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    P2.11 - Poster Session 2 - NSCLC Novel Therapies (ID 209)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Poster Session
    • Track: Medical Oncology
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.11-020 - Sorafenib in patients with RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (ID 1717)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): K. Takeuchi

      • Abstract

      Background
      RET fusions were recently identified in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and considered to be a druggable target of NSCLC. There are several small molecules which can potentially inhibit RET kinase activity. Among them, sorafenib, sunitinib and vandetanib are clinically available, and sorafenib is the most promising agent which showed potent anti-RET activity (the IC50 against RET is 0.0059-0.047 μM) in preclinical studies. However, it is difficult to evaluate the efficacy of this agent in RET-positive NSCLC in large clinical trials, because RET-positive NSCLC makes up only 1% to 2% of NSCLC cases. Therefore, we conducted a pilot study to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of sorafenib treatment in a small number of patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC.

      Methods
      Eligible patients had advanced or recurrent NSCLC, were more than 20 years old, had undergone treatment with one or more previous chemotherapy regimens, had an ECOG performance status (PS) 0–2, adequate organ function and provided informed consent. The RET fusion gene was confirmed by a split FISH assay. Patients received 400 mg of sorafenib orally twice daily. The treatment was continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

      Results
      From March 2012 to April 2013, three patients were enrolled. The first patient was a 62-year-old female who had stage IV NSCLC and had received three prior chemotherapy regimens (pemetrexed with cisplatin, docetaxel and erlotinib) and two courses of palliative radiation (thorax and whole brain) before being enrolled this study. The second patient was a 38-year-old male who had recurrence after thoracic surgery and had received two prior chemotherapy regimens (pemetrexed with cisplatin and docetaxel) and whole brain radiation before enrolling this study. The third patient was a 75-year-old female who had recurrence after thoracic surgery and had received one prior chemotherapy regimen (Docetaxel). The pathological diagnoses were adenocarcinoma in two patients and NSCLC not otherwise specified in one patient. Their tumors did not demonstrate any EGFR mutations or ALK fusion. The RET partner genes were KIF5B in two patients and unknown in one patient. All three patients were treated with sorafenib at 400 mg orally twice daily. Unfortunately, there was no response. The best responses to sorafenib in the patients were PD, SD and SD. In the third patient, sorafenib treatment was continued for over seven weeks. The most common toxicities were hand-foot syndrome, hypertension and diarrhea. The third patient needed a dose reduction to 400 mg once daily due to grade 3 hand-foot syndrome.

      Conclusion
      Sorafenib seems to have some efficacy for the RET fusion-positive NSCLC, but no dramatic response was observed.

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    P2.18 - Poster Session 2 - Pathology (ID 176)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Poster Session
    • Track: Pathology
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.18-010 - Copy number changes in chromosome 2p are unique events among ALK fusion positive lung adenocarcinomas (ID 1805)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): K. Takeuchi

      • Abstract

      Background
      ALK fusion is a unique gene transversion detected among lung adenocarcinomas. It emerged as a target for cancer therapy, but little is known how this genomic abnormality is created. To unveil the underlying mechanisms leading to gene fusion, we compared the genomic structures of the two groups using SNP-array allelokaryotyping analysis.

      Methods
      35 ALK fusion positive and 95 ALK fusion negative cases were involved in this study. Immunohistochemical staining and multiplex RT-PCR was employed for screening and confirmation. Chromosome 2p were closely examined using SNP-array based allelokaryotyping.

      Results
      Copy number changes of the regions including ALK and EML4 were detected among ALK fusion positive tumors (10/35, 29%) in contrast with ALK fusion negative tumors (0/95, 0%). In other words, the genomic regions unnecessary to constitute each fusion gene variants were deleted in ALK fusion positive tumors. And some of them showed copy number gain of fusion gene. In addition, clustered genomic number changes within 2p were more frequently encountered in ALK fusion positive tumors compared with fusion negative ones.

      Conclusion
      Copy number changes within the genomic region including EML4 and ALK are particular findings in ALK fusion positive tumors. In addition, genomic structure of the short arm of chromosome 2 was more unstable than ALK fusion negative tumors. We speculate that clustered chromosomal rearrangements of the short arm of chromosome 2 contribute to EML4-ALK gene fusion.

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    P3.11 - Poster Session 3 - NSCLC Novel Therapies (ID 211)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Poster Session
    • Track: Medical Oncology
    • Presentations: 2
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      P3.11-010 - Patterns of relapse and prognosis after crizotinib therapy failure in ALK+ Non-small cell lung cancer (ID 983)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): K. Takeuchi

      • Abstract

      Background
      Although crizotinib which is a first-in-class oral ALK inhibitor shows dramatic response and prolonged PFS in patients with ALK(+) NSCLC, most of the patients relapsed within one year. However, patterns of relapse, prognosis, and outcome of further therapy after crizotinib failure have not been well examined.

      Methods
      We identified patients at our hospital with ALK(+) NSCLC who received and failed in crizotinib therapy.

      Results
      There were 20 patients (11 females and 9 males, with a median age 48 years). ALK fusion gene was confirmed by IHC and/or FISH (17 patients IHC+/FISH+, 3 patients FISH+). The median treatment duration of crizotonib was 4.5 months (range, 1.1-18.6 months) and the median overall survival (OS) after discontinued on crizotinib was 4.8 months; 13 patients died. At the time when crizotinib was discontinued, 2 patients (10%) had progressive disease (PD) at the primary site of disease (local recurrence), 18 patients (90%) had PD of distant metastasis and one patient had PD at both the primary site and distant metastasis. PD in CNS was observed in 9 patients. Re-biopsies after failure of criztotinib were performed in 3 patients. Two secondary mutation were identified in 2 of 3 pts (L1196M (n = 1) and G1269A (n = 1). Eleven of 20 patients received additional chemotherapy (7 cytotoxic chemotherapies and 4 ALK-inhibitor). Two of 7 patients who received cytotoxic chemotherapy (included docetaxel, S-1, cisplatin+pemetrexed+bevacizumab and carboplatin+pemetrexed) after crizotinib had PR (28.5%).

      Conclusion
      After crizotinib therapy failure, PD most commonly occurred at distant metastasis especially CNS in ALK+ NSCLC patients. Cytotoxic chemotherapy after crizotinib failure provide only minimum responses. A New effective therapeutic strategy after failure of crizotinib is necessary in ALK+ NSCLC patients.

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      P3.11-034 - One-year follow-up of a Phase I/II study of a highly selective ALK inhibitor CH5424802/RO5424802 in ALK-rearranged advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (ID 2591)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): K. Takeuchi

      • Abstract

      Background
      CH5424802 is a novel tyrosine-kinase inhibitor that selectively inhibits ALK as well as secondary ALK mutations including L1196M. The preliminary results of the Phase I/II study (Lancet Oncol. 2013; 14: 590–8) showed that CH5424802 was active in the CNS and achieved a 93.5% objective response rate by RECIST in crizotinib-naïve NSCLC patients with a median follow-up of 7.6 months (range, 3.4–11.3). Here we report the 1-year follow-up results after the last patient enrolled in the Phase II analysis.

      Methods
      Patients with ALK-rearranged advanced NSCLC, who progressed after ≥1 prior chemotherapy regimens and who were naïve to any ALK inhibitors, received CH5424802 300 mg orally twice daily in the Phase II portion of the study. ALK fusion gene expression was confirmed by IHC and FISH or by RT-PCR at central laboratories. Tumor assessment was performed every cycle (21 days) until Cycle 4 and every 2 cycles thereafter with RECIST ver. 1.1.

      Results
      As of April 18, 2013, 46 patients had been treated with CH5424802 in the Phase II portion: median age, 48 years (range, 26–75); male/female, 22/24; ECOG PS 0/1, 20/26; never-smoker, 59%; ≥2 prior chemotherapy regimens, 52%. The objective response rate remains the same as previously reported, 93.5% (95% CI: 82.1% to 98.6%). At 1-year follow-up, a total of 7 patients (15%) had achieved a complete response. The median progression-free survival had not been achieved, and the 1-year progression-free rate (PFR) was 83% (95% CI: 68% to 92%). 34/46 patients were still on study treatment, and the median treatment duration had passed 14.8 months. CH5424802 also shows promising efficacy in the CNS: of 14 patients with baseline brain metastasis, 9 remained in the study without CNS or systemic progression for >12 months, with 6 of them exceeding 16 months. The other 5 patients with baseline CNS metastasis had no CNS progression during CH5424802 treatment. One of these patients discontinued the study due to AE, and the remaining 4 patients had systemic progression. The safety profile remains similar to that previously reported, with no patient requiring dose reduction.

      Conclusion
      CH5424802 demonstrated a high 1-year PFR of 83% and promising CNS activity. CH5424802 could be a novel therapeutic option for the treatment of ALK-rearranged NSCLC.