Final analysis of phase II trial of regorafenib (REG) in refractory advanced biliary cancers (BC).

Authors

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Dae Won Kim

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL

Dae Won Kim , Hanna Kelly Sanoff , Andrew Stewart Poklepovic , Fatima Tariq , Andrew B. Nixon , Yingmiao Liu , Richard D. Kim

Organizations

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: While gemcitabine plus cisplatin has demonstrated significant antitumor activity as 1st line therapy of BC, there is no effective treatment after failure of gemcitabine-based therapy. REG is an oral multi-kinase inhibitor that targets angiogenesis, oncogenesis and cancer proliferation/metastasis. We evaluated the efficacy of REG in BC. Methods: Patients (pts) with histologically proven BC who progressed on at least one line of systemic therapy received REG 160 mg daily 21 days on 7 days off, in 28 day cycles. The primary endpoint was 6-month (mo) overall survival (OS) and the secondary endpoints were median OS, progression free survival (PFS) and response rates (RR). Pre and post-treatment plasma were collected for cytokine evaluation. Results: A total of 39 pts received at least 1 dose of REG; 32 pts were evaluable for efficacy. Median age was 62 (range: 27-88) years and the primary sites of tumor were intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (68.8%), extrahepatic (18.8%), and gallbladder (12.5%). Pts were considered evaluable for efficacy if patients received more than 1 cycle of REG. For 32 evaluable pts, 6 mo OS was 52% with median PFS of 2.8 mo (95% CI: 1.1-4.5) and median OS of 7.9 mo (95% CI: 0-18.7). Median PFS and OS of the pts (n=20) failed 1 line of therapy were 3.7 mo (95% CI: 3.2-4.1) and 13.8 mo (95% CI: 1.8-25.8), respectively. Median PFS and OS of the pts (n=12) failed 2 lines were 1.8 mo (95% CI: 1.63-1.97) and 4.5 mo (95% CI: 2.6-6.3), respectively. RR was 9.4% (2 PR and 1 unconfirmed PR) and DCR was 62.5%. Total 71.8% of grade 3/4 adverse events (AE) were observed, and the most common AE were fatigue (56.4%) and hypertension (53.8%). Dose modification was required in 49% of the pts. Among the 23 cytokines analyzed, elevated baseline VEGF-A was associated with good prognosis (HR 0.62, p=0.01). Elevated baseline TIMP-1 (HR 1.79, p=0.04) and IL-6 (HR 1.33, p=0.05) were associated with poor prognosis. REG treatment decreased BMP-9, GP130, VEGF-R2 and VEGF-R3 and increased IL-6, PIGF, TIMP-1, VCAM-1 and VEGF-A significantly. Conclusions: The primary endpoint was met in this study. VEGF-A may be further evaluated as a predictive biomarker for REG in BC. Further randomized trials are warranted to confirm the efficacy and the correlative data. Clinical trial information: NCT02115542

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Sub Track

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02115542

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 4083)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.4083

Abstract #

4083

Poster Bd #

188

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