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EP1.04 - Immuno-oncology (ID 194)
- Event: WCLC 2019
- Type: E-Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
- Track: Immuno-oncology
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 08:00 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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EP1.04-06 - Analysis of the Relationship Between Ratio N / L and Survival in Patients Treated with Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer (ID 2605)
08:00 - 18:00 | Presenting Author(s): Noemi De Dios Alvarez
- Abstract
Background
The neutrophil-lymphocyte (N / L) ratio is a marker of general immune response in different stress situations, having shown a relationship between the quotient and the evolution of patients treated with immunotherapy (IT), emphasizing the importance of inflammation in these patients.
Method
In order to evaluate this relationship in a context of usual clinical practice, a retrospective review of patients with pulmonary neoplasia who received IT treatment in the first line or successive, between November 2015 and December 2018, excluding those who received treatment within of ±±clinical trial. Data were collected from the clinical history of each patient, with special attention to baseline neutrophil and lymphocyte numbers, objective response to therapy by criteria iRECIST 1.1 after 3 months of treatment and overall survival (OS) defined from the beginning of treatment until death by progression of the disease.
Result
92 patients (29 women and 63 men) were analyzed with a mean age of 64 ±8 years.
15 (16,3%) patients received immunotherapy as first line treatment, 65.2% (60 patients) received it as 2nd line and 18,4% (17 patients) as 3rd or succesive lines. The average number of cycles received was 14 (1-52).
Two stretches of baseline N / L ratios ≤5 (low) and > 5 (high) were defined. Low ratio N / L (≤5) was identified in 62p (67.4%) of the patients treated with IT and high ratio N/L (> 5) in 30p (32,6%).
Of the 62 patients with a low ratio: 41 patients (66.1%) had some type of response or stabilization of their disease, 13 patients (21%) had progression and 8 patients (12.8%) received less than three months of treatment, 6 patients for PS deterioration and the other 2 patients continue with the treatment and are pending reevaluation.
Among the 30 patients patients with high N / L quotient: 7 patients (23.3%) presented response or stabilization of the disease, 23 patients (76,7%) presented progression or treatment was interrupted due to deterioration of the ECOG.
The average survival in the group with a low N / L ratio (≤5) was 213 weeks compared to the group with a high N / L ratio (> 5) 144 weeks (p <0.05).
Conclusion
The N / L ratio has been identified in some studies as an adverse prognostic factor in patients treated with IT. Our data from the usual clinical practice support this theory. If these findings are confirmed in future studies, it could be used as a response biomarker for better patient selection.
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EP1.14 - Targeted Therapy (ID 204)
- Event: WCLC 2019
- Type: E-Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
- Track: Targeted Therapy
- Presentations: 1
- Now Available
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 08:00 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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EP1.14-15 - Real World Clinical Experience of the Galician Lung Cancer Group: Afatinib in Patients with EGFR Positive Mutation (Now Available) (ID 1132)
08:00 - 18:00 | Author(s): Noemi De Dios Alvarez
- Abstract
Background
Treatment with tyrosine kinasa inhibitors has been a revolution for the patients with non-small cell lung cancer and EGFR positive mutation, especially in patients with exon 19 deletions. Afatinib seems one of the best options of treatment.
Method
Retrospective study on patients from differents hospitals in Galicia (Spain) diagnosed of metastasic lung adenocarcinoma with EGFR positive mutation who have received first line treatment with afatinib between July 2015 and September 2018 were included. Main objective was to compare our clinical experience concerning response rate, progression free survival and toxicity with published data.
Result
45 caucasians patients were included in our analysis (33 women, 12 men). Median age was 71.2 years (range 39-91 years) and 29 patients had never smoked. Exon 19 deletion was the most common mutation (41 patients, 91.1%). The objective overall response was 68.9% (95% CI: 82.4-55.3), complete responses were observed in 6 patients (13.3%) and partial responses were found in 25 patients (55.6%). Stable disease was observed in 8 patients (17.8%) and disease progression in 1 patient (2.2%), 5 patients have not been reevaluated (11.1%). Median progression free survival (PFS) was 27 months (95% CI: 14.8-39.1) and overall survival was not reached. Common adverse events grade 3/4 were mucositis and skin toxicity in 11 patients (24.4%) and diarrhea in 6 patients (13.3%), respectively. The dose was reduced in 28 patients (62.2%) and treatment was discontinued in 8 patients (17.8%) owing to adverse events.
Conclusion
Median PFS in our patients is 15 months longer than the information retrieved from differents studies with similar response rates and toxicity. This might be due to a majority of population with exon 19 deletion which, according to published data, seems to benefit more from afatinib than from other EGFR mutations.
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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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P2.04-10 - Biomarkers of Pathological Response on Neo-Adjuvant Chemo-Immunotherapy Treatment for Resectable Stage IIIA NSCLC Patients (ID 1466)
10:15 - 18:15 | Author(s): Noemi De Dios Alvarez
- Abstract
Background
PD1/PDL1 treatments have become the main therapy in advanced stages of NSCLC due to its significant increase in overall survival (OS), but recently, combination with chemotherapy in locally advanced stages is showing promising results. Many studies have described peripheral blood immune cells parameters as biomarkers of response to immunotherapy. In our study, we described the effect of neo-adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy treatment in Complete Blood Count (CBC) and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) phenotype, as well as, the association of these parameters with the degree of pathological response.
Method
Immune cell populations of 46 resectable stage IIIA NSCLC patients treated with neo-adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy from NADIM clinical trial were analysed. Samples were extracted before initiating the neo-adjuvant treatment with nivolumab plus carboplatin and at the third cycle before patients underwent surgery. We classified patients in 3 subgroups of pathological response assessed in the resection specimen: complete response (pCR), major response (<10% viable tumour) and incomplete response (>10% viable tumour, pIR). Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney U statistic test were used to evaluate differences between pre and post treatment and between pathological responses groups respectively.
Result
From 46 patients, 5 patients did not undergo surgery, so they were excluded from the analysis. Absolute numbers of Leucocytes, Eosinophil, Monocytes, Neutrophils, Haemoglobin and Platelets from hemograms were significantly reduced after neo-adjuvant treatment. However, no changes were observed for Lymphocytes, Basophils, LDH levels or the Lung Immune Prognostic Index (LIPI). Additionally, post-treatment Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte (NLR), Myeloid-to-Lymphoid lineage (M:L) and Platelets-to-Lymphocytes (PLR) ratios were decreased. Remarkably, from all the CBC absolute numbers and ratios, only PLR variation showed differences between pCR and pIR.
On the other hand, percentages of PBMCs (T cells, B cells, NK cells and macrophages) did not vary after neo-adjuvant treatment, however activation of CD4 T cells and NK cells as well as PD-1 receptor expression on immune cells were downregulated after neo-adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy. Interestingly, these variations correlate with pCR.
Conclusion
In our study, PLR, PD-1 expression, CD4 T cells and NK cells activation are predictive biomarkers of response to treatment. Thus, a higher decrease on PLR post neo-adjuvant treatment is associated to pCR. Moreover, a decrease of PD-1 expression in CD4, CD8 and NK cells, as well as, a reduction of CD4 T cells and NK cells activation after neo-adjuvant treatment, are associated to pCR.
