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MA07 - ALK-ROS1 in Advanced NSCLC (ID 385)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Mini Oral Session
- Track: Advanced NSCLC
- Presentations: 12
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MA07.01 - Updated Pooled Analysis of CNS Endpoints in Two Phase II Studies of Alectinib in ALK+ NSCLC (ID 5354)
11:00 - 11:06 | Author(s): S. Ignatius Ou, L. Gandhi, A. Shaw, R. Govindan, M.A. Socinski, D..R. Camidge, L. De Petris, D. Kim, A. Chiappori, D. Moro-Sibilot, M. Duruisseaux, L. Crinò, T. De Pas, E. Dansin, A. Tessmer, J.C. Yang, J. Han, W. Bordogna, S. Golding, A. Zeaiter, S.M. Gadgeel
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Background:
Based on two single-arm, multicentre, phase II studies (NP28673 [NCT01801111] and NP28761 [NCT01871805]), the FDA approved the ALK inhibitor alectinib for use in ALK+ NSCLC patients after prior crizotinib. Alectinib was well tolerated in both phase II studies and showed efficacy against both systemic and central nervous system (CNS) disease, the latter being a common progression site in ALK+ NSCLC. This analysis uses pooled data from the latest cut-offs (22 Jan 2016 for NP28761; 1 Feb 2016 for NP28673) to examine the long-term CNS efficacy of alectinib.
Methods:
Both studies enrolled crizotinib-refractory patients ≥18 years with ECOG PS 0–2 and locally advanced or metastatic ALK+ NSCLC (confirmed by FDA-approved test). CNS metastases were permitted if asymptomatic. Patients received 600mg oral alectinib BID. The primary endpoint in both studies was objective response rate (ORR) by independent review committee; secondary CNS endpoints included CNS ORR, CNS duration of response (DoR), and CNS disease control rate (DCR). CNS response and progression were determined by RECIST v1.1. All patients had baseline imaging to assess CNS metastases, with further imaging every 6 or 8 weeks for NP28761 and NP28673, respectively.
Results:
The overall pooled analysis population comprised 225 patients (n=87 from NP28761; n=138 from NP28673); median follow-up for this updated analysis was 18.8 (0.6–29.7) months (>6 months additional follow-up). At baseline, 50 patients had measurable and 86 had non-measurable CNS disease; together, these groups comprised 136 patients, 60% of the overall pooled population. Seventy percent of patients had prior CNS radiotherapy; 58% of these completed radiotherapy >6 months before study entry. Updated CNS data are shown in the Table and are consistent with systemic results.Measurable CNS disease at baseline (n=50) Measurable and non-measurable CNS disease at baseline (n=136) CNS ORR, n (%) [95% CI] 32 (64.0) [49.2–77.1] 60* (44.1) [35.6–52.9] Complete response (CR), n (%) 11 (22.0) 39* (28.7) CNS DCR, n (%) [95% CI] 45 (90.0) [78.2–96.7] 117 (86.0) [79.1–91.4] Median CNS DoR, months [95% CI] Patients with event, n (%) 11.1 [7.6–NE] 18 (56.3) 13.8 [11.0–21.5] 32 (53.3) * N.B. Non-measurable disease response can only be classified as CR, non-CR/non-progressive disease (PD) or PD
Conclusion:
This updated pooled analysis with mature data confirms that alectinib can provide long-term control of CNS metastases in ALK+ NSCLC, with a high CR rate.
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MA07.02 - Updated Efficacy and Safety Data from the Phase 2 NP28761 Study of Alectinib in ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (ID 4918)
11:06 - 11:12 | Author(s): D..R. Camidge, S.M. Gadgeel, S. Ou, L. Gandhi, G.J. Riely, J. Cetnar, H. West, M.A. Socinski, A. Chiappori, T.M. Mekhail, B.H. Chao, H. Borghaei, K.A. Gold, W. Bordogna, B. Balas, J. Noe, S. Golding, A. Zeaiter, A. Shaw
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Background:
Alectinib, a CNS-active and highly selective ALK inhibitor, has efficacy in patients with ALK-positive NSCLC with and without previous crizotinib treatment. Updated efficacy and safety from the alectinib phase 2 North American NP28761 study (NCT01871805) of patients with ALK-positive NSCLC previously treated with crizotinib, with 15 months’ additional follow-up from the primary analysis and 9 months’ additional follow-up from the previous analysis are presented.
Methods:
Patients ≥18 years old with ALK-positive NSCLC (FDA-approved FISH test), disease progression following crizotinib, and ECOG PS ≤2 were enrolled. Patients received oral alectinib (600mg) twice daily until progression, death or withdrawal. Primary endpoint: overall response rate (ORR) by independent review committee (IRC; RECIST v1.1.) Secondary endpoints: investigator-assessed ORR; progression-free survival (PFS); overall survival (OS), CNS ORR (CORR); disease control rate (DCR); safety.
Results:
At the updated cut-off (22 January 2016) an additional 15 months' follow-up from the primary analysis, 87 patients were enrolled. Median follow-up: 17.0 months (range 1.1–28.6). ORR in the response evaluable population (REP; n=67) by IRC: 52.2% (95% CI 39.7–64.6), median duration of response: 14.9 months. Median PFS and OS: 8.0 and 22.7 months, respectively. Table 1 presents other efficacy endpoints. Grade ≥3 AEs were reported in 41% of the safety population (n=87); most common: elevated levels of blood creatine phosphokinase (8%), alanine aminotransferase (6%), aspartate aminotransferase (5%). Two patients withdrew due to AEs; 28% had AEs leading to dose modification/interruption. Mean dose intensity was 92.0%.
*n=20 did not have measurable disease per IRC and were not included in the IRC REP; [†]2 CR;[ ‡]4 CR;[ §]13 CR; [‖]non-measurable disease classified as CR, non-CR/non-PD or PD; NE=not evaluable/estimableIRC REP Responders, n CR, n (%) PR, n (%) SD, n (%) PD, n (%) Missing/NE, n (%) DCR, % (95% CI) n=67[*] 35 0 (0) 35 (52.2) 18 (26.9) 11 (16.4) 3 (4.5) 79.1 (67.4,88.1) Investigator REP Responders, n ORR, % (95% CI) n=87 [46[†]] 52.9 (41.9, 63.7) Measurable baseline CNS lesions (IRC)‖ Responders, n CORR, % (95% CI) Measurable/non-measurable baseline CNS lesions (IRC) Responders CORR,[‖] % (95% CI) n=16 12[‡] 75.0 (47.6, 92.7) n=52 21[§] 40.4 (27.0, 54.9)
Conclusion:
Alectinib demonstrated durable responses, encouraging OS findings, good tolerability and an acceptable safety profile consistent with previous reports in this update of the NP28761 study with extended follow-up.
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MA07.03 - Alectinib (ALC) versus Crizotinib (CRZ) in ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ALK+ NSCLC): Primary Results from Phase III Study (J-ALEX) (ID 5597)
11:12 - 11:18 | Author(s): Y.H. Kim, T. Hida, H. Nokihara, M. Kondo, K. Azuma, T. Seto, Y. Takiguchi, M. Nishio, H. Yoshioka, F. Imamura, K. Hotta, S. Watanabe, K. Goto, K. Nakagawa, T. Mitsudomi, N. Yamamoto, H. Kuriki, R. Asabe, T. Tanaka, T. Tamura
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Background:
ALK inhibitors are the standard treatment for ALK+ NSCLC and the comparison between 2 ALK inhibitors will be valuable in determining therapeutic strategy for ALK+ NSCLC patients (pts). We conducted the randomized open-label Phase III trial designed to prove the superior PFS of ALC to CRZ in ALK-inhibitor naïve ALK+ NSCLC.
Methods:
ALK+ NSCLC pts were randomized 1:1 either to receive ALC (300 mg b.i.d.) or CRZ (250 mg b.i.d.) and stratified by ECOG PS (0/1 vs 2), treatment line (1[st] vs 2[nd]), and clinical stage (IIIB/IV vs recurrence). Primary endpoint was PFS according to the blinded independent review board. Secondary endpoints included overall survival, objective response rate, and safety. Under an assumption of expected hazard ratio (HR) of 0.643, 164 events were required to have 80% power with 2-sided alpha of 0.05. Three interim analyses (IA) for early stopping due to efficacy were planned after 33%, 50%, and 75% of required PFS events occurred.
Results:
207 pts were enrolled at 41 centers in Japan between November 2013 and August 2015. Independent data monitoring committee recommended the release of study data because the superiority in PFS had been demonstrated for ALC based on second IA. The PFS HR of ALC arm to CRZ arm was 0.34 (99.6826% CI: 0.17-0.70, stratified log-rank p<0.0001). Median PFS was not reached (95% CI: 20.3-Not Reached (NR)) in ALC arm while it was 10.2 months (95%CI: 8.2-12.0) in CRZ arm. ALC demonstrated favorable result of PFS in each sub-group for instance, treatment line (1[st] line: HR = 0.30, ALC: NR vs CRZ: 10.2 months, 2[nd] line: HR = 0.39, ALC: 20.3 months vs CRZ: 8.2 months), brain metastases at baseline (yes: HR = 0.08, ALC: NR vs CRZ: 10.2 months, no: HR = 0.39, ALC: 20.3 moths vs CRZ: 10.0 months) and clinical stage (stage IIIb/IV: HR = 0.31 ALC: 20.3 months vs CRZ: 8.3 months, recurrence: HR = 0.49, ALC: NR vs CRZ: 11.6 months). Grade 3-4 AEs (ALC: 26% vs CRZ: 52%), discontinuation of study drug due to AEs (ALC: 9% vs CRZ: 20%) and dose interruptions due to AEs (ALC: 29% vs CRZ: 74%) occurred with lower rate in the ALC arm. There were no treatment-related deaths in either arm.
Conclusion:
ALC demonstrated prolonged PFS compared with CRZ in all sub-groups with a favorable AE profile representing a potential new standard treatment for 1[st] line ALK+ NSCLC pts.
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MA07.04 - Discussant for MA07.01, MA07.02, MA07.03 (ID 6947)
11:18 - 11:30 | Author(s): B. Besse
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MA07.05 - EUCROSS: A European Phase II Trial of Crizotinib in Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Harboring ROS1 Rearrangements - Preliminary Results (ID 4451)
11:30 - 11:36 | Author(s): S. Michels, M. Gardizi, P. Schmalz, M. Thurat, E. Pereira, M. Sebastian, E. Carcereny, J. Corral, L. Paz-Arez, E. Felip, C. Grohé, D. Rodriguez Abreu, A. Insa Molla, H. Bischoff, N. Karachaliou, M. Reck, A.H. Scheel, V. Brandes, F. Rieke, L. Nogova, M. Scheffler, J. Franklin, M. Hellmich, B. Massuti, R. Buettner, R. Rosell, J. Wolf
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Background:
ROS1 rearrangements are present in the tumors of 1-2% of patients with lung adenocarcinoma (LAD). This patient subgroup is characterized by non-smoking history and younger than average age compared to the overall NSCLC population. In a phase I trial the ALK/ROS1/MET inhibitor crizotinib has shown to be highly effective in these patients (NCT00585195). EUCROSS is a prospective phase II trial of the Lung Cancer Group Cologne in collaboration with the Spanish Lung Cancer Group to evaluate crizotinib in ROS1-positive LAD. Here, we present preliminary data on efficacy and safety.
Methods:
Patients with advanced LAD harboring ROS1 rearrangements as confirmed by central FISH were eligible for the trial irrespectively of the number of prior treatment lines. Patients received treatment with crizotinib 250 mg BID - doses were adapted for management of AEs. Trial design: Fleming’s single stage phase II design. Primary endpoint: ORR (95% CI, H~0~: ORR≤20% vs. H~1~: ORR>20%). Secondary endpoints: a.o. PFS, OS and safety. All efficacy endpoints were assessed by investigator’s RECIST v1.1 and will be analyzed by IRB at a later stage. Baseline tumor tissue was analyzed by DNA-sequencing to identify the translocation Partners of ROS1, to validate FISH results and to identify additional biomarkers for prediction of response. Data-cut off for this report was March 2016.
Results:
In total, 34 patients were enrolled in EUCROSS at the time of data cut-off. Twenty-nine patients were eligible for efficacy assessment. Tumor tissue of 20 of these patients was suitable for further sequencing - 18 were sequenced positive for ROS1 fusion. The fusion partners involved were CD74 (N=9;50%), EZR (N=4;22%), SCL34A2 (N=3;17%), TPM3 and SDC4(N=1;6% each). The investigator assessed ORR was 69% (95% CI, 49.1-84.3) in the overall trial population and 83% (95% CI, 67.7-94.2) in the ROS1-positive by sequencing population (N=18;P=0.324 for difference of ORR). Three patients (10.3%;95% CI, 3.6-26.4) exhibited primary progression, two of them were sequenced ROS1-negative. All patients were included in the safety population (N=34). Most common AEs irrespectively of relatedness or grade were visual disorders (N=16;48%), edema (N=14;41%), diarrhea (N=13;38%) and bradycardia (N=11;32%).
Conclusion:
Crizotinib is a highly effective and safe treatment in the subset of ROS1 rearranged NSCLC patients as determined by FISH and DNA-sequencing. Although, the number of patients with tissue available for sequencing was low at the time of data cut-off, sensitivity and specificity support sequencing as the potential new gold-standard for the identification of clinically relevant ROS1 gene-rearrangements.
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MA07.06 - Crizotinib in ROS1 Rearranged or MET Deregulated Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Preliminary Results of the METROS Trial (ID 6003)
11:36 - 11:42 | Author(s): L. Landi, A. Chella, R. Chiari, M. Tiseo, R. Buosi, C. Dazzi, C. Gridelli, F. Barbieri, A. Delmonte, G. Alì, G. Fontanini, L. Crinò, F. Cappuzzo
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Background:
Crizotinib is an orally active inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases effective in NSCLC with ALK rearrangement. Recent data showed that this agent is dramatically effective in patients with ROS1 rearrangement and at least in some patients with MET deregulation, particularly individuals with exon 14 skipping mutations or with high levels of MET amplification.
Methods:
The METROS trial is a multicenter prospective phase II study designed to assess the efficacy and safety and tolerability of Crizotinib in pretreated metastatic NSCLC with MET amplification or MET exon 14 mutation or ROS1 rearrangement. The co-primary end-point was response rate to crizotinib in two cohorts of patients: cohort A) ROS1+: patients with ROS1 rearrangement; B) MET+: patients with MET amplification defined as ratio MET/CEP7 >2.2 on FISH testing or MET exon 14 skipping mutations. Eligible patients were treated with with crizotinib at the standard dose of 250 mg BID p.o.
Results:
At the time of the present analysis, preliminary data on the MET cohort are available. A total of 249 patients were screened and 18 resulted as MET+ (12 amplified and 6 mutated). Among them, 10 patients (9 amplified and 1 mutated) were included onto the study and received at least one dose of crizotinib, 6 patients were not eligibible beacause of not progressing to front line therapy, whereas 2 patients did not received crizotinib due to rapidly progressive disease. Characteristics of enrolled patients were: median age 68 years (range 39-77); male/female 8/2; ECOG PS 0/1/2: 6/3/1. In 8 cases crizotinib was offered as second-line therapy. All but one patients were current or past smokers. According to RECIST criteria, 2 partial responses and 4 stable disease were so far documented, with an overall disease control rate of 60%. Three patients are still on treatment. Therapy was generally well tolerated, with only 1 patient delaying therapy due to adverse events. Enrollment is still ongoing.
Conclusion:
Preliminary analysis of the METROS trial supports the potential efficacy of crizotinib in patients with MET deregulation, with a favorable toxicity profile. Updated results including median progression-free survival and survival were will be presented at the meeting.
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Background:
ROS1 rearrangement is a distinct molecular subset of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We investigated the efficacy and safety of ceritinib in patients with ROS1-rearranged NSCLC.
Methods:
We enrolled 32 patients with advanced NSCLC who tested positive for ROS1 rearrangement by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). ROS1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed in available tumor samples. Ceritinib 750mg was administered once daily and the primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) by central independent radiologic review. The secondary endpoints included disease control rate (DCR), duration of response, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), toxicity and concordance between FISH and IHC. ROS1 fusion partners were identified with the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in available tumor samples.
Results:
Between June 7, 2013, and February 1, 2016, a total of 404 patients underwent ROS1 prescreening, and 32 ROS1+ (by FISH) patients were enrolled. All patients except two (who did not respond to ceritinib) were crizotinib naïve. The median age of all patients was 62 years, and there were 24 females (75%). The majority of patients (84%) were never smokers, and all had adenocarcinoma histology. The median number of previous treatments before study enrollment was 3 (range, 2-7) and 17 (53%) patients had received three or more lines of chemotherapy. At the time of the data cut-off (April 18, 2016), the median follow-up was 7.5 months, and 15 (47%) patients had discontinued treatment. Of the 32 patients enrolled, 28 patients were evaluable for response by independent radiologic review. ORR was 63% (95% CI, 45.7-79.3), with 1 complete response and 19 partial responses. The median duration of response was 10.0 months (range, 0.4+-18.4+). Among 11 tumors that were tested by NGS, we identified 7 ROS1 fusion partners including ROS1-CD74, ROS1-SLC34A2, and ROS1-EZR. The median progression-free survival was 19.3 months (95% CI, 7.2-not reached), with 17 (53%) patients still in follow-up for progression. The median overall survival was not reached at the time of the data cut-off. Of 5 patients with retrospectively confirmed brain metastases, intracranial disease control was reported in 4 patients (80%). Gastrointestinal adverse events (vomiting, nausea, diarrhea) mostly grade 1-2, were the most frequent adverse events (80%); these events were manageable.
Conclusion:
Ceritinib demonstrated potent clinical activity in patients with advanced, ROS1-rearranged NSCLC, who received at least one prior line of platinum-based chemotherapy. ROS1 rearrangement defines a second molecular subgroup of NSCLC for which ceritinib is highly active (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01964157).
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MA07.08 - Discussant for MA07.05, MA07.06, MA07.07 (ID 7081)
11:48 - 12:00 | Author(s): E. Felip
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MA07.09 - Mass Spectrometry Profiling and Imaging Platform for Novel Precision Drug Resistance Biomarkers Discovery in EML4-ALK Lung Adenocarcinoma (ID 6274)
12:00 - 12:06 | Author(s): P.C. Ma, P.S. Cantrell, C. Walsh, S. Wen, S. Komo, X. Wu, H. Yang, E.H. Seeley
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Background:
Drug resistance emergence is a daunting obstacle that limits long-term outcome benefits in precision cancer therapy. Mechanism of the initial emergence of molecular tumor resistance is still not fully understood. Recently, we identified an early precision drug escape mechanism with adaptive tumor cellular reprogramming emerging within days after drug initiation. Here we present a mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) approach to profile the biomolecular changes emerging within residual drug resistant tumor cells under precision ALK inhibitor (ALK-i) treatment.
Methods:
EML4-ALK fusion (ALK+) H3122 lung adenocarcinoma xenograft as well as an ALK+ patient biopsy-derived cell line (Ma-ALK001.S) were adopted for the MSI studies. MSI was carried out on FFPE tissues to compare peptide profiles between control tumors and 7- and 14-day ALK-i treated tumors using a histology guided mass spectrometry approach. Additionally, frozen control and ALK-i treated tumors were subjected to full section MSI to determine the ALK-i drug distribution as well as the changing landscape of lipids and metabolites. In parallel, Ma-ALK001.S cell line was treated with alectinib (ALK-i) in culture with samples collected at 0 hr, 8 hr, 3 days, 7 days, and 14 days. Cells were subjected to both MALDI-MS profiling analysis and Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization (LAESI)-MS analysis. Statistical analyses were performed using MarkerLynx and SCiLS.
Results:
ALK+ H3122 lung adenocarcinoma murine xenograft model in vivo under treatment with/without ALK-i TAE684 was used in MSI studies at treatment day 0, day 7 and day 14, during tumor response. Pairwise and 3-way Wilcoxon rank sum tests were carried out and a Bonferroni correction applied. The greatest number of significant peaks were observed between day 0 and day 14 (677). Pairwise linear discriminant analysis classification algorithm models were generated resulting in over 94% classification accuracy in all comparison. Direct MS/MS fragmentation revealed that ALK-i was detected within the frozen ALK-i dosed tumors in early drug-escape. Several lipids were identified to expression landscape changes emerging under ALK-i. Biomolecular (peptides, lipids, and metabolites) profiling of Ma-ALK001.S cell line using combined MALDI and LAESI MSI analysis was successful, which provided novel insights into the early mechanisms of molecular drug resistance emergence.
Conclusion:
MSI allowed for direct in situ determination of the evolving expression landscape of biomolecules in ALK+ lung cancer under ALK-i precision therapy. These results provide a rationale to advance our MSI profiling studies for biomarkers discovery to gain deeper insights into molecular mechanisms of adaptive precision drug resistance emergence.
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MA07.10 - HDAC Inhibition Overcomes Crizotinib-Resistance by Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition (MET) in EML4-ALK Lung Cancer Cells (ID 4367)
12:06 - 12:12 | Author(s): K. Fukuda, S. Takeuchi, R. Katayama, S. Nanjo, T. Yamada, T. Suzuki, K. Takeuchi, M. Nishio, S. Yano
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Background:
ALK rearrangement, most commonly EML4-ALK, is detected in approximately 3–7% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Crizotinib, an ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), shows dramatic clinical efficacy in ALK-rearranged NSCLC patients. However, almost all patients acquire resistance after only 1 to 2 years. A variety of mechanisms, including ALK-secondary mutations, ALK amplification, and activation of alternative pathway, have been reported to mediate acquired resistance to crizotinib. While epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) was recently reported to be associated with resistance to crizotinib in EML4-ALK lung cancer cells in vitro, the underlying mechanism has not been defined and no optimal therapy to overcome EMT-associated resistance has been identified.
Methods:
We continuously gave crizotinib treatment to SCID mice inoculated with EML4-ALK lung cancer cell line A925L into thoracic cavity and established crizotinib resistant A925LCR cells. After the limiting dilution of A925LCR cells, we obtained several single cell clones. The effects of the HDAC inhibitor quisinostat on the EMT state and the growth of the cells were examined in vitro and in vivo.
Results:
We found that some clones acquired EMT phenotypes, such as spindle shape morphology, expression of EMT-related proteins, and increased cell motility. Interestingly, Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, quisinostat, induced mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) of A925LCR clones in vitro. Quisinostat reduced ZEB1 expression, induced MET, and thus restored sensitivity to crizotinib. Knockdown of ZEB1 expression in the A925LCR clones by si-RNA also induced MET and restored sensitivity to crizotinib, suggesting that quisinostat-induced MET depends on ZEB-1 suppression. MicroRNA profile analysis revealed that the A925LCR clones expressed significantly lower levels of miR-200 family including miR-200c which targets ZEB1, compared with parental A925L cells. Furthermore, quisinostat recovered miR-200c expression and antago-miR-200c abrogated quisinostat-induced MET in the A925LCR clone cells. These results indicate that quisinostat induced MET by up-regulating miR-200c expression which target ZEB1 and thereby re-sensitizing to crizotinib. In a pleural carcinomatosis model with A925LCR clone cells, quisinostat induced MET and caused remarkable tumor regression during the subsequent crizotinib re-challenge. Furthermore, we analyzed tumor tissue obtained at autopsy from an ALK-rearranged NSCLC patient who acquired resistance to crizotinib. We found that EMT was induced in both primary and metastasis lesions after crizotinib treatment, indicating that EMT is associated with crizotinib resistance in clinical therapy.
Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that EMT is possibly occurred in acquired resistance to crizotinib and intermittent use of HDAC inhibitor could be a novel therapeutic strategy for overcoming EMT-associated crizotinib-resistance in EML4-ALK lung cancer.
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MA07.11 - Safety and Efficacy of Lorlatinib (PF-06463922) in Patients with Advanced ALK+ or ROS1+ Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) (ID 5053)
12:12 - 12:18 | Author(s): E. Felip, T.M. Bauer, B. Solomon, B. Besse, L.P. James, J.S. Clancy, K. Klamerus, J. Martini, A. Abbattista, A. Shaw
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Background:
Patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and c-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1) NSCLC often become resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy; central nervous system (CNS) relapse is common. Lorlatinib is a selective brain-penetrant ALK/ROS1 TKI, active against most known resistance mutations.
Methods:
In Ph I of the ongoing Ph I/II study NCT01970865, patients had ALK+ or ROS1+ NSCLC ± brain metastases and were treatment naïve or had disease progression after ≥1 TKIs. Patients received lorlatinib on day –7 and then once or twice daily from day 1. Primary objective was identification of MTD and recommended Ph II dose (RP2D). Other objectives were safety and efficacy by RECIST v1.1 including intracranial activity.
Results:
Of 54 patients treated in Ph I (cutoff Jan 15, 2016), 41 were ALK+, 12 ROS1+, and 1 had mutation status unconfirmed for ALK+ or ROS1+. Patients were heavily pretreated: 27 had received ≥2 prior TKIs and 20 had 1 prior TKI; 39 patients had CNS metastases at baseline. Patients were treated across 10 dose levels (total daily dose of 10–200 mg). Response rates were:
Median duration of response was 10.5 months (95% CI 2.9– not reached [NR]) and 12.4 months (95% CI 6.5–NR) for ALK+ and ALK+/ROS1+ pts, respectively. 26 patients remain on treatment. The most common treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were hypercholesterolemia (69%) and peripheral edema (37%). Hypercholesterolemia was the most common (11%) grade ≥3 TRAE. No patient discontinued due to a TRAE. Analyses of ALK resistance mutations in archival tumor tissue and plasma circulating free DNA collected before lorlatinib treatment are ongoing.N CR PR uCR uPR Overall RR (CR + PR) n (%) ORR in ALK+ and ROS1+ 53 3(6) 22(42) - 1(2) 25(47) ORR in ALK+ with 1 prior TKI 14 1(7) 7(50) - - 8(57) ORR in ALK+ with ≥2 prior TKI 26 2(8) 9(34) - 1(4) 11(42) IC ORR (target + non-target lesions) in ALK+ and ROS+ 39 10(26) 4(10) 1(3) 2(5) 14(36) IC ORR (target lesions) in ALK+ and ROS+ 23 7(30 4(17) - 2(9) 11(47) ORR, objective response rate; IC ORR, intracranial objective response rate; CR, complete response; PR, partial response; RR, response rate; u, unconfirmed
Conclusion:
Lorlatinib was well tolerated and demonstrated durable responses, including intracranial responses, in ALK+ and ROS1+ NSCLC, most of whom had CNS metastases and ≥1 prior TKIs. The RP2D was identified as 100 mg once daily. Ph II is ongoing.
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MA07.12 - Discussant for MA07.09, MA07.10, MA07.11 (ID 7046)
12:18 - 12:30 | Author(s): R.C. Doebele
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OA21 - Palliative and Supportive Care for Lung Cancer Patients (ID 405)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Oral Session
- Track: Palliative Care/Ethics
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:C.A. Silva, H. Watzke
- Coordinates: 12/07/2016, 11:00 - 12:30, Schubert 5
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OA21.04 - Discussant for OA21.01, OA21.02, OA21.03 (ID 6950)
11:30 - 11:45 | Author(s): N. Singh
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P1.03 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 455)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Radiology/Staging/Screening
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 12/05/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
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P1.03-009 - Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Lung Cancer - Associations and Prognostic Role: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study from North India (ID 3758)
14:30 - 14:30 | Author(s): N. Singh
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Background:
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer remains an under-evaluated and under-diagnosed entity. This prospective study aimed to assess VTE incidence, risk factors for its occurrence and its effect on overall survival (OS) in a cohort of lung cancer (LC) patients at diagnosis and during first-line chemotherapy.
Methods:
Over a 1-year period (July 2014-June 2015), 301 patients with histology-proven LC were screened for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) with compression ultrasonography and for pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) with CT pulmonary angiography at diagnosis and after four cycles of chemotherapy. Patient demographics, comorbidities, presenting symptoms of VTE events, treatment details and outcomes were noted. Logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard analyses were done to determine factors associated with VTE occurrence and OS respectively.
Results:
Most patients had advanced disease (51.2% Stage IV; 31.9% stage IIIB). Overall, 16/301 patients (5.3%) had VTE [DVT alone (n=5), PTE alone (n=2) and DVT with PTE (n=9)] with incidence rate of 90 per 1000 person-years. Median duration from LC diagnosis to VTE event was 96.5 days. All DVT episodes were symptomatic. PTE events were symptomatic in 72.7% and massive (attributable hypotension) in 36.4% for which thrombolysis was done. VTE treatment was associated with minor bleeding in 3 patients but no major bleeding occured. Age, COPD [odds ratio (OR) = 5.2], ECOG PS ≥2 (OR=3.1), and number of extrathoracic metastatic sites (OR=1.9) were independent risk factors for VTE on multivariate logistic regression analysis. No association was observed with histology, EGFR mutation status, other comorbidities or baseline biochemical tests. Chemotherapy regimens, number of chemotherapy cycles and radiological responses were similar amongst patients with and without VTE. Median OS was significantly less in VTE patients [161 (95% CI = 79-243) vs. 311 (95% CI = 270-352) days; p=0.007] with death attributable to VTE in 50%. On multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis, VTE [hazard ratio (HR) = 2.1 (95% CI = 1.1-3.8)] was independently associated with poor OS as were smoking [HR = 1.7 (95% CI = 1.1-2.7)], ECOG PS ≥ 2 [HR = 1.6 (95% CI = 1.1-2.3)] and serum albumin [continuous variable HR = 0.6 (95% CI = 0.4-0.8)].
Conclusion:
VTE occurs in approximately 5% of newly diagnosed LC patients, is associated with inherently poor prognostic factors (COPD, ECOG PS≥2, hypoalbuminemia and extent of metastasis) and with worse OS independent of other variables. Since all DVT episodes are symptomatic, compression ultrasonography remains the preferred mode for cost-effective initial evaluation of suspected VTE in developing countries.
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P2.06 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 467)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Scientific Co-Operation/Research Groups (Clinical Trials in Progress should be submitted in this category)
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 12/06/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
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P2.06-030 - Optimum Duration of Vitamin B12/Folate Supplementation in NSCLC Patients on Pemetrexed Based Chemotherapy: The PEMVITASTART Randomized Trial (ID 3903)
14:30 - 14:30 | Author(s): N. Singh
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Background:
Pemetrexed, an anti-folate drug, is the preferred chemotherapeutic agent for non-squamous NSCLC histology. Addition of vitamin B12 and folic acid (folate; 350–1000μg PO daily) supplementation to pemetrexed containing regimens reduces the incidence and severity of myelosuppression without diminishing antitumor efficacy. Folate supplementation and vitamin B12 (1000μg intramuscular every nine weeks) should be started one week before the first cycle of chemotherapy and continued for atleast three weeks beyond the last cycle. However, observational and prospective single arm studies have not shown any increase in toxicity when pemetrexed was started prior to completion of the recommended duration (one week) of supplementation.
Methods:
The current study is an open-label, randomized trial (PEMVITASTART; NCT02679443) to evaluate differences in pemetrexed-related hematological toxicity amongst patients initiated on chemotherapy following 5-7 days of vitamin B12 and folate supplementation (Delayed Arm) compared to those in whom the above supplementation is started simultaneously with (within 24 hours of) chemotherapy initiation (Immediate Arm). Eligible patients are chemo-naïve WITH cytologically/histopathologically proven non-squamous NSCLC AND locally advanced/metastatic (Stage IIIB/IV) disease (OR Stage IIIA not scheduled for upfront surgical resection) AND ECOG PS 0-2. Prior molecular targeted therapy is an exclusion but previous radiation therapy is permitted if completed atleast four weeks before enrollment. Other important exclusion criteria include hemoglobin <9 gm/dL, administration of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) or packed RBC (PRBC) transfusions in the past four months and symptomatic untreated brain metastasis. Randomization is 1:1 into delayed and immediate arms. All enrolled patients will receive pemetrexed in standard dose of 500 mg/m2 in combination with either cisplatin (65 mg/m2) or carboplatin (AUC 5.0mg/mL/min) each drug being given on day 1 of a 3-week cycle. Primary Outcome: Incidence of any grade hematological toxicity (NCI-CTC AE v3.0); Secondary Outcomes: a) Incidence of grade 3/4 hematological toxicity b) Number of granulocyte colony stimulating factors (G-CSFs), ESAs and PRBCs administered c) Relative Dose Intensity (RDI) delivered d) Number of Inter-Cycle Delays (≥ 7 day duration). Other Pre-specified Outcomes: Changes in serum levels of folic acid and homocysteine after third/sixth cycle. Enrolled patients will be followed up till three weeks beyond completion of pemetrexed-platinum doublet chemotherapy (average 18 weeks). Radiological Responses will be assessed by RECIST v1.0. IEC approval has been obtained and patients are enrolled after giving informed consent. The single centre study was opened to accrual in July 2015 and will continue till atleast 128 patients are enrolled. Clinical trial information: NCT02679443
Results:
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Conclusion:
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