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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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      MA13.03 - Retrospective Study of Intrathecal Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients with Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (Now Available) (ID 2086)

      14:00 - 15:30  |  Author(s): Jordi Bruna

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      Background

      Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC) is a devastating cancer-related neurological complication with poor prognosis. In EGFR-mutant (mut) NSCLC patients (pts), osimertinib achieves high penetration into cerebral-spinal fluid (CSF) and promising efficacy. However, for EGFR-mut T790M-negative pts treated with prior 1st- and 2nd-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) and for driver negative NSCLC pts, a combination of intrathecal therapy (IT) and systemic therapy (ST) seems to be an appropriate approach. Our purpose is to explore the clinical outcome of IT combined with ST among NSCLC with LMC depending on EGFR status.

      Method

      NSCLC pts with LMC treated with IT in our institution between 2010 and 2018 were retrospectively studied. After LMC diagnosis, intrathecal methotrexate (scheduled: 12mg twice weekly for 4 weeks, then 12mg weekly for 4 weeks) was given in combination with ST. A Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed for overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS).

      Result

      A total of 39 pts were included. Patient’s clinical characteristics are summarized in table 1. EGFR status was 17 mut (del19: 11pts); 11 wild-type (wt) and 11 unknown (unk). LMC and NSCLC diagnosis were more likely to be synchronous in EGFR wt compared with EGFR mut. The median follow-up from LCM diagnosis was 10.2 months. At the time of this analysis, only 6 pts were alive. Thirty-two pts received ST in combination with IT, 18 (46%) pts chemotherapy (6wt/ 3mut/ 9unk), while 14 (36%) pts an EGFR TKI (1wt/ 13mut). Clinical response (improvement of neurological symptoms and/or KPS) was seen in 11 (65%) EGFR mut pts vs 2 (18%) wt pts (p=0.033). Median OS and PFS for the whole cohort were 23 weeks (95%CI, 8.1 to 37.9) and 10 weeks (95%CI, 7.1 to 12.8) respectively. Median OS was higher for EGFR mut pts compared to wt pts, 38 weeks (95%IC 13.6-62.4) and 19 weeks (95%IC, 4.06-33.9) respectively, however this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.36) probably due to lack of statistical power.

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      Conclusion

      Methotrexate-based IT given concurrently with systemic TKI may confer a higher clinical benefit and a trend toward OS benefit in NSCLC patients with LCM and EGFR activating mutations.

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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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      P1.01-111 - ATEZO-BRAIN, A Single-Arm Phase II Study of Atezolizumab Combined with Chemotherapy in Stage IV NSCLC Patients with Untreated Brain Metastases (ID 733)

      09:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Jordi Bruna

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      Background

      Brain metastases (BM) are a frequent complication in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), have significant impact on quality of life and are associated with poor prognosis. Systemic therapies might be an alternative approach to whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) to avoid cognitive-related adverse events. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) showed intracranial activity in advanced NSCLC patients with BM. However clinical data about efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in combination with chemotherapy in patients with untreated BM are limited and further research in this setting is needed. We hypothesize that addition of ICI to conventional platinum-based chemotherapy may increase intracranial tumor response and provide clinically relevant benefit in terms of PFS, OS and quality of life to the patients with asymptomatic and non-previously treated BM.

      Method

      This is an ongoing multicenter, open-label, single-arm phase 2 study (EUDRACT: 2017-005154-11) to evaluate the efficacy and safety of atezolizumab 1200 mg combined with 4-6 cycles of carboplatin AUC 5 and pemetrexed 500mg/m2 every 3 weeks followed by maintenance with atezolizumab 1200 mg plus pemetrexed 500mg/m2 every 3 weeks in stage IV non-squamous NSCLC patients with untreated synchronous BM. Patients should have multiple and measurable BM, adequate performance status and organic function, do not harbor EGFR or ALK genomic alterations, be treatment naïve and do not have any contraindication to receive immunotherapy. Exclusion criteria consist of active neurological symptoms, dexamethasone dose ≥ 4 mg QD, prior treatment with brain radiotherapy, presence of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, spinal or hemorrhagic metastases in the central nervous system. Primary endpoints are progression-free survival (PFS) at 12 weeks according to RANO-BM and RECIST v1.1 criteria and safety based on CTCAE v4. Both primary endpoints will be assessed in 40 patients in 15 sites using a Bayesian approach. Patients will undergo tumor assessments by body CT scan and brain MRI at baseline every 6 weeks for the first 12 weeks and thereafter tumor assessments will be performed every 9 weeks until disease progression or loss of clinical benefit. Secondary endpoints: intracranial and systemic objective response rate and duration of response. Exploratory endpoints: to assess neurocognitive function and quality of life; to determine time to neurological deterioration and time to need of salvage brain radiotherapy. Enrollment started on August 2018 and currently 12 patients have been included in the study.

      Result

      Clinical trial in progress

      Conclusion

      Clinical trial in progress

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