Safety and efficacy of pemigatinib plus pembrolizumab combination therapy in patients (pts) with advanced malignancies: Results from FIGHT-101, an open-label phase I/II study.

Authors

Martin Gutierrez

Martin Gutierrez

John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ

Martin Gutierrez , Vivek Subbiah , John J. Nemunaitis , Niharika B. Mettu , Kyriakos P. Papadopoulos , Minal A. Barve , Luis Féliz , Christine Francis Lihou , Chenwei Tian , Tao Ji , Ian M. Silverman , Rashmi Chugh , Mansoor N. Saleh

Organizations

John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics, LLC, San Antonio, TX, Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center, Dallas, TX, Incyte Biosciences International Sàrl, Geneva, DE, Switzerland, Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Incyte Corporation

Background: Pemigatinib (INCB054828) is a selective fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 1–3 inhibitor with demonstrated efficacy as monotherapy in phase 1/2 (FIGHT-101) and phase 2 (FIGHT-201, -202, -203) trials in pts with advanced cancer. Here, we present preliminary safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetic (PK) data for pemigatinib (PEMI) combined with pembrolizumab (PEMBRO), a programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) inhibitor, in pts with refractory advanced malignancies enrolled in the ongoing FIGHT-101 trial (NCT02393248). Methods: FIGHT-101 includes monotherapy (part 1 and 2) and combination therapy (part 3) cohorts. This analysis is based on pts enrolled in the PEMI + PEMBRO combination dose finding (3a) and dose expansion (3b) cohorts. Eligible adults had advanced malignancies who had progressed after prior therapy and for whom PEMBRO treatment was relevant; pts in part 3b had FGF/FGFR alterations. Pts received oral PEMI at 9 mg or 13.5 mg QD on an intermittent dosing (ID) schedule (21-day cycle, 14-day on/7-day off), or 13.5 mg QD on a continuous dosing (CD) schedule, plus PEMBRO 200 mg IV on day 1 of each 21-day cycle. Results: At data cutoff (August 30, 2019), 23 pts had received PEMI + PEMBRO; 22 (96%) had discontinued therapy (disease progression, 70%). Most frequent tumors were NSCLC (n = 3), bladder (n = 3), pancreatic, testicular, and sarcoma (each n = 2). Of 19 enrolled pts with baseline FGF/FGFR data; 5 had FGFR mutations or rearrangements. No dose-limiting toxicities occurred with PEMI + PEMBRO. The recommended PEMI dose combined with PEMBRO was 13.5 mg QD. Most frequent all-cause, all-grade (Gr) adverse events for ID (n = 17) were hyperphosphatemia (n = 14 [82%]; Gr ≥3, n = 0), anemia (n = 9 [53%]; Gr ≥3, n = 3 [18%]), and decreased appetite (n = 9 [53%]; Gr ≥3, n = 0); for CD (n = 6), hyperphosphatemia (n = 5 [83%]; Gr ≥3, n = 0), and dry mouth (n = 4 [67%]; Gr ≥3, n = 0). One pt discontinued, 2 reduced dose, and 13 interrupted dose due to AEs (none for hyperphosphatemia; dose interruption mainly for gastrointestinal AEs [n = 5]). One fatal AE occurred (suicide, not treatment-related). PK parameters for PEMI in the PEMI + PEMBRO combination were comparable with those for PEMI monotherapy. Five pts had partial response (3 had FGFR rearrangements or mutations); 5 pts had stable disease. Conclusions: PEMI + PEMBRO combination therapy was tolerable with no new safety signals, and demonstrated preliminary antitumor activity in pts with advanced malignancies including those with FGF/FGFR alterations. Clinical trial information: NCT02393248.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Developmental Therapeutics—Molecularly Targeted Agents and Tumor Biology

Track

Developmental Therapeutics—Molecularly Targeted Agents and Tumor Biology

Sub Track

Small Molecules

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02393248

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr 3606)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.3606

Abstract #

3606

Poster Bd #

336

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