The SEMITEP trial: De-escalating chemotherapy in low-volume metastatic seminoma based on early FDG-PET.

Authors

Yohann Loriot

Yohann Loriot

Gustave Roussy, INSERM U981, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France

Yohann Loriot , Matthieu Texier , Stephane Culine , Aude Flechon , Thierry Nguyen , Gwenaelle Gravis , Lionnel Geoffrois , Christine Chevreau , Marine Gross-Goupil , Philippe Barthelemy , Emmanuelle Bompas , Hakim Mahammedi , Brigitte Laguerre , Sophie Abadie Lacourtoisie , Carole Helissey , Sylvain Ladoire , Christophe Massard , Serena Grimaldi , Karim Fizazi

Organizations

Gustave Roussy, INSERM U981, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif Cedex, France, Hospital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, Departement of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France, Medical Oncology Unit, CHU Minjoz, Besançon, France, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France, IUCT-Oncopôle Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France, Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, Centre René Gauducheau, Nantes, France, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Centre Eugène Marquis, Rennes, France, ICO Paul Papin, Angers, France, Hôpital D'Instruction des Armées, Bégin, France, Department of Medical Oncology, Center GF Leclerc, Dijon, France, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus and University Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, Institut Gustave Roussy, University of Paris Sud, Villejuif, France

Research Funding

Other Foundation
Institut National du Cancer (Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique).

Background: A negative FDG-positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET) predicts the absence of viable seminoma cells after chemotherapy in men with metastatic seminoma. In this study, we assessed whether patients (pts) with low-volume metastatic seminoma can be treated with 2 cycles of etoposide-cisplatin (EP) followed by only one cycle of carboplatin (CARBO) on the basis of a negative interim PET, thereby limiting the burden of toxicity. Methods: In this non-randomised, multiple-center, phase 2 trial (NCT01887340), we enrolled pts with low-volume metastatic seminoma (with good prognosis according to IGCCCG and the Medical Research Council classifications). All pts with baseline PET-positive received EP for two cycles. After completion of first two cycles, pts underwent a second PET to assess response. Patients with a persistent positive PET (based on local review) proceeded directly to two additional EP cycles (for a total of 4); those who achieved a PET-negative received only one cycle of CARBO (AUC=7). The primary outcome was the proportion of pts who were PET-negative on interim PET and received de-escalating chemotherapy. Secondary endpoints include progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Results: Between June 2013 and July 2017, 102 pts were enrolled in the study. Three pts were deemed ineligible or not evaluable and thus 99 patients received treatment. After 2 first EP cycles, PET was available in 94 pts. Interim PET was negative in 68 pts (72%) and positive in 26 pts (28%). Overall, 63 pts (67.0%; 95% CI 57.5-76.5) were PET-negative and proceeded to one single cycle of CARBO. Overall, 24 (25.5%, 95% CI 17.1-34.9) patients had a PET positive after 2 EP and received 2 additional cycles of EP. After a median follow-up of 34.4 months, only 8 patients relapsed (2 in EP group and 6 in CARBO group). 2-year PFS rates were respectively 93.7% (95% CI 84.9-97.5) in the CARBO group and 92.9% (95% CI 77.4-98.0) in the EP group. Only one patient died during the 2 first cycles. Conclusions: De-escalating treatment based on a negative PET after 2 cycles of chemotherapy appears to be safe and feasible in the majority of patients with low-volume metastatic seminoma. Clinical trial information: NCT01887340

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Oral Abstract Session B: Urothelial Carcinoma; Penile, Urethral, Testicular, and Adrenal Cancers

Track

Urothelial Carcinoma,Adrenal Cancer,Penile Cancer,Testicular Cancer,Urethral Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT01887340

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 6; abstr 387)

Abstract #

387

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