PULSE: A randomized phase II open label study of panitumumab rechallenge versus standard therapy after progression on anti-EGFR therapy in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Authors

John Strickler

John H. Strickler

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

John H. Strickler , Fang-Shu Ou , Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab , Christine Megerdichian Parseghian , Andrea Cercek , Kimmie Ng , Federico Augusto Sanchez , Sarah Bruggeman , Joseph J. Larson , Gene Grant Finley , Joleen M. Hubbard , Christina Wu , Heinz-Josef Lenz , Scott Kopetz , Ryan Bruce Corcoran

Organizations

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Aurora Advanced Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, Alle-Kiski Cancer Center, Natrona Heights, PA, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Amgen

Background: Patients with KRAS and NRAS (RAS) wild-type mCRC benefit from the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibodies (Abs) panitumumab and cetuximab, but nearly all patients experience resistance. Blood-based profiling of cell free DNA (cfDNA) can identify genomic alterations that drive acquired EGFR Ab resistance. After discontinuation of anti-EGFR Abs, acquired genomic alterations decay over time to undetectable levels. Some studies have suggested clinical benefit from EGFR Ab rechallenge, but there is limited evidence that EGFR Ab rechallenge improves survival compared to standard of care (SOC) therapies. We hypothesize that cfDNA profiling will identify patients appropriate for panitumumab rechallenge, and that these molecularly selected patients will have improved survival compared to current SOC therapies. Methods: This is a randomized phase II, open label study designed to compare the overall survival (OS) of panitumumab rechallenge versus SOC (investigator choice TAS-102 or regorafenib). Secondary objectives include comparisons of progression free survival, objective response rate, clinical benefit rate, and quality of life as measured by the linear analogue self-assessment (LASA) questionnaire. Eligible patients have radiographically measurable KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF codon 600 wild-type mCRC based on tumor tissue testing, and must have experienced progression or intolerance to treatment with a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, an anti-VEGF Ab, and an anti-PD-1 Ab if the tumor has mismatch repair deficiency or is MSI-H. Progression after at least 4 months treatment with an anti-EGFR Ab is required. All patients must be enrolled in the COLOMATE cfDNA screening protocol (NCT03765736) and meet molecular eligibility based on Guardant360 cfDNA profiling (absence of amplification of ERBB2, KRAS, NRAS, and MET; absence of mutations of BRAF, EGFR, ERBB2, KRAS, NRAS, and MET [mutant allele frequency > 0.5%]). Greater than 90 days must have elapsed between the most recent treatment with an anti-EGFR Ab and cfDNA profiling. Dosing for all study drugs is according to clinical SOC. 120 patients will be randomized 1:1 to panitumumab rechallenge or SOC. With 83 OS events, this study will have 80% power to detect an improvement in median OS from 6.5 to 10 months (HR=0.65; 1-sided α= 0.15). This study began enrollment in 6/2020. Recruitment is ongoing at 16 sites in the Academic and Community Cancer Research United (ACCRU) network (ACCRU-GI-1623). Clinical trial information: NCT03992456

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Trials in Progress Poster Session

Session Title

Trials in Progress Poster Session: Colorectal Cancer

Track

Colorectal Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03992456

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 3; abstr TPS143)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.3_suppl.TPS143

Abstract #

TPS143

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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