Randomized Phase III Study of FOLFOX Alone and with Pegilodecakin as Second-line Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (SEQUOIA).

Authors

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J. Randolph Hecht

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

J. Randolph Hecht , Sara Lonardi , Johanna C. Bendell , Hao-Wen Sim , Teresa Macarulla , Charles D. Lopez , Eric Van Cutsem , Andres J. Munoz Martin , Joon Oh Park , Richard Greil , Yong Lin , Sujata Rao , Baek-Yeol Ryoo

Organizations

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA, Medical Oncology Unit 1, Clinical and Experimental Oncology Department, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV–IRCCS, Padua, Italy, Sarah Cannon Research Institute/Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Vall d'Hebrón University Hospital and Vall d'Hebrón Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg Cancer Research Institute-CCCIT, and Cancer Cluster Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Eli Lilly and Company

Background: Effective therapies are limited for advanced metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients (pts) who have progressed after 1st line gemcitabine-based chemotherapy (Gem). FOLFOX has clinical benefit in Gem-refractory PDAC pts. A phase 1 trial demonstrated promising activity with pegilodecakin (PEG; pegylated IL-10) and FOLFOX in Gem-refractory PDAC pts, providing rationale for the phase 3 trial (SEQUOIA; NCT02923921). Methods: SEQUOIA is a randomized phase 3 study of FOLFOX alone or with PEG in Gem-refractory PDAC pts. Pts were randomized 1:1, excluding pts with prior surgery and radiation, and received FOLFOX (dI-Leucovorin [400 mg/m2], oxaliplatin [85 mg/m2] followed by bolus 5-FU [400 mg/m2], and a 46-48 hr infusion of 5-FU [2400 mg/m2]) on day 1 of a 14-day cycle up to 12 cycles. PEG + FOLFOX arm received PEG (0.4 mg/d if ≤80kg and 0.8mg/d if > 80 kg) on Days 1-5 then Days 8-12 + FOLFOX. Pts could continue PEG monotherapy (0.8mg/d if ≤ 80 kg and 1.6 mg/d if > 80 kg) after FOLFOX discontinuation. Primary objective was OS. Secondary objectives included PFS, ORR per RECIST 1.1, and safety. Assuming OS HR of 0.74, the study was powered to 85% at 2-sided α = 0.05 with ~566 pts to detect superiority of PEG + FOLFOX. Results: As of Sept 9, 2019, 567 pts were randomized to PEG + FOLFOX (283) or FOLFOX (284). The majority (94.7%) had 1st line Gem+nab paclitaxel. The mOS was similar between FOLFOX + PEG arm [5.8 months] and FOLFOX arm [6.3 months] with HR = 1.045 (95% CI [0.863, 1.265], p = 0.6565). No statistical difference was observed for PFS, mPFS was 2.1 months in both arms with HR = 0.981, (95% CI [0.808, 1.190], p = 0.8144). ORR was 4.6% on the PEG+FOLFOX arm and 5.6% on the FOLFOX arm. Grade ≥3 adverse events that were 5% higher on the PEG+FOLFOX arm included thrombocytopenia (25.2% vs. 3.6%), anemia (16.2% vs. 4.0%), neutropenia (29.5% vs. 22.7%), and fatigue (17.6% vs. 10.8%). Conclusions: The addition of PEG to FOLFOX did not improve efficacy (OS, PFS, ORR) in advanced PDAC pts who have progressed after 1st line Gem-containing therapy. Safety findings were consistent with previous data observed from PEG + chemotherapy; toxicity was manageable and tolerable. Clinical trial information: NCT02923921

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Oral Abstract Session B: Hepatobiliary Cancer, Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid, Pancreatic Cancer, and Small Bowel Cancer

Track

Hepatobiliary Cancer,Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid,Pancreatic Cancer,Small Bowel Cancer,Other GI Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02923921

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 637)

Abstract #

637

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