Phase II study of pembrolizumab (pembro) plus platinum doublet chemotherapy and radiotherapy as first-line therapy for unresectable, locally advanced stage III NSCLC: KEYNOTE-799.

Authors

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Salma K. Jabbour

Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Salma K. Jabbour , Ki Hyeong Lee , Nicolaj Frost , Dariusz Kowalski , Valeriy Vladimirovich Breder , Theodore Pollock , Noemi Reguart , Baerin Houghton , Xavier Quantin , Steven M. Keller , Hong Liu , Bilal Piperdi , Martin Reck

Organizations

Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea, Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité– Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany, Department of Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland, N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation, Southwestern Regional Medical Center, Inc., Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Tulsa, OK, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Mid North Coast Cancer Institute, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia, Department of Medical Oncology, Montpellier Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, LungenClinic, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA

Background: KEYNOTE-799 (NCT03631784) evaluates pembro plus concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) in pts with unresectable, locally advanced stage III NSCLC. Methods: In this phase 2, nonrandomized, open-label trial, pts with previously untreated, unresectable, pathologically confirmed stage IIIA–C NSCLC with measurable disease (RECIST 1.1) received up to 17 cycles of pembro 200 mg Q3W starting with cycle 1 plus standard thoracic radiotherapy (60 Gy in 30 daily 2-Gy fractions) in cycles 2–3 and investigator’s choice of paclitaxel 200 mg/m2 + carboplatin AUC 6 Q3W for cycle 1, then paclitaxel 45 mg/m2 + carboplatin AUC 2 QW for cycles 2–3 (cohort A), or cisplatin 75 mg/m2 + pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 Q3W (nonsquamous only) in cycles 1–3 (cohort B). Primary endpoints were ORR (CR/PR per RECIST 1.1 by blinded independent central review) and rate of grade ≥3 pneumonitis (per NCI CTCAE v4.0). CIs were estimated using the Clopper-Pearson method. Safety was assessed in all treated patients; efficacy was assessed in pts with ≥15 wks follow-up. Results: As of Jan 3, 2020, 112 and 73 pts have been enrolled in cohorts A and B, respectively; 63 in cohort A and 52 in cohort B continue on treatment. Median (range) follow up was 8.3 (0.7–14.0) mo in cohort A and 5.8 (0.2–13.7) mo in cohort B. ORR (90% CI) was 67.0% (58.9%–74.3%) in cohort A and 56.6% (44.4%–68.2%) in cohort B (Table). Grade ≥3 pneumonitis occurred in 9 pts (8.0%; 90% CI, 4.3%–13.6%) in cohort A and 4 pts (5.5%; 90% CI, 1.9%–12.1%) in cohort B. Treatment-related grade ≥3 AEs occurred in 72 pts (64.3%) in cohort A and 30 pts (41.1%) in cohort B. 4 pts had treatment-related grade 5 pneumonitis (all in cohort A). Enrollment is complete for cohort A and ongoing in cohort B. Conclusions: Pembro plus CCRT shows promising antitumor activity in pts with unresectable, locally advanced stage III NSCLC. Toxicity was as anticipated with pembro plus CCRT. Clinical trial information: NCT03631784

Cohort A*
N=112
Cohort B*
N=53
ORR, % (90% CI)67.0 (58.9–74.3)56.6 (44.4–68.2)
Median (range) duration of response, moNR (1.6+ to 10.5+)NR (1.7+ to 10.5+)
DOR ≥ 6 mo, %91.1100
6-mo PFS rate, %81.485.2
6-mo OS rate, %87.294.8

*Pts with ≥15 wks follow-up.

Kaplan-Meier estimate.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Local-Regional/Small Cell/Other Thoracic Cancers

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Local-Regional Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03631784

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr 9008)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.9008

Abstract #

9008

Poster Bd #

201

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