Real-world trends in first-line checkpoint inhibitor use (CPI) in advanced urothelial cell carcinoma (aUC).

Authors

Ravi Parikh

Ravi Bharat Parikh

Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

Ravi Bharat Parikh , Matt D. Galsky , Shrujal S. Baxi , Blythe J.S. Adamson , Aaron Benjamin Cohen , Emily Feld , John Paul Christodouleas , Shimon Ben Boursi , Neal J. Meropol , Ronac Mamtani

Organizations

Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, NY, Flatiron Health, New York, NY, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Research Funding

NIH

Background: Standard first-line treatment of aUC is cisplatin-based chemotherapy, with carboplatin-based chemotherapy or CPI reserved for cisplatin-ineligible individuals. However, given their favorable toxicity profile, there may be an indication drift of first-line CPI into cisplatin-eligible patients, despite no approved indication in this population. Methods: Using the Flatiron Health Database, a nationally representative electronic medical record-based dataset, we examined real-world prescribing patterns of first-line systemic therapies among 2090 patients with aUC diagnosed between the first quarter (q) of 2015 and 2018q1. Our analysis of cisplatin-eligible individuals excluded patients with pre-treatment (1) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) ≥ 2, (2) creatinine ≥ 1.5 mg/dL, or (3) diagnostic codes for chronic renal failure, congestive heart failure, hearing loss, or peripheral neuropathy. We used nonparametric tests of trend to describe first-line CPI and chemotherapy use over time. Results: Between 2015 and 2018, the quarterly proportion of patients who received first-line CPI increased from 1.4% to 43%, while the proportion who received platinum-based chemotherapy decreased from 89% to 56% (ptrend< 0.001) Similarly, among cisplatin-eligible patients (n = 1181), the proportion of first-line CPI users increased from 1.0% in 2015q4 to 42% in 2018q1 (ptrend= 0.001), while the proportion of first-line cisplatin users fell from 53% in 2015q4 to 33% in 2018q1 (ptrend= 0.018). First-line CPI initiators were older (median age 76 vs 71) and had worse performance status (PS ≥ 2 17.8% vs 11.4%) relative to platinum initiators (Table). Conclusions: Our analysis suggests a dramatic rise in first-line CPI use, even in patients who may be cisplatin-eligible, for whom first-line CPI is not evidence-based.

PlatinumCPIp-value
First-line therapy initiators, n (%)1505 (72.0%)421 (20.1%)
Age, n (%)< 65381 (25.3%)62 (14.7%)< 0.001
65-74558 (37.1%)122 (29.0%)
> = 75566 (37.6%)237 (56.3%)
Sex, n (%)F403 (26.8%)112 (26.6%)1.00
ECOG PS prior to treatment, n (%)0-1955 (63.5%)246 (58.4%)< 0.001
2-4172 (11.4%)75 (17.8%)
Missing378 (25.1%)100 (23.8%)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Prostate Cancer; Urothelial Carcinoma; Penile, Urethral, Testicular, and Adrenal Cancers

Track

Urothelial Carcinoma,Prostate Cancer,Penile, Urethral, Testicular, and Adrenal Cancers

Sub Track

Urothelial Carcinoma

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl 7S; abstr 392)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.7_suppl.392

Abstract #

392

Poster Bd #

G5

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