Evaluating the role of race in outcome of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI): Our institutional experience.

Authors

Bassel Nazha

Bassel Nazha

Emory University Hematology Medical Oncology-Fellowship Program, Atlanta, GA

Bassel Nazha , Zhengjia Chen , Subir Goyal , Anne Engelhart , Jennifer Wilkinson Carlisle , Tyler Beardslee , Harpaul Gill , Levani Odikadze , Yuan Liu , Manoj K. Mishra , Madhusmita Behera , Suresh S. Ramalingam , Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko

Organizations

Emory University Hematology Medical Oncology-Fellowship Program, Atlanta, GA, Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Emory University Department of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Department of Biological Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Research Funding

Other

Background: Race-based differences in ICI efficacy for advanced NSCLC have not been studied due to under-representation of patients of minority background in pivotal trials. We systematically explored real-world differences in outcome in our diverse patient population. Methods: This is a retrospective review of clinical outcome of patients with advanced NSCLC treated with single-agent ICI between 2013 and July 2018 at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. We performed univariate and multivariate analyses for overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) patients according to self-reported race and of OS according to gender and PD-L1 expression levels. Results: We analyzed clinical data from 90 eligible patients: Median age of 68.5 yrs, 51% male, White (W)/Black(B)/Asians(A) made up 62.3%/30.7%/5%; 36.5% had brain metastasis at the time of ICI initiation. The majority (85.9%) had ECOG PS ≤2; ICI was 1st line in 15 (16.9%), 2nd line in 59 (66.3%), 3rd line in 12 (13.5%) and nivolumab was the most commonly used agent (41.1%) followed by atezolizumab (32.2%) and pembrolizumab (26.7%). The median OS for the entire population was not reached (NR) (95%CI: 15.6, NR) while 12-month and 24-month OS rates were 63.8% (52.8%, 72.8%) and 53.1% (40.2%, 64.4%). The median OS, 12-month and 24-month OS rates for W and B respectively, were 23.6 months vs. NR; HR: 1.02 (95%CI: 0.51-2.04), p = 0.9571; 61.8% (47.7%, 73.2%) vs. 59.3% (38.6%, 75.0%) and 46.0% (27.9%, 62.4%) vs. 53.9% (32.8%, 70.9%). The overall response rate was 16.7%; 23.8% vs. 11% for B and W respectively. The median duration of response was comparable at 3.36 months vs. 2.94 months for W and B. The median PFS and 12-month PFS rate for W and B respectively were 5.5 (3.2, 14.8) vs. 3.0 (1.4, 10.7) months, p = 0.1350 and 40.0% (27.1%, 52.5%) vs. 29.6% (14.1%, 47.0%). Conclusions: Real-world analysis of our institutional experience showed no significant racial disparity in advanced NSCLC patients treated with ICI. Larger multi-institutional studies to include other US minority population would make our findings generalizable.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 9042)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.9042

Abstract #

9042

Poster Bd #

365

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