Efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab (pembro) alone or in combination with chemotherapy (chemo) in patients (pts) with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal (G/GEJ) cancer: Long-term follow up from KEYNOTE-059.

Authors

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Zev A. Wainberg

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Zev A. Wainberg , Harry H. Yoon , Daniel V.T. Catenacci , Shadia Ibrahim Jalal , Kei Muro , Marcelo Garrido , Talia Golan , Toshihiko Doi , Ravit Geva , Geoffrey Yuyat Ku , Jonathan Scott Bleeker , Yung-Jue Bang , Hiroki Hara , Hyun Cheol Chung , Jiang Dian Wang , Andrea Hazzard , Sukrut Shah , Charles S. Fuchs

Organizations

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, The Oncology Institute, Sheba Medical Center at Tel-Hashomer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: Interim analysis of a global, phase 2 KEYNOTE-059 study (NCT02335411) reported manageable safety and promising antitumor activity for pembro alone or pembro + chemo in pts with G/GEJ cancer. Here we report long-term efficacy and safety data of all cohorts. Methods: Pts with recurrent or metastatic G/GEJ adenocarcinoma were enrolled in 3 cohorts. Cohort 1 pts (PD-L1?positive or ?negative) received pembro alone after ≥2 prior lines of therapy. Cohort 2 pts (PD-L1?positive or ?negative) received pembro + cisplatin (80 mg/m2 day 1) + 5-fluorouracil (800 mg/m2 days 1-5 Q3W) or capecitabine (in Japan only, 1000 mg/m2 twice daily) as first-line. Cohort 3 pts (PD-L1?positive, combined positive score ≥1% using the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay) received pembro alone as first-line. All pts received pembro 200 mg Q3W for up to 2 years. End points included safety, ORR, DOR, and OS. Results: At data cutoff (Aug 8, 2018), median (range) follow-up was 6 (1-38), 14 (2-40), and 21 (2-36) months for cohorts 1 (n = 259), 2 (n = 25), and 3 (n = 31), respectively. In cohort 1, confirmed ORR (95% CI) was 11.6% (8-16) overall, 15.5% (10-22) in PD-L1?positive, and 6.4% (3-13) in PD-L1?negative tumors. In cohort 2, confirmed ORR was 60.0% (39-79) overall, 73.3% (45-92) in PD-L1?positive, and 37.5% (9-76) in PD-L1?negative tumors. In cohort 3, confirmed ORR was 25.8% (12-45). Median (range) DOR in months was 16.1 (2-35+), 4.6 (3-37+), and not reached (2.1-32.5+) in cohorts 1, 2, and 3, respectively. OS at 1 year/2 years was 24.6%/12.5%, 52%/32%, and 63.6%/40.1% in cohorts 1, 2, and 3, respectively. In cohorts 1, 2, and 3, grade 3-5 treatment-related adverse event (TRAE) incidence was 46 (18%), 20 (80%), and 8 (26%) respectively. TRAEs led to discontinuation in 6 (2%) and 3 (12%) pts in cohorts 1 and 2, respectively, and to death in 2 (1%) pts in cohort 1. No TRAEs led to discontinuation or death in cohort 3. Conclusions: These updated results demonstrate manageable safety, durable clinically meaningful activity of pembro in heavily pretreated pts, and promising efficacy of first-line pembro (alone or + chemo) in pts with advanced G/GEJ cancer. Clinical trial information: NCT02335411

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Sub Track

Esophageal or Gastric Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02335411

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 4009)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.4009

Abstract #

4009

Poster Bd #

114

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