Health-related quality of life for pembrolizumab (pembro) plus ipilimumab (ipi) versus pembro plus placebo in patients with metastatic NSCLC with PD-L1 tumor proportion score ≥ 50%: KEYNOTE-598.

Authors

Mehmet Sendur

Mehmet Nahit Sendur

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Medicine and Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Mehmet Nahit Sendur , Martin Reck , Delvys Rodriguez-Abreu , Keunchil Park , Dae Ho Lee , Irfan Cicin , Perran Fulden Yumuk , Francisco J Orlandi , Ticiana A. Leal , Olivier Molinier , Nopadol Soparattanapaisarn , Adrian Langleben , Raffaele Califano , Balazs Medgyasszay , Te-Chun Hsia , Gregory Alan Otterson , Lu Xu , Thomas A. Burke , Ayman Samkari , Michael J. Boyer

Organizations

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Medicine and Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, LungenClinic, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil de Gran Canaria, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Spain, Samsung Medical Center at Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, Orlandi-Oncología, Providencia, Chile, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI, Hospital of Le Mans, Le Mans, France, Mahidol University, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, St. Mary’s Hospital–ODIM, McGill University Department of Oncology, Montreal, QC, Canada, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Veszprém Megyei Tüdőgyógyintézet Farkasgyepű, Farkasgyepű, Hungary, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Ohio State University-James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Camperdown, NSW, Australia

Research Funding

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

Background: In the phase 3 KEYNOTE-598 study (NCT03302234), OS (HR, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.85–1.37; P = 0.74) and PFS (1.06; 95% CI, 0.86–1.30; P = 0.72) were not improved for pembro + ipi vs pembro + placebo in patients (pts) with previously untreated metastatic NSCLC with PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) ≥50% and without EGFR/ALK genomic alterations. Incidence of treatment-related grade 3–5 AEs, fatal AEs, and AEs leading to discontinuation was higher with pembro + ipi vs pembro + placebo. We present prespecified patient-reported outcome (PRO) analyses from KEYNOTE-598. Methods: Pts (n = 568) with previously untreated stage IV NSCLC with PD-L1 TPS ≥50% were randomized 1:1 to pembro 200 mg Q3W for up to 35 cycles + ipi 1 mg/kg or placebo Q6W for up to 18 cycles. The EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-LC13, EQ-5D-5L, and NSCLC-SAQ were administered at cycles 1‒7, then every 3 cycles through cycle 19, and every 4 cycles until PD or a maximum of 35 cycles. Change from baseline in global health status (GHS)/quality of life (QoL) score from the QLQ-C30 and the time to true deterioration (TTD) in the composite endpoint of cough (LC13), chest pain (LC13), or dyspnea (C30) were secondary objectives in KEYNOTE-598. Change from baseline in GHS/QoL was analyzed using a constrained longitudinal data analysis model with missing at random assumption. Difference in TTD was evaluated using a Cox proportional hazards model and stratified log-rank test. PROs were analyzed in all pts who completed ≥1 PRO assessment and received ≥1 dose of study treatment. P values are two-sided and nominal. Results: As of data cutoff (Sept 1, 2020), PRO analyses included 280 pts in the pembro + ipi group and 280 pts in the pembro + placebo group. QLQ-C30 completion rates were 95.7% in the pembro + ipi group vs 96.1% in the pembro + placebo group at baseline and 63.6% vs 70.0% at week 18. QLQ-LC13 completion rates were 95.4% vs 96.4% at baseline and 63.6% vs 69.6% at week 18. Mean QLQ-C30 GHS/QoL scores at baseline were 62.8 in the pembro + ipi group and 64.2 in the pembro + placebo group and were similar between the groups across the follow-up period. Least squares (LS) mean (95% CI) change from baseline to week 18 in GHS/QoL scores was improved in both groups (pembro + ipi: 3.7 [0.9‒6.5]; pembro + placebo: 4.1 [1.4‒6.9]), with no significant difference between groups (LS mean difference −0.4 [−4.0 to 3.1], P = 0.82). Median TTD in composite of cough, chest pain, or dyspnea was not reached (NR; 95% CI, 13.0 mo–NR) in the pembro + ipi group vs 20.0 (95% CI, 12.7–NR) mo in the pembro + placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.98 [95% CI, 0.74‒1.30]; P = 0.91). Conclusions: There was no difference in health-related QoL or TTD in lung cancer symptoms between pembro + ipi and pembro + placebo in pts with previously untreated metastatic NSCLC with PD-L1 TPS ≥50%. Clinical trial information: NCT03302234

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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

NCT03302234

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 9038)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.9038

Abstract #

9038

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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