A randomized phase II study comparing nivolumab (NIVO) with carboplatin-pemetrexed (CbPEM) for patients (pts) with EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who acquire resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) not due to a secondary T790M mutation (WJOG8515L).

Authors

Hidetoshi Hayashi

Hidetoshi Hayashi

Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hidetoshi Hayashi , Shunichi Sugawara , Yasushi Fukuda , Yuki Sato , Satoru Miura , Keiichi Ota , Yuichi Ozawa , Satoshi Hara , Junko Tanizaki , Koichi Azuma , Shota Omori , Motoko Tachihara , Kazumi Nishino , Shinobu Hosokawa , Yasutaka Chiba , Koji Haratani , Kazuko Sakai , Kazuto Nishio , Nobuyuki Yamamoto , Kazuhiko Nakagawa

Organizations

Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Japan, Kurashiki Central Hospital (Ohara HealthCare Foundation), Kurashiki, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata City, Japan, Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Itami City Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Kishiwada City Hospital, Kishiwada, Japan, Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, Division of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, Clinical Research Center, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Medical Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Medical Oncology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd

Background: Although the efficacy of antibodies to programmed cell death–1 (PD-1) appears to be less pronounced in patients with NSCLC harboring epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) mutations, patients who develop disease progression (PD) to TKIs due to mechanisms other than secondary T790M mutation of EGFR might be more likely to benefit from NIVO. Here, we report the results of first randomized phase II trial to compare NIVO with the CbPEM in those population. Methods: Pts with advanced EGFR mt NSCLC who experienced PD after EGFR-TKIs were randomized 1:1 to NIVO or CbPEM. Eligibility criteria included the treatment history with TKIs as follow; no evidence of T790M after PD on 1st/2nd generation (gen) TKIs (A) after PD on 3rd gen TKIs as a 2nd line for T790M positive tumor (B) or 3rd gen TKIs as a front-line (C). The primary end point is progression-free survival (PFS) and biomarker analysis were included for exploratory analysis. Results: A total of 102 patients was randomized. Median PFS and overall survival (OS) were 1.7 and 20.7 months (mo), respectively, for NIVO arm (n = 52) versus 5.6 and 19.9 months for CbPEM (n = 50) (Hazard ratio [HR] = 1.92 and 0.88, respectively). Overall response rate and duration of response were 9.6% and 5.3 months for NIVO and 36.0% and 5.5 months for CbPEM. PD-L1 expression on tumor cells and tumor mutation burden (TMB) were evaluated in 77 (TPS 0%. 1-49%, > 50%, n = 46, 20, and 11) and 50 (Median TMB 6.2mt/mb). Immune-related gene expression profiling was under evaluation and the results will be demonstrated in the meeting. The efficacy of NIVO in PD-L1 strong positive (>50%, n = 8) and no evidence of T790M after PD on 1st/2nd gen TKIs (n = 29) was tended to be better than their counterparts. There was no significant correlation between TMB and the efficacy of NIVO. Pneumonitis was observed in one patient (1.0%) for NIVO arm and no new safety signals were noted. Conclusions: NIVO was not associated with longer PFS than CbPEM in selected pts with advanced EGFR mt NSCLC. OS was similar between groups. Baseline PD-L1 status and genetic alteration features may be relevant predictive markers to select pts who would benefit from NIVO. Clinical trial information: jRCTs051180133.

PFS for entire populationOS for entire populationPFS by PD-L1 (0%, 1-49%, 50%)OS by PD-L1 (0%, 1-49%, 50%)PFS by TMB (Low, High cutoff 6.2mt/mb)
OS by TMB (High, Low cutoff 6.2mt/mb)
PFS by resistance mechanisms (A, B, C)
OS by resistance mechanisms (A, B, C)
NIVO (Median, months)
1.720.71.4/2.2/4.617.9/18.0/NR2.1/1.719.1/15.32.7/1.3/NR19.9/22.7/NR
CbPEM (Median, months)
5.619.93.6/5.3/5.620.7/19.9/NR2.9/2.512.2/9.55.8/4.9/3.219.0/17.9/13.3
Hazard ratio (NIVO vs CbPEM)1.920.881.67/2.10/1.490.90/2.50/0.721.06/1.220.59/0.321.62/13.3/0.430.99/0.79/0.29

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

jRCTs051180133

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 9037)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.9037

Abstract #

9037

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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