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    ORAL 22 - Moving Beyond a Smoking Related-Cancer to the Young, Never-smokers and Inherited Disease (ID 117)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Biology, Pathology, and Molecular Testing
    • Presentations: 1
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      ORAL22.01 - Increasing Incidence of Never Smokers in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients (ID 707)

      10:45 - 10:56  |  Author(s): L. Pelosof

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      Background:
      It is estimated that 10-15% of lung cancer cases occur in never smokers. The cause of lung cancer in these patients includes many possible environmental factors but the precise cause in a given case is often uncertain. Additionally, there has been significant debate about whether the rate of lung cancer in these never smokers is increasing. Using our institutions’ cancer registry data, our objective was to determine if the proportion of never smokers with lung cancer is increasing.

      Methods:
      We conducted a retrospective study using lung cancer registry data from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and Vanderbilt University in Nashville. These registries were queried between 1990 and 2013 for demographic information including gender, age at diagnosis, diagnosis [non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or small cell lung cancer (SCLC)], and self-reported smoking history. A total of 10,568 NSCLC cases and 1504 SCLC cases were analyzed. Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the incidence of never smokers with lung cancer.

      Results:
      The percentage of never smokers increased among NSCLC pts between 1990 and 2013 [Table 1]. Univariate logistic regression demonstrated an increasing proportion of never smokers among NSCLC cases (p < 0.0001 for year) and multivariate logistic regression also demonstrates this increase (p < 0.0001 for year) after controlling for age and gender. Never smokers with NSCLC were more likely to be female (65.3%, p < 0.0001) than males. The increase in the percentage of NSCLC never smokers was seen at both university hospitals and the Dallas county hospital. In contrast, the percentage of never smokers among SCLC cases did not significantly increase during this time period. Table 1: Percentage of never smokers Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      This multi-institution study demonstrates an increasing proportion of never smokers with NSCLC between 1990 and 2013 in a large, geographically and demographically diverse population. Because the biology and, thus, often the treatment options of lung cancer in never smokers differs from that of smokers, further investigation is warranted as to the etiology of the increasing incidence of never-smoker lung cancer.

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    P1.01 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Advanced Diseases – NSCLC (ID 206)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Poster
    • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P1.01-068 - Randomized Trial of Maintenance Chemotherapy Versus SBRT plus Maintenance Chemotherapy for Advanced NSCLC - Feasibility and Early Outcomes (ID 932)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): L. Pelosof

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      Background:
      Following first-line chemotherapy, maintenance therapy regimens have shown modest yet statistically significant benefits in progression free survival (PFS). To date, there have been no completed, prospective randomized trials examining the role of locally aggressive therapy in limited metastastic, advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We hypothesized that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) prior to maintenance chemotherapy would further improve PFS. This trial also serves to provide prospective survival data for a population with limited metastatic NSCLC.

      Methods:
      This is a two-arm randomized phase II trial. Eligible patients have stable disease or partial response with limited metastatic disease (defined by six or fewer sites amenable to SBRT) after treatment with up to 6 cycles of first line platinum doublet chemotherapy. Patients are then randomized to investigator’s choice maintenance chemotherapy alone or SBRT to all amenable sites followed by maintenance chemotherapy. The primary endpoint of the study is PFS, with 36 patients required to demonstrate an increase from 4 months in the control arm to 10 months in the experimental arm, with 80% statistical power and a 2-sided significance level of 0.10.

      Results:
      Since May 2014, 11 patients have been enrolled (5 to SBRT + maintenance arm; 6 to maintenance arm). The median number of first-line chemotherapy cycles was four, with the most common regimen carboplatin/paclitaxel followed by carboplatin/pemetrexed. The median number of maintenance chemotherapy cycles was six, the most common agent being pemetrexed followed by bevacizumab. The median number of sites treated with SBRT were two, with the lung the most common anatomic location followed by the adrenal gland. Five patients have progressed to date, three in the maintenance chemotherapy arm and two in the SBRT + maintenance chemotherapy arm. Progression in the maintenance alone arm occurred in original sites of disease in two of three patients. There have been no in-field failures in the SBRT arm. There has been one death due to disease progression in the maintenance chemotherapy arm. No patients have suffered a grade 3 or higher adverse event related to protocol therapy.

      Conclusion:
      This study demonstrates the feasibility of enrolling patients with limited metastatic lung cancer to a randomized trial of local therapy following first-line chemotherapy. To date, all patients have tolerated the administration of SBRT to multiple sites in between first-line and maintenance chemotherapy without any grade 3 or higher adverse events. Continued follow-up will be necessary to determine the efficacy of the experimental arm.

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    PRC 03 - Press Conference 3 (ID 198)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Press Conference
    • Track: Other
    • Presentations: 1
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      Abstract – Increasing Incidence of Never Smokers in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients Dr. Lorraine Pelosof, Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (ID 3630)

      10:13 - 10:20  |  Author(s): L. Pelosof

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