Outcomes for advanced HER2 positive gastroesophageal cancer by anatomical location: Experience from the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

Authors

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Charles Henry Lim

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Charles Henry Lim , Daniel Yokom , Di Maria Jiang , Lucy Xiaolu Ma , Peiran Sun , Hao-Wen Sim , Akina Natori , Bryan Anthony Chan , Stephanie Moignard , Jennifer J. Knox , Eric Xueyu Chen , Geoffrey Liu , Carol Jane Swallow , Gail Elizabeth Darling , Savtaj Singh Brar , Sara Hafezi-Bakhtiari , James Conner , Elena Elimova , Raymond Woo-Jun Jang

Organizations

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/ Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

Other

Background: The landmark ToGA trial established trastuzumab (T) based therapy as the standard of care for advanced HER2+ gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer. However, outcomes for T based therapy for HER2+ esophageal cancer have not been well characterized. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients (pts) with HER2+ gastroesophageal cancer receiving T based therapy at our institution from 2011-2016. Distal esophagus ( < 35 cm) and Siewert type I/II tumours were defined as esophageal (E). Siewert type III and stomach tumours were defined as gastric (G). Trained abstractors collected pt demographics and treatment details. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were calculated from the date of first T treatment. Chi-square tests, t-tests and Cox proportional hazards models were applied where appropriate. Results: We identified 87 pts with advanced HER2+ disease. 62% (n = 54) had de novo metastatic (M1) disease. 57 patients were treated with T based therapy, with median age 57 years (IQR 48-67), 91% baseline performance status 0-1, 19% female, and 7% Asian. 63% (n = 36) had E and 37% (n = 21) had G primary tumours. 67% (n = 38) presented with M1 disease. 33% (n = 19) underwent surgery with curative intent and received T based therapy at recurrence. Baseline characteristics were balanced between the E and G groups. Survival data were available for 51 patients. The E and G groups did not have significant differences in PFS (median 9.5 vs. 9.1 months, HR 0.89 (95% CI 0.44-1.80), p = 0.74) or in OS (median 15.8 vs. 14.2 months, HR 0.88 (95% CI 0.42-1.82), p = 0.73). 63% (n = 36) were treated with subsequent systemic therapy after progression on T, with 23 receiving one line, 9 receiving two lines and 4 receiving three additional lines of treatment. The number of subsequent therapies received was similar between E and G groups. Conclusions: Although patients with distal esophagus tumours were not included in the ToGA trial, our analysis suggests that patients with E and G tumours had similar outcomes. Our contemporary cohort had comparable survival outcomes relative to patients receiving T in the ToGA trial (median PFS = 6.7 months, median OS = 13.8 months).

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Sub Track

Esophageal or Gastric Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl; abstr e16069)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.e16069

Abstract #

e16069

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