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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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      P3.01-069 - Phase II Trial of Paclitaxel, Irinotecan, and Bevacizumab for Patients with Untreated NSCLC Overexpressed ERCC1 MRNA; Evaluated by EBUS-GS (ID 1362)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): S. Tomari

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      Background:
      We prospectively evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of non-platinum triplet regimen, which consist of paclitaxel, irinotecan, and bevacizumab for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) expected to be platinum resistant.

      Methods:
      All patients were diagnosed with NSCLC using endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath (EBUS-GS) system. We defined the EBUS-GS as a core biopsy. RNA was immediately isolated from this unfixed biopsy specimens, and quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays were performed to determine the excision repair cross-complementing 1 (ERCC1) mRNA expression. Patients with advanced, untreated NSCLC showing high ERCC1 levels (ΔCt≧6.5) were entered the phase II trial of the non-platinum triplet regimen. Paclitaxel of 180mg/m2 on day 1, irinotecan of 50mg/m2 on day 1 and 8, and bevacizumab of 15mg/kg on day 1 were administered every 4 weeks. Primary end point was the objective response rate (ORR), assuming 30% for a standard therapy and 60% for a target therapy (alpha=0.05 and beta=0.1), and the estimated required total number of patients was 28 by Simon’s Optimal Two-stage Design.

      Results:
      Total 141 untreated patients received EBUS-GS and were evaluated the expression of ERCC1, and 30 patients were entered in this trial. The ORR was 66.7%(95% confidence interval [CI]: 47.2-82.7). Median progression-free survival was 174 days. Grade 4 thrombosis occurred one patient, but other toxicities were mild and controllable. Fifty-three patients were treated with platinum-containing regimens and 22 patients were responded (ORR was 41.5% [95% CI: 28.1-55.9]). Twenty-three of these patients were high ERCC1 levels and 6 patients were responded, and 30 patients were low ERCC1 levels and 16 patients were responded (p=0.0053, by Fisher’s exact test).

      Conclusion:
      The triplet combination of paclitaxel, irinotecan and bevacizumab might be effective for patients with advanced, untreated NSCLC overexpressing ERCC1. ERCC1 mRNA levels extracted from unfixed lung biopsy specimens obtained by EBUS-GS also might be a predictive factor for platinum-containing regimens.

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