Randomized phase Ⅱ trial of uracil/tegafur and cisplatin versus pemetrexed and cisplatin with concurrent thoracic radiotherapy for locally advanced unresectable stage Ⅲ non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer: NJLCG1001.

Authors

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Kana Watanabe

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan

Kana Watanabe , Yukihiro Toi , Atsushi Nakamura , Tatsuro Fukuhara , Ryosuke Chiba , Masachika Akiyama , Jun Sakakibara-Konishi , Hisashi Tanaka , Naruo Yoshimura , Eisaku Miyauchi , Taku Nakagawa , Ryotaro Igusa , Hiroyuki Minemura , Yoshiaki Mori , Keisuke Fujimoto , Haruo Matsushita , Fumiaki Takahashi , Akira Inoue , Shunichi Sugawara , Makoto Maemondo

Organizations

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Japan, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan, Iwate Medical University Division of Plumonaruy Medicine, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Morioka, Japan, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Omagari Kosei Medical Center, Daisen, Japan, Osaki Citizen Hospital, Osaki, Japan, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital, Morioka, Japan, MIyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Department of Information Science, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan, Department of Palliative Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan

Research Funding

Other

Background: It is unknown which regimen is the best in concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) of locally advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Our previous randomized phase Ⅱ study, NJLCG0601, showed that chemoradiotherapy with uracil/tegafur (UFT) and cisplatin achieved promising efficacy with acceptable toxicities. In this trial, this regimen was compared to a regimen with pemetrexed and cisplatin for stage Ⅲ non-squamous NSCLC. Methods: Patients with inoperable stage Ⅲ non-squamous NSCLC were randomized to UFT 400 mg/m2 on days 1–14 and 29–42, and cisplatin 80 mg/m2 on days 8 and 36 (UP), or pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 and cisplatin 75 mg/m2 on days 1, 22, and 43 (PP). Involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT) was administered from day 1 to a total dose of 66 Gy radiotherapy in 33 fractions. Consolidation chemotherapy after CCRT was not planned for this study. The primary endpoint was 2-year overall survival (OS), with expected rates of 55% and a lower limit of 35% (alfa 0.05, beta 0.2). Secondary endpoints were the objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), OS, and toxicity profile. Results: From November 2010 to June 2017, 86 patients were enrolled from 11 institutions. Of the 85 eligible patients, the rate of 2-year OS was 78.6% (95% CI: 62.8–88.3%) in the UP arm and 85.5% (95% CI: 70.5–93.2%) in the PP arm. The ORR was 76.7% in the UP arm and 81.0% in the PP arm. With a median follow-up of 54 months, median PFS and OS were 12.3 and 64.2 months in the UP arm, and 26.2 months and not reached in the PP arm, respectively. Grade 3/4 febrile neutropenia was more frequent in the UP arm than in the PP arm (14.0%, 2.0%, respectively). Grade 3/4 pneumonitis occurred in 7.0% and 4.8% of patients in UP and PP arms, respectively. Conclusions: Both regimens with IFRT achieved the expected 2-year survival rate. PP had more favorable results than UP in terms of OS and PFS. We selected the PP arm for the next step.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Local-Regional/Small Cell/Other Thoracic Cancers

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Local-Regional Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 8527)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.8527

Abstract #

8527

Poster Bd #

283

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