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    OA 01 - The New Aspect of Radiation Therapy (ID 652)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Oral
    • Track: Radiotherapy
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA 01.01 - A Randomized Trial of SABR vs Conventional Radiotherapy for Inoperable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: TROG 09.02 (CHISEL) (ID 8628)

      11:00 - 11:10  |  Author(s): T. Mai

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      Background:
      Although stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) is now well established as a treatment for stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there is limited evidence that it is as or more effective than conventional fully fractionated radiotherapy (CRT). We conducted a randomized trial to determine if SABR results in longer time to local failure than CRT.

      Method:
      This was a multicentre trial of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) and Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group, registration number NCT01014130. Patients were eligible if they had biopsy proven stage I (T1- T2a N0M0) NSCLC based on PET and were medically inoperable or refused surgery. Patients had to be performance status ECOG 0 or 1, and the tumor had to be at least 2 cm or more from the bifurcation of the lobar bronchus. Patients were randomized 2:1 to SABR (54 Gy in 3 fractions, or 48 Gy in 4 fractions, depending on proximity to the chest wall, to the isodose covering the PTV) or to CRT (66 Gy in 33 fractions or 50 Gy in 20 fractions). The primary objective was to compare time to local failure between arms. Assuming that the rate of local failure at 2 years would be 10% in patients randomized to SABR versus 30% in patients randomized to CRT, 100 patients were required. All living patients were followed for a minimum of 2 years. Analysis was based on the intention to treat principle. Funding: In Australia: Grant #1060822 was awarded through Cancer Australia. In New Zealand, The Cancer Society of New Zealand and the Genesis Oncology Trust.

      Result:
      Between 12/09 and 6/15, 101 patients were enrolled. There were 56 males and 45 females with a median age of 74 years (range 55-89), ECOG performance status – 28 were 0, 71 were 1 and 1 was 2. TNM stage was T1N0M0 in 71 and T2aN0M0 in 30. Sixty six patients were randomized to SABR and 35 patients to CRT. Patients randomized to SABR had superior freedom from local failure (HR = 0.29, 95% CI 0.130, 0.662, P=0.002) and longer overall survival (HR = 0.51, 95% CI 0.51, 0.911, P=0.020). Worst toxicities by arm were: CRT grade 3, 2 patients; SABR grade 4, 1 patient and grade 3, 9 patients.

      Conclusion:
      In patients with inoperable stage I NSCLC, compared with CRT, SABR resulted in superior freedom from local failure and was associated with an improvement in overall survival.

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    P2.01 - Advanced NSCLC (ID 618)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Poster Session with Presenters Present
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.01-075a - Incidence of Hippocampal Metastases in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 9941)

      09:00 - 09:00  |  Author(s): T. Mai

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    P2.14 - Radiotherapy (ID 715)

    • Event: WCLC 2017
    • Type: Poster Session with Presenters Present
    • Track: Radiotherapy
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.14-020b - Prognostic factors in unresectable stage III NSCLC treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (ID 10233)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): T. Mai

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      Background:
      Despite recent advances in combined chemoradiotherapy for the management of locally advanced, unresectable, stage III non-small cell lung cancer, the majority of patients treated ultimately relapse from their disease. Identifying prognostic factors that predict outcome may improve patient selection for definitive therapy and provide relevant clinical information for their future care.

      Method:
      This retrospective analysis assessed survival data for a consecutive series of patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer treated with 6 weeks of curative-intent carboplatin (AUC 2) - paclitaxel (45mg/m[2]) plus radiotherapy at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, between January 2009 and December 2015. Kaplan-Meier analysis on an intention-to-treat basis was used to assess survival data, with attention to a number of clinicopathologic subgroups. Cox proportional hazards regression was performed on continuous and discrete patient covariates to identify those with an independent association with survival.

      Result:
      The study included 171 patients, with a median follow-up time of 30.5 months. Median overall survival (mOS) was 27.3 months (95% CI = 22.6 - 33.0) for the entire cohort. An improved mOS was seen in stage IIIA (34.3mo) vs IIIB (13.1mo, p<0.001) patients, and with non-squamous compared to squamous histologic subtype (35.5mo vs 22.7mo, p = 0.022). A longer mOS in females compared to males did not meet statistical significance (27.7mo vs 23.2mo, p = 0.21). Multivariate analysis revealed four factors most strongly and independently associated with poor survival: serum neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio (HR 1.15 for each unit increase, p <0.001), lactate dehydrogenase (HR 1.28 for each 50 U/L increase, p = 0.005), alkaline phosphatase (HR 1.1 for each 20 IU/L increase, p = 0.045), and albumin (inverse relationship, HR 0.76 for each 5 g/L increase, p = 0.047).

      Conclusion:
      This analysis confirms that outcomes for our cohort of stage III non-small cell cancer patients are consistent with international best practice. Our subgroup analyses were also in keeping with recognised clinical factors asociated with improved survival including earlier stage tumours and non-squamous histopathology. A number of pre-treament blood parameters, less well established as prognostic factors, independently influenced survival including the neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio, and lactate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase and albumin levels. Analysis of oncogenic driver mutation status, PD-L1 expression and degree of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in available tumor samples is planned, with the goal of establishing a prognostic model to stratify and direct treatment options in this cohort of potentially curable patients.

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