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    MA16 - Novel Strategies in Targeted Therapy (ID 407)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Mini Oral Session
    • Track: Chemotherapy/Targeted Therapy/Immunotherapy
    • Presentations: 1
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      MA16.03 - Global RET Registry (GLORY): Activity of RET-Directed Targeted Therapies in RET-Rearranged Lung Cancers (ID 4325)

      14:26 - 14:32  |  Author(s): P. Froesch

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      Background:
      GLORY is a global registry of patients with RET-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In order to complement ongoing prospective studies, the registry’s goal is to provide data on the efficacy of RET-directed targeted therapies administered outside the context of a clinical trial. We previously reported results from our first interim analysis (Gautschi, ASCO 2016). Following additional accrual into the registry, updated results are presented here, with a focus on an expanded efficacy analysis of various RET inhibitors.

      Methods:
      A global, multicenter network of thoracic oncologists identified patients with pathologically-confirmed NSCLC harboring a RET rearrangement. Molecular profiling was performed locally via RT-PCR, FISH, or next-generation sequencing. Anonymized data including clinical, pathologic, and molecular features were collected centrally and analyzed by an independent statistician. Response to RET tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) administered off-protocol was determined by RECIST1.1 (data cutoff date: April 15, 2016). In the subgroup of patients who received RET TKI therapy, the objectives were to determine overall response rate (ORR, primary objective), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS).

      Results:
      165 patients with RET-rearranged NSCLC from 29 centers in Europe, Asia, and the USA were accrued. The median age was 61 years (range 28-89 years). The majority of patients were female (52%), never smokers (63%), with lung adenocarcinomas (98%) and advanced disease (91%). The most frequent metastasic sites were lymph nodes (82%), bone (51%) and lung (32%). KIF5B-RET was the most commonly identified fusion (70%). 53 patients received at least one RET-TKI outside of a clinical protocol, including cabozantinib (21), vandetanib (11), sunitinib (10), sorafenib (2), alectinib (2), lenvatinib (2), nintedanib (2), ponatinib (2) and regorafenib (1). In patients who were evaluable for response (n=50), the ORR was 37% for cabozantinib, 18% for vandetanib, and 22% for sunitinib. Median PFS was 3.6, 2.9, and 2.2 months and median OS was 4.9, 10.2, and 6.8 months for cabozantinib, vandetanib, and sunitinib, respectively. Responses were also observed with nintedanib and lenvatinib. Among patients who received more than one TKI (n=10), 3 partial responses were achieved after prior treatment with a different TKI.

      Conclusion:
      RET inhibitors are active in individual patients with RET-rearranged NSCLC, however, novel therapeutic approaches are warranted with the hope of improving current clinical outcomes. GLORY remains the largest dataset of patients with RET-rearranged NSCLC, and continues to accrue patients.

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    P3.06 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 492)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Poster Presenters Present
    • Track: Trial Design/Statistics
    • Presentations: 1
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      P3.06-010 - Clinical Outcomes of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients with ALK Co-Mutations (EGFR or KRAS) Receiving Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) (ID 4729)

      14:30 - 14:30  |  Author(s): P. Froesch

      • Abstract

      Background:
      Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements with concurrent epidermal growth factor (EGFR) or Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) mutations occur very rarely. Outcomes with TKI in these patients (pts) are poorly understood.

      Methods:
      Outcomes of pts with metastatic NSCLC and double mutations of ALK/EGFR or ALK/KRAS detected by FISH (ALK) and PCR or NGS (EGFR/KRAS) from six oncology centres in Switzerland were retrospectively analysed.

      Results:
      A total of 15 pts with adenocarcinoma were identified, 53% were females and tumor stages were IIIB (6%), IVA (27%) and IVB (67%). Six pts had a co-mutation of ALK/EGFR and nine ALK/KRAS. ALK/EGFR pts were younger (54 vs. 64 years) and less likely to be (ex-) smokers (34% vs. 77%). In total, 12 pts received an ALK-TKI (11x crizotinib, 1x alectinib, 2x ceritinib, 1x lorlatinib). EGFR-TKIs were given to five EGFR/ALK pts (4x afatinib, 2x osimertinib, 3x erlotinib). 33% received > 1 ALK-or EGFR-TKI. TKI were given as first-line (1L) in 40% (4x ALK/KRAS, 2x ALK/EGFR). Pts with ALK/KRAS co-mutation: Seven of eight pts (88%) were primary refractory to ALK-TKI treatment (all crizotinib). One patient has ongoing disease stabilization since 26 months. Three of six pts responded to 1L platinum-based chemotherapy with a median progression free survival (PFS) of 4.25 months (range: 1 month - NR). Pts with ALK/EGFR co-mutation: Two of four pts responded to ALK-TKI: one PR to crizotinib+erlotinib combination, one PR to alectinib and lorlatinib. Median PFS on first ALK-TKI was 3.75 months (range: 1-7months). Three of five pts (60%) achieved one or more responses to EGFR-TKI in different lines of therapy (4x PR: 3x afatinib, 1x osimertinib, CR: 1x osimertinib). Median PFS on first EGFR-TKI was 4.5 months (range: 3-7 months). Two of five pts responded to platinum-based chemotherapy (median PFS: 5.5 months (range: 0.25-10 months)).

      Conclusion:
      De novo concurrent ALK/KRAS alterations are associated with resistance to ALK-TKI treatment in seven out of eight pts, although one patient achieved ongoing disease stabilization for 26 months. Thus, platinum-based chemotherapy should be 1L treatment for these patients. In ALK/EGFR pts outcomes with ALK and EGFR-TKI seem inferior to what would be expected in pts with either alteration. EGFR-TKIs may potentially be more active compared to ALK-TKIs in ALK/EGFR pts. Worse outcomes to ALK-TKI may partly be related to false-positive ALK test results. Further studies are needed to clarify which patients may still benefit from the respective TKI.