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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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      MA13.10 - A Phase II Study of Carboplatin and Nab-Paclitaxel for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Interstitial Lung Disease (HOT1302) (Now Available) (ID 990)

      14:00 - 15:30  |  Author(s): Yuka Fujita

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      Background

      Because of the high risk of exacerbation of pre-existing interstitial lung disease (ILD), patients with concomitant advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and ILD have been excluded from most clinical trials of chemotherapy, despite the high prevalence (around 10%) of all NSCLC cases. This study prospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-paclitaxel) in combination with carboplatin in advanced NSCLC patients with pre-existing ILD.

      Method

      Enrolled patients had treatment-naïve, advanced NSCLC with pre-existing ILD. Patients received 100 mg/m2nab-paclitaxel weekly and carboplatin at area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) 6 once every 3 weeks for 4-6 cycles. The primary endpoint was overall response rate (ORR); secondary endpoints included toxicity, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). The interactions between histology [Squamous (Sq) vs. Non-Squamous (Non-Sq)] and treatment outcomes were also investegated.

      Result

      Thirty-six patients were enrolled between April 2014 and September 2017. Sixteen patients (44.4%) had an adenocarcinoma, followed by 15 (41.7%) squamous cell carcinoma, and 5 (13.9%) non-small cell carcinoma. The median number of cycles administered were 4 (range: 1-6). The ORR, the primary endpoint, was 55.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 39.6-70.5%). The median PFS and OS were 5.3 months (95% CI: 3.9-8.2 months) and 15.4 months (95% CI: 9.4-18.7 months), respectively. There was no significant difference between two groups, however, numerically better treatment outcomes were observed in the Sq group: the ORR was 66.7% (95% CI: 41.7–84.8%) in the Sq group compared with 47.6 % (95% CI: 28.3–67.6%) in the Non-Sq group (P =0.254); median PFS was 8.2 months (95% CI: 4.0–10.2 months) in the Sq group vs. 4.1 months (95% CI: 3.3-5.4 months) in the Non-Sq group (HR, 0.60 [95% CI, 0.30–1.20]; p=0.15); median OS was 16.8 months (95% CI: 9.8 months–not reached) in the Sq group vs. 11.9 months (95% CI: 7.3-17.4 months) in the Non-Sq group (HR, 0.56 [95% CI, 0.24–1.28]; p=0.17). Two patients (5.6%) experienced grade ≥2 pneumonitis and one patient (2.8%) died.

      Conclusion

      This is the first prospective phase 2 study of weekly nab-paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin in advanced NSCLC patients with pre-existing ILD. This treatment showed favorable efficacy and was well tolerated.

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    P1.01 - Advanced NSCLC (ID 158)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 09:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.01-08 - Randomized Phase II Trial of CBDCA+nab-PTX vs CDDP+GEM in Patients with Chemo-Naïve Squamous Cell Lung Cancer: NJLCG1302 (Now Available) (ID 971)

      09:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Yuka Fujita

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      Background

      The subset analysis of CA031 trial showed a significant improvement of overall response rate (ORR) for carboplatin (CBDCA) plus weekly nab-PTX versus CBDCA plus PTX in patients (pts) with squamous cell histology (41% vs 24%). We conducted a phase II study comparing CBDCA plus weekly nab-PTX (CnP) to cisplatin plus gemcitabine (CG), one of the standard regimens in pts with squamous cell lung cancer (SCC).

      Method

      Chemo-naïve stage IIIB/IV or postoperative recurrent SCC pts were randomly assigned to receive either cisplatin (80 mg/m2) on day 1 plus gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2) on days 1, 8 every 3 weeks or CBDCA (area under the curve [AUC] 6 mg/ml/min) on day 1 plus nab-PTX (75 mg/m2) on days 1, 8, 15 every 3 weeks. The primary endpoint was ORR. Secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), disease control rate (DCR) and toxicity. Assuming that an ORR of 40% in eligible pts indicates potential usefulness and ORR of 20% is the lower limit of interest, the estimated accrual was 32 pts in each arm. Allowing for dropouts, the accrual goal was determined to be 35 pts in each arm (alpha, 0.05; beta, 0.20).Thisstudy was planned to enroll 70 pts in total.

      Result

      Between June 2013 and October 2018, 71 pts were enrolled and assigned to CG arm (n=35) and CnP arm (n=36). The median follow-up time was 10.8months. At data cutoff (March 31, 2019), ORR was 43% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 27.3-58.5) in CG arm and 47% (95%CI: 31.7-62.7) in CnP arm. DCR was 77% in CG arm and 80% in CnP arm. Median PFS was 4.6 months in CG arm and 4.1months in CnP arm. Median OS was 15.2months in CG arm and 10.2months in CnP arm. Of the grade 3 or higher adverse events, anemia was more common in CnP arm (CG, 17% and CnP, 53%). There was one treatment-related death in CG arm and no treatment-related death in CnP arm.

      Conclusion

      In this study, CBDCA plus weekly nab-PTX was likely to be equivalent to cisplatin plus gemcitabine despite carboplatin-based regimen. CBDCA plus weekly nab-PTX could be a promising regimen for SCC.

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    P1.14 - Targeted Therapy (ID 182)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Targeted Therapy
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 09:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.14-36 - Phase II Trial of Afatinib in Elderly Patients Aged Over 75 Years with EGFR Mutation Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 970)

      09:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Yuka Fujita

      • Abstract

      Background

      Although reports on the use of gefitinib or erlotinib in elderly patients were occasionally found, those on afatinib were rare. According to the analysis of 54 Japanese patients in the LUX-Lung3 study, the dose reduction of afatinib from 40 mg/day was necessary for 76.0% of patients. However, the prolonged administration was possible after a dose reduction to 30 or 20 mg/day, and antitumor effects were maintained with the reduced dose.

      Method

      The efficacy and safety of afatinib at 30 mg/day in PS 0-1 patients who were aged 75 years with EGFR mutation positive chemotherapy-naïve non-small cell lung cancer were studied. The primary endpoint was the response rate (RR), and the planned number of registered cases was set at 35, with a threshold RR of 50%, an expected RR of 75%, α of 0.05, and β of 0.1. The secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), the incidence rate of adverse events (AEs), QOL survey (FACT-L), and trough plasma concentration of afatinib at steady state (PK, collected between the 8th to 15th day after the start of oral administration).

      Result

      The data of 35 patients were collected from May 2015 to August 2017. Patient background was, median age of 79 years (75-92), male/female: 8/27, PS 0/1: 8/27, adenocarcinoma/NSCLC: 30/5, IIIA/IIIB/IV/postoperative recurrence (TNM 7th edition): 2/2/22/9, and exon19del/exon21L858R/exon19del+exon21L858R: 15/19/1. The best overall efficacy was PR/SD/PD/NE: 28/4/1/2, and the RR was 80.0% (95% CI, 63.1-91.6). The median PFS and OS were 16.3 months (95% CI, 11.8-27.0) and not reached, respectively. The main AEs were rash 69%, diarrhea 60%, and paronychia 51%. While the initial afatinib dose was 30 mg, nine (26%) patients continued with 30 mg, 23 (66%) were reduced to 20 mg, and 3 (8%) discontinued due to AEs (2 ILD and 1 stomatitis). Treatment-related death was not observed. There were no significant change of QOL at baseline, after 4, 8, and 12 weeks. PK analyses showed steady state plasma concentration as 22.8 ng/mL which was comparable to reported plasma concentration of 40 mg afatinib in LUX-LUNG3 and 6 (24.3 ng/mL). No obvious PK differences were found according to dose reduction, adverse event, and response.

      Conclusion

      Afatinib at 30 mg/day could be an effective treatment option for elderly patients, over 75 years of age, with good PS. (UMIN 0000177050)

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    P2.14 - Targeted Therapy (ID 183)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Targeted Therapy
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall
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      P2.14-52 - The Results from Plasma EGFR Mutation Analysis in NEJ026 Study (ID 602)

      10:15 - 18:15  |  Author(s): Yuka Fujita

      • Abstract

      Background

      EGFR mutation analysis of plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has been reported to be useful to detect resistant mutations and to predict the efficacy of treatment. In NEJ026 study, we demonstrated the PFS of erlotinib plus bevacizumab (BE) treatment was significantly superior to the erlotinib alone (E) in NSCLC patients harboring EGFR mutation. Evaluation of plasma EGFR mutations included in NEJ026 study as preplanned analysis.

      Method

      At the time points of pretreated (P0), 6 weeks after study treatment started (P1), and confirmed progressive disease (P2), the plasma samples were collected from the patients enrolled to NEJ026 study. The number of enrolled patients were 112 in BE and 114 in E. Plasma ctDNA analysis for detection of the activating EGFR mutation and T790M mutation were performed by modified PNA-LNA PCR clamp method.

      Result

      The total numbers of collected plasma samples in BE and E were 108 (96.4%) and 107 (95.5%) at P0, 95 (84.8%) and 97 (86.6%) at P1, and 42 (37.5%) and 53 (47.3%) at P2, respectively. In eligible patients having EGFR activating mutation detected by cytohistological specimens, detection rate of plasma EGFR mutation at P0 was 68% (147/215). The detection ratio of T790M mutation at P2 were similar in both arms: 8 (19.0%) in BE and 11 (20.8%) in E. By detection pattern of activating EGFR mutation, PFS was evaluated among three groups: type A (P0 (-),P1 (-)), type B (P0 (+), P1(-)), and type C (P0 (+), P1(+)). Type A achieved the best response to both TKI [Type A BE: 18.1 M (n = 32, 95% CI, 11.5 to upper limit not reached(NR)), E: 16.7 M (n = 26, 95% CI, 11.2 to NR )]. Type B also had better PFS to TKI and BE is more favorable effect than E compared to other types [type B BE: 15.5 M (n = 48, 95% CI, 12.4 to 23.3), E: 11.1 M (n = 57, 95% CI, 8.5 to 13.7)]. Type C showed worse response to both treatment [type C BE: 6.0M. (n = 12, 95% CI 2.6 to NR), E: 4.3 M (n = 10, 95% CI, 2.8 to 20.2)]. BE had better PFS in all types.

      Conclusion

      Frequency of T790M in P2 was similar among BE and E. When patients still had detectable activating EGFR mutation in plasma ctDNA after treatment for 6 weeks, you should consider that they might have poor response to both BE and E.