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MA13 - Going Back to the Roots! (ID 139)
- Event: WCLC 2019
- Type: Mini Oral Session
- Track: Advanced NSCLC
- Presentations: 1
- Now Available
- Moderators:Maurice Perol, Kaoru Kubota
- Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 14:00 - 15:30, Vancouver (2003)
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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): Eiki Kikuchi
- Abstract
- Presentation
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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P2.03 - Biology (ID 162)
- Event: WCLC 2019
- Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
- Track: Biology
- Presentations: 2
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall
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P2.03-31 - Chemokine Receptor CXCR7 Reactivates ERK Signaling to Promote Resistance to EGFR Kinase Inhibitors in NSCLC (ID 2817)
10:15 - 18:15 | Author(s): Eiki Kikuchi
- Abstract
Background
Activating EGFR mutations in NSCLC confer sensitivity to reversible EGFR TKIs, including gefitinib and erlotinib. Despite promising initial response, acquired resistance develops mediated by the emergence of the secondary T790M mutation or by focal amplification of MET. An epithelialtomesenchymal transition (EMT) is clinically linked to NSCLCs with acquired EGFR TKI resistance. The exact mechanisms of EGFR TKI resistance with EMT phenotype remain elusive.
Method
We have engineered EGFRmutated NSCLC cell lines with a mesenchymal phenotype by stably depleting ECadherin, overexpressing Snail, or chronically exposing the cells to TGFβ1. The resulting mesenchymal cells are resistant to EGFR TKIs. We employed genomic analyses to identify commonly activated oncogenic drivers that maintain signaling pathways upon EGFR inhibition. We also used EGFRmutated HCC4006 NSCLC cells grown resistant to gefitinib that developed a mesenchymal phenotype (HCC4006GeR). To extend our findings to in vivo, we have utilized matched pre- and post-EGFR TKI treatment samples from NSCLC patient and mouse models of acquired EGFR TKI resistance to test if our approach using these cell lines is instructive.
Result
We discovered that an atypical GPCR, CXC chemokine receptor type 7 (CXCR7), is commonly overexpressed in the cell line models of EGFR TKI resistance with a mesenchymal phenotype. The murine tumors driven by human EGFR exon19 deletion/T790M (TD) with acquired resistance to WZ4002 present mesenchymal phenotype and overexpress CXCR7. 50% of NSCLC patients harboring an EGFR kinase domain mutation who progressed on EGFR inhibitors showed an increase in CXCR7 expression. Using the cell line model of EGFR TKI acquired resistance with a mesenchymal phenotype, we find that CXCR7 activates the MAPK-ERK pathway via b-arrestin. Depletion of CXCR7 abrogates the MAPK pathway and significantly attenuated EGFR TKI resistance in the cells with a mesenchymal phenotype. In the long term, the depletion of CXCR7 resulted in mesenchymal to epithelial transition. Ectopic overexpression of CXCR7 in HCC4006 cells was sufficient in activation of ERK1/2 for the generation of EGFR TKI resistant cells. Furthermore, CXCL12 stimulation resulted in an increase in ERK phosphorylation while EGFR was inhibited in HCC4006Ge-R cells. Similarly, we found we found CXCL12 expression is elevated in patient samples with increased CXCR7 expression.
Conclusion
Taken together, we discovered that the CXCR7-CXCL12 signaling axis is necessary and sufficient for the maintenance of EGFR TKI resistance with mesenchymal phenotype and CXCR7 inhibition could significantly delay and prevent the emergence of acquired EGFR TKI resistance in EGFR mutant NSCLC.
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P2.03-53 - Immunoproteasome as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Cisplatin-Resistant Small and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 365)
10:15 - 18:15 | Author(s): Eiki Kikuchi
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Background
Cisplatin resistance remains a major problem in the treatment of both non-small (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Cisplatin has been reported to cause DNA damages and oxidative stress leading to numerous changes in cell physiology in transcriptional and protein levels. Thus, cisplatin-resistant (CR) cancer cells could alter the proteasome expression to eliminate abnormal proteins induced by cisplatin. Here, we examined the status of proteasomes in CR lung cancer cells and whether proteasomes could be a therapeutic target to overcome cisplatin resistance in lung cancer.
Method
CR variants were established from three NSCLC cell lines (A549, H1299, and H1975) and two SCLC cell lines (SBC3 and SBC5) in our laboratory. The activity of 20S proteasome core enzyme, the expressions of proteasome subunits, and the sensitivity of immunoproteasome inhibitors, Carfilzomib (CFZ) and PR957, were examined in these CR cells.
Result
The CR cells showed higher activity of 20S proteasome core enzyme compared with the parent cell counterparts. Quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot analysis revealed that all of the five CR cells had significantly higher expressions of immunoproteasomes, including PSMB8 and PSMB9, while no remarkable changes were observed in the expressions of standard proteasomes. H1299 and SBC3 cells became more sensitive to CFZ and PR957 when acquiring resistance to cisplatin. CFZ induced cell cycle G2/M arrest and apoptosis in CR variants of H1299 and SBC3.
Conclusion
Immunoproteasome can be a therapeutic target in a portion of cisplatin-resistant both of NSCLC and SCLC.
