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P1.01 - Advanced NSCLC (ID 757)
- Event: WCLC 2017
- Type: Poster Session with Presenters Present
- Track: Advanced NSCLC
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 10/16/2017, 09:30 - 16:00, Exhibit Hall (Hall B + C)
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P1.01-011 - Pattern of Care and Survival of ALK Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Two Australian Referral Centres (ID 8893)
09:30 - 09:30 | Author(s): W.A. Cooper
- Abstract
Background:
ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (ALK+NSCLC) represents a unique sub-group of lung cancer. Multiple effective treatments have been investigated and reported with the optimal strategy to treat advanced disease evolving rapidly with new data. First, second and now third generation single agent ALK inhibitors (ALKi) achieve excellent objective response rates (ORR), superior to chemotherapy; however, drug resistance is inevitable and remains under ongoing evaluation. Further studies are underway incorporating combination treatments, particularly immunotherapy with ALKi. Overall survival data from clinical trials continues to mature, as few non-trial series have been reported. We report our overall survival (OS) experience in treating ALK+NSCLC in a real-world cohort.
Method:
All patients with advanced lung cancer and a diagnosis of ALK+ NSCLC treated until Jan 2017 in two tertiary referral centres in Sydney, Australia were pooled together for analysis. Baseline demographic, symptom, treatment and sequencing, ORR and central nervous system (CNS) ORR, survival, toxicity and cause of death data were collected. Data will be presented on updated survival via Kaplan-Meir plots with 95% confidence intervals and a swimmer plot of treatment sequencing and ORR via RECIST 1.1.
Result:
Between 18/2/2010 and 28/1/2017, 56 ALK-rearranged lung cancer patients were identified. Median age was 63 years, 41% were female; 62% never-smokers, 63% non-Asian and 66% managed on a clinical trial. At first data cut (March 31, 2017), 52% had died. Median OS in the whole cohort was 44.6 months (95%CI: 27.8-61.4mo). Two patients were not fit for active treatment; one did not receive CNS imaging. All current ALKi therapies, chemotherapy, brain directed therapy, treatment to oligo-progressive disease and combination ALKi/immunotherapy were represented. Sixty-one percent of patients received an ALKi first line with an ORR 87%; 85% of the 34 (61%) patients who received second line therapy received an ALKi, ORR 52%. Thirty-percent received at least two lines of ALKi; 44% who received only one line of ALKi remained on and are still responding at data cut-off. Median OS in the 59% of patients with CNS metastases was 44.6mo (95% CI 14.7-74.6 mo).
Conclusion:
Analysis of real world data from two ALK referral centres in Australia reveals an imposing survival, despite many patients being managed before next generation inhibitors were available in the early line setting. While CNS disease is common in ALK patients, with aggressive local therapy and evolving treatments, survival in this cohort was comparable to those without brain metastases.
