Efficacy and safety of dabrafenib (D) and trametinib (T) in patients (pts) with BRAF V600E–mutated biliary tract cancer (BTC): A cohort of the ROAR basket trial.

Authors

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Zev A. Wainberg

Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Zev A. Wainberg , Ulrik Niels Lassen , Elena Elez , Antoine Italiano , Giuseppe Curigliano , Filippo G. De Braud , Gerald Prager , Richard Greil , Alexander Stein , Angelica Fasolo , Jan H. M. Schellens , Patrick Y. Wen , Aislyn D. Boran , Paul Burgess , Eduard Gasal , Palanichamy Ilankumaran , Vivek Subbiah

Organizations

Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain, Early Phase Trials and Sarcoma Units, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France, Division of Early Drug Development, University of Milano, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IRCCS) di Milano, Milano, Italy, Dipartimento di Oncologia, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy, Department of Medicine I, AKH Wien, Vienna, Austria, Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg Cancer Research Institute, CCS Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Department of Internal Medicine II (Oncology Center), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Center For Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Oncology Precision Medicine, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, Oncology Global Development Unit, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, Global Clinical Precision Medicine, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: BTCs are rare, aggressive malignancies with poor prognoses. Treatment options and outcomes after first-line therapy are not well defined. Median progression-free survival (PFS) in second-line BTC is < 5 mo. Combined BRAF + MEK inhibition is efficacious in BRAF V600–mutated anaplastic thyroid cancer, melanoma, and lung cancer, but less so in BRAF V600E-mutated colorectal cancer. Activating BRAF V600E mutations have been reported in 0% to 20% of BTCs; thus, D (BRAF inhibitor) + T (MEK inhibitor) was evaluated as a treatment for pts with BRAF V600E–mutated BTC in the ROAR basket trial. Methods: In this phase II, open-label trial, pts with BRAF V600E mutations in 9 rare tumor types, including BTC, received D (150 mg BID) + T (2 mg QD) until unacceptable toxicity, disease progression, or death. Eligible pts had advanced or metastatic cancer and had been treated with ≥ 1 prior systemic therapy. The primary endpoint was investigator-assessed overall response rate (ORR). Secondary endpoints included duration of response (DOR), PFS, overall survival (OS), biomarker correlates, and safety. Results: Thirty-three pts with BTC had enrolled at data cutoff (January 3, 2018). BRAF V600E mutations were centrally confirmed in 30 of 33 pts with BTC (91%). Median age was 58 y, and 78% had received ≥ 2 prior lines of systemic therapy. 32 of 33 pts with BTC were evaluable. Investigator-assessed ORR was 41% (13/32; 95% CI, 24%-59%), with 6 of 13 responses ongoing at data cutoff, 7 of 13 pts (54%) had a DOR ≥ 6 mo. Median PFS was 7.2 mo (95% CI, 4.6-10.1 mo), and median OS was 11.3 mo (95% CI, 7.3-17.6 mo). Grade 3/4 adverse events in ≥ 3 pts were increased γ-glutamyltransferase (n = 3 [9%]) and decreased white blood cell count (n = 3 pts [9%]). Biomarker analyses demonstrate a heterogeneous genetic landscape, and suggest a higher baseline expression of MAPK pathway genes in the pts who did not respond to D + T. Conclusions: D + T demonstrated promising efficacy in pts with BTC, with a favorable safety profile. These pts should be considered for BRAF mutation analysis, and D + T should be considered for pts with BRAF V600E-mutated BTC. Clinical trial information: NCT02034110

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Oral Abstract Session B: Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Track

Cancers of the Pancreas, Small Bowel, and Hepatobiliary Tract

Sub Track

Multidisciplinary Treatment

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02034110

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl 4; abstr 187)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.4_suppl.187

Abstract #

187

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