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
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.
Platinum | CPI | p-value | ||
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First-line therapy initiators, n (%) | 1505 (72.0%) | 421 (20.1%) | ||
Age, n (%) | < 65 | 381 (25.3%) | 62 (14.7%) | < 0.001 |
65-74 | 558 (37.1%) | 122 (29.0%) | ||
> = 75 | 566 (37.6%) | 237 (56.3%) | ||
Sex, n (%) | F | 403 (26.8%) | 112 (26.6%) | 1.00 |
ECOG PS prior to treatment, n (%) | 0-1 | 955 (63.5%) | 246 (58.4%) | < 0.001 |
2-4 | 172 (11.4%) | 75 (17.8%) | ||
Missing | 378 (25.1%) | 100 (23.8%) |
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