Clinical activity of the RET inhibitor pralsetinib (BLU-667) in patients with RET fusion+ solid tumors.

Authors

Vivek Subbiah

Vivek Subbiah

Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Vivek Subbiah , Mimi I-Nan Hu , Justin F. Gainor , Aaron Scott Mansfield , Guzman Alonso , Matthew H. Taylor , Viola Weijia Zhu , Pilar Garrido Lopez , Alessio Amatu , Robert C Doebele , Philippe Alexandre Cassier , Bhumsuk Keam , Martin H. Schuler , Hui Zhang , Corinne Clifford , Michael Palmer , Jennifer Green , Christopher D. Turner , Giuseppe Curigliano

Organizations

Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Vall d' Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, IRYCIS. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, Niguarda Cancer Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, Blueprint Medicines Inc, Cambridge, MA, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Blueprint Medicines Inc

Background: RET gene fusions are targetable oncogenic drivers in multiple tumor types, including up to 20% of papillary thyroid cancers (PTC). Pralsetinib is an investigational, highly potent, selective inhibitor of oncogenic RET alterations. In the registration-enabling Phase 1/2 ARROW study (NCT03037385), pralsetinib demonstrated an overall response rate (ORR; response-evaluable patients [REP], central review) of 73% (19/26) in treatment-naïve patients and 61% (49/80; 2 pending confirmation) in platinum-exposed patients with RET fusion+ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and was well tolerated (data cut-off November 18, 2019). We provide an update on the clinical activity of pralsetinib in other RET fusion+ solid tumor types. Methods: ARROW consists of a phase 1 dose escalation (30–600 mg once [QD] or twice daily) followed by a phase 2 expansion (400 mg QD) in patients with advanced RET-altered solid tumors. Primary objectives were ORR and safety. Results: As of November 18, 2019, 29 patients with metastatic solid tumor types other than NSCLC (16 PTC, 1 undifferentiated thyroid, 3 pancreatic, 3 colon, 6 other) bearing a RET fusion have received pralsetinib. Efficacy data are presented for REP enrolled by July 11, 2019. In patients with thyroid cancer that is RET fusion+, ORR (investigator assessment) was 75% (9/12; all confirmed). Median (range) duration of response (DOR) was 14.5 (3.7+, 16.8) months (mo), with 67% of responding patients continuing treatment. Two patients with stable disease were continuing treatment at 11.5+ and 19.3+ mo. In other RET fusion+ cancers, ORR was 60% (3/5; all confirmed) with partial responses in 2/2 patients with pancreatic cancer (DOR 5.5, 7.4+ mo) and 1 patient with intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma (DOR 7.5 mo). Two patients with colon cancer had stable disease for 7.3 and 9.3 mo. Responses were observed across multiple fusion genotypes. In the entire safety population (all patients treated with 400 mg QD pralsetinib, regardless of diagnosis; n = 354), most treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were grade 1-2, and included increased aspartate aminotransferase (31%), anemia (22%), increased alanine aminotransferase (21%), constipation (21%) and hypertension (20%). Only 4% of patients in the safety population discontinued due to TRAEs. Conclusions: Pralsetinib demonstrated broad and durable antitumor activity across multiple advanced solid tumor types, regardless of RET fusion genotype, and was well tolerated. The study is ongoing and still enrolling patients in this cohort. Clinical trial information: NCT03037385

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Clinical Science Symposium

Session Title

Drug Development for Rare Mutations: The Opportunity to Unite and Conquer!

Track

Special Sessions

Sub Track

New Targets and New Technologies (non-IO)

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03037385

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr 109)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.109

Abstract #

109

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