mpR and 2 patients achieved pathologic complete response. With a median follow-up of 10 (range 8-33) months, 1 patient died of disease progression and 6 patients remain alive, including 4 patients who are recurrence-free. The most common toxicities were gastrointestinal toxicities.

      Conclusion

      Our results showed that neoadjuvant ceritinib is safe and effective, with a high rate of pathologic response, in patients with ALK-positive resectable LA-NSCLC, although the limitation of the data interpretation due to small sample size.

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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
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall
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      P2.04-72 - Clinical Feature and Management of Acquired Resistance to PD-1 Inhibitor in Advanced NSCLC (ID 1343)

      10:15 - 18:15  |  Author(s): Yoshitaka Zenke

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      Background

      Programmed cell death-1(PD-1) inhibitors have emerged as a standard treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the patterns of disease progression (PD) after an initial response (acquired resistance) to a PD-1 inhibitor and the efficacy of continuous PD-1 inhibitor therapy beyond PD remain unclear.

      Method

      We retrospectively reviewed medical charts of advanced NSCLC patients treated with nivolumab or pembrolizumab as any line treatment at National Cancer Center Hospital East between January 2016 and October 2017. Acquired resistance was defined as disease progression after 6 months or more of treatment with a PD-1 inhibitor. Isolated disease progression was defined as progression in 1 site or organ, whereas systemic progression involved >1 site or organ. The clinical feature, PD pattern of acquired resistance, subsequent treatment and survival after acquired resistance were investigated.

      Result

      Fifty-nine patients were treated with a PD-1 inhibitor for 6 months or more, of whom 27 patients (46%) had acquired resistance. Only 1 patient received a PD-1 inhibitor as fist-line treatment. Twelve patients were diagnosed as adenocarcinoma, 4 as squamous-cell carcinoma and 11 as NSCLC-NOS. The response at 6 months of treatment was partial response in 17 patients (63%) and stable disease in 10 patients (37%). The median time to acquired resistance was 12.2 (95%CI 9.3-17.8) months. Progression in the lesion identified at baseline was observed in 16 patients (59%), new lesions appeared in 4 patients (15%) and both of them occurred in 7 patients (26%). Overall, the most frequent progression site was lung (n=14, 52%), followed by thoracic lymph node (n=7, 26%), pleura (n=6, 22%) and brain (n=4, 15%). The median number of progressed lesions was 2 and 67% of patients had progression limited to one (30%) or two (37%) lesions. Ten patients (37%) had isolated disease progression in lung (n=3), brain (n=3), thoracic lymph node (n=2), neck lymph node (n=1) and adrenal (n=1). In 11 patients, PD-1 inhibitor therapy was continued beyond PD with (n=4) or without local radiotherapy (n=7). The median OS after acquired resistance in patients with or without continuous PD-1 inhibitor therapy beyond PD was 9.9 months and 10.7 months, respectively.

      Conclusion

      Our results suggest that the most common pattern of acquired resistance to a PD-1 inhibitor was progression of thoracic lesion identified at baseline. One-third of the patients had isolated disease progression. The efficacy of continuous PD-1 inhibitor therapy beyond PD might be limited.

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