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    MA 16 - Mediastinal, Tracheal and Esophageal Tumor: Multimodality Approaches (ID 675)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Mini Oral
    • Track: Thymic Malignancies/Esophageal Cancer/Other Thoracic Malignancies
    • Presentations: 1
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      MA 16.04 - Phase II Trial of S-1 Treatment as Palliative-Intent Chemotherapy for Previously Treated Advanced Thymic Carcinoma (ID 8627)

      16:00 - 16:05  |  Author(s): Y. Fujiwara

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      Background:
      Thymic carcinoma (TC) is a rare cancer with minimal evidence of survival with palliative-intent chemotherapy. Sunitinib and everolimus monotherapies have been proposed as active molecular-targeted approaches based on phase II (Ph II) trials, and S-1, an oral fluoropyrimidine, has been described in the NCCN guideline as an active cytotoxic agent for refractory TC based on a case series. Therefore, we conducted a Ph II trial to study the result of S-1 treatment in patients with refractory TC.

      Method:
      In this Ph II study performed at three cancer centers in Tokyo, we aimed to enroll 26 TC patients previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. The patients received S-1 orally twice daily at a dose of 40–60 mg/m2 for 4 weeks, followed by 2 weeks off until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicities. S-1 was used off-label. The primary end-point was determining the objective response rate, and secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and toxicities.

      Result:
      Twenty-six patients (10 males) were recruited between November 2013 and May 2016. The median age was 63 (27–74) years. Among the 26 patients, 23 had squamous cell carcinoma histology and 10 had an ECOG performance status of 0. Additionally, one patient showed complete response and seven patients showed partial responses, resulting in a 30.8% response rate (95% confidence interval [CI], 16.5–50.0) and a 65.4% disease control rate (95% CI, 46.2–80.6). After a median follow-up of 13.4 months, the median PFS was 4.3 months (95% CI, 2.3–7.6 months) and median OS was 23.4 months (95% CI, 12.8–not reached). Treatment-related adverse events (AEs) of grade ≥3 included neutropenia (12%), skin rash (8%), elevated ALT, decreased WBC count, and fatigue (4%). No treatment-related death was observed. However, treatment was discontinued in three patients (12%) because of AEs.

      Conclusion:
      S-1 for refractory TC confirmed clinical activity with good tolerability. Clinical trial identification: UMIN000010736

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    P2.03 - Chemotherapy/Targeted Therapy (ID 704)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Poster Session with Presenters Present
    • Track: Chemotherapy/Targeted Therapy
    • Presentations: 2
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      P2.03-036 - Comparing the Efficacy/Toxicity of Osimertinib and First Line EGFR-TKI by Individual Patient Analysis (ID 9380)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): Y. Fujiwara

      • Abstract

      Background:
      Osimertinib is a third generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI), which showed its efficacy for T790M resistant mutation in patients with advanced and recurrent non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The efficacy and toxicity of osimertinib comparing to previous EGFR-TKIs are not fully elucidated. Since every patient receiving osimertinib has received previous EGFR-TKI therapy, we compared the efficacy and toxicity of those agents in the same patients.

      Method:
      We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with T790M mutation positive advanced and recurrent NSCLC, who had disease progression after previous EGFR-TKI, the standard first line therapy, and started osimertinib between April 2016 and March 2017 at National Caner Center Hospital. Progression free survival (PFS) of osimertinib, and 1st line EGFR-TKI PFS of the same patients were calculated by Kaplan-Meier method. Objective response rate (ORR) was assessed according to RECIST version 1,1. Adverse events (AEs) were also reviewed to evaluate the difference of safety profiles between osimertinib and previous EGFR-TKIs.

      Result:
      A total of 46 patients with T790M positive NSCLC received osimertinib after the failure of first line EGFR-TKI treatment. At May 2017, the median follow-up time since the start of osimertinib was 7.8months. The median age was 65 (range 36-82), the median number of treatment received before osimertinib was 3 (range 1-9), and the median wash out time of 1st line EGFR-TKI till the start of osimertinib was 14.0 months. The median PFS of osimertinib is not reached. The median PFS of first line EGFR-TKI was 15.2 months. ORR of osimertinib and first line EGFR-TKI was 56.0% and 65.2%, respectively. The most frequent AEs of any grade of osimertinib were rash, dry skin, paronychia, and diarrhea (39.4%, 35.8%, 32.1%, and 30.2%, respectively). Rash, paronychia, and diarrhea over grade 2 was 6.5%, 6.5%, and 0% with osimertinib, compared to 0%, 12.5%, and 4.1% with gefitinib, and 41.7%, 8.3%, and 0% with erlotinib. The incidence of pneumonitis with osimertinib treatment was 10.9% (5 cases) in any grade, and 6.5% (3 cases) in grade 3 to 4, though 2 of them (1 case in grade 1 and 1 in grade 3) had received nivolumab as the prior chemotherapy. Except for pneumonitis, there was no AE leading to permanent discontinuation related to osimertinib.

      Conclusion:
      Osimertinib showed the efficacy and feasibility even in practical use. Adverse effect of osimertinib was generally better tolerated than previous EGFR-TKIs, except for pneumonitis.

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      P2.03-048 - Mixed Response of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring the EGFR T790M Mutation to Osimertinib (ID 9807)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): Y. Fujiwara

      • Abstract

      Background:
      Although patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations respond well to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), most progress after approximately 1 year. At the time of progression, the EGFR T790M mutation is detected in more than half of these tumors. NSCLC harboring the T790M mutation shows a high response rate to osimertinib. However, the heterogeneous nature of NSCLC may limit the efficacy of osimertinib to those lesions with the T790M mutation, and a subset of patients may show a mixed response (MR), whereby some lesions shrink while others progress at the first evaluation. Previous study showed that about 20% of NSCLC patients exhibit MR to systemic therapies including EGFR-TKI. However, little is known about characteristics of MR to osimertinib.

      Method:
      To determine the frequency of a MR, we retrospectively reviewed patients treated with osimertinib for NSCLC harboring the EGFR T790M mutation at the National Cancer Center Hospital.

      Result:
      Between April and December 2016, 45 patients (median age 65 [36‒82] years, 19 [42%] males) who had NSCLC with the T790M mutation received osimertinib. The median numbers of previous chemotherapies and EGFR-TKI therapies received by the patients were 1 and 2, respectively. All measurable tumor lesions showed a response to therapy in 35 (77%) patients and progression in three (7%) patients. A MR was seen in seven (16%) patients. Of these seven patients, the re-biopsy specimens in which T790M was detected were derived from the primary lesion in six and a metastatic lymph node in one patient. Two types of MRs were seen among these seven patients: (1) the tumor including the re-biopsy site responded, while the other lesions progressed (five patients), and (2) the tumor including the re-biopsy site progressed (two patients). The most frequent progressive sites were liver and lung metastasis (four patients, respectively). Three patients continued to receive osimertinib after the MR, one of whom underwent drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE) for progressive liver metastasis and achieved disease control on osimertinib for an additional 4 months after the MR.

      Conclusion:
      A MR to osimertinib was seen in 16% of patients with NSCLC harboring the EGFR T790M mutation. This suggests that resistance mechanism of 1st line EGFR-TKI may differ by the site in same patient. Since benefit of osimertinib is mainly seen in T790M mutation, addition of local therapy may be beneficial for patients who develop a MR to osimertinib.

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    P2.07 - Immunology and Immunotherapy (ID 708)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Poster Session with Presenters Present
    • Track: Immunology and Immunotherapy
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.07-011 - Long Follow up from Phase I Study of Nivolumab and Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (ID 8156)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): Y. Fujiwara

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      Background:
      This phase I study investigated the tolerability, safety and pharmacokinetics of nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy in Japanese patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

      Method:
      Patients who have stage IIIB without indication for definitive radiotherapy, stage IV,or recurrent NSCLC were eligible. nivolumab (10 mg/kg,day 1) and chemotherapy [arm A: cisplatin (80 mg/m[2], day 1) / gemcitabine (1250 mg/m[2], day 1 and 8), arm B: cisplatin (75 mg/m[2], day 1) / pemetrexed (500 mg/m[2], day 1), arm C: carboplatin (AUC 6, day 1) / paclitaxel (200 mg/m[2], day 1) / bevacizumab (15 mg/kg, day 1), arm D: docetaxel (75 mg/m[2], day 1)] were administered every three weeks. Arm A and B were administrated for four cycles and arm C was for four to six cycles as first-line chemotherapy. After that, nivolumab in arm A, nivolumab / pemetrexed in arm B, and nivolumab / bevacizumab in arm C were continued every three weeks as maintenance therapy until disease progression. Arm D were administrated until disease progression as second-line chemotherapy.

      Result:
      Six patients each in four arms, total 24 patients were enrolled. Median follow-up time was 20.4 months. Progression free survival [median (range)] were 6.3 (0.7-42.2+) months in arm A, 11.8 (1.4-47.4+) months in arm B, 40.7 (5.3-43.5+) months in arm C, and 3.2 (1.9-10.9) months in arm D. Three-year progression-free survival rates were 20% in arm A, 16,7% in arm B, 62.5% in arm C, and 0% in arm D.

      Conclusion:
      nivolumab 10 mg/kg showed acceptable toxicity profile and encouraging antitumor activity in combination with chemotherapies in Japanese patients with advanced NSCLC. Especially, arm C showed favorable response rate and long progression free survival in this study.

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