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    P3.01 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Advanced Diseases – NSCLC (ID 208)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Poster
    • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P3.01-051 - Biomarker Analyses from a Phase II Trial of Nab-Paclitaxel/Carboplatin vs Emcitabine/Carboplatin in Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (ID 2846)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): X. Ben

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      Background:
      The administration of nab-paclitaxel/carboplatin (nab-PC) as first-line therapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was efficacious and resulted in a significantly improved objective overall response rate (ORR) versus solvent-based PC in a phase Ⅲ trial. However, our phase Ⅱ trial (NCT01236716; CTONG1002), which compared the efficacy and safety of first-line nab-PC with gemcitabine/carboplatin (GC) in advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, only showed a marginally improved ORR caused by first-line nab-PC. Meanwhile, the matricellular glycoprotein SPARC (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine) and caveolin-1 are potential biomarkers for advanced NSCLC patients receiving nab-PC. Therefore, we retrospectively aimed to explore their predictive and prognostic value using immunohistochemistry (IHC).

      Methods:
      From November 2010 to June 2013, 127 untreated patients with locally advanced and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive first-line nab-PC (nab-P, 135 mg/m[2], d1, d8, q3w; C, AUC = 5, d1, q3w ) or GC (G, 1,250 mg/m[2], d1, d8, q3w; C, AUC = 5, d1, q3w). There were 110 patients evaluable for ORR (nab-PC, 54; GC, 56), 119 evaluable for survival (nab-PC, 57; GC, 62) respectively. However, there were 72 patients with sufficient tissue for IHC of both SPARC and caveolin-1 proteins. Different cut-off values of IHC scoring systems were used to explore predictive and prognostic role of both biomarkers.

      Results:
      The last follow-up was on January 16, 2015. Considering treatment, when the maximum rank method was used for cut-off values, median progression-free survival (PFS) was 7.5 (95%CI: 2.4~12.6) months in higher SPARC-expression arm and 4.3 (95%CI: 2.2~6.3) months in lower SPARC-expression arm for patients treated with GC, HR=0.43 (95%CI: 0.19~0.94), p = 0.030; Median overall survival (OS) was 20.0 (95%CI: 14.7~25.3) months in lower SPARC-expression arm and 10.1 (95%CI: 6.2~14.0) months in higher SPARC-expression arm for patients treated with nab-PC, HR=2.41 (95%CI: 1.08~5.40), p = 0.027. When average method was used for cut-off values, median OS was 18.2 (95%CI: 9.6~26.8) months in lower SPARC-expression arm and 8.4 (95%CI: 5.1~11.7) months in higher SPARC-expression arm for patients treated with nab-PC, HR=2.46 (95%CI: 1.07~5.65), p = 0.029. Regardless of treatment, when the maximum rank method was used for cut-off values, median OS was 14.5 (95%CI: 6.8~22.1) months in lower SPARC-expression arm and 8.4 (95%CI: 5.3~11.5) months in higher SPARC-expression arm, HR=0.47 (95%CI: 0.27~0.83), p = 0.007. When average method was used for cut-off values, median OS was 14.4 (95%CI: 9.2~19.5) months in lower SPARC-expression arm and 8.4 (95%CI: 5.4~11.4) months in higher SPARC-expression arm, HR=0.48 (95%CI: 0.27~0.87), p = 0.013. ORR was not correlated with expression of SPARC, p>0.05. However, there were no significant differences in ORR, PFS and OS between higher and lower caveolin-1 expression arms, p>0.05.

      Conclusion:
      SPARC expression could be a negative prognostic factor for OS of patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, but was not a predictive factor for ORR and PFS, except for patients treated with GC. However, caveolin-1 expression had neither predictive nor prognostic value.

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