Network meta-analysis (NMA) of immuno-oncology (IO) monotherapy as first-line (1L) treatments (txs) for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-L1 expression ≥50%.

Authors

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Nicholas Freemantle

University College London, Institute of Clinical Trial and Methodology, London, United Kingdom

Nicholas Freemantle , Yingxin Xu , Florence Wilson , Patricia Guyot , Chieh-I Chen , Sam Keeping , Gerasimos Konidaris , Keith Chan , Andreas Kuznik , Kokuvi Atsou , Emily Glowienka , Lisa Stow , Jean-Francois Pouliot , Giuseppe Gullo , Petra Rietschel , Naiyer A. Rizvi

Organizations

University College London, Institute of Clinical Trial and Methodology, London, United Kingdom, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, Precision HEOR, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France, PRECISIONheor, Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sanofi, Reading, United Kingdom, Precision HEOR, Boston, MA, Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sanofi

Background: For advanced NSCLC patients (pts) with high (≥50%) PD-L1 expression, effective IO mono options with survival benefits are approved (pembrolizumab mono, current standard of care) and emerging (cemiplimab). In a recent Phase 3 trial, cemiplimab, a high-affinity, highly potent human PD-1 inhibitor approved for tx of advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, demonstrated significantly improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) vs chemotherapy (CT) in advanced NSCLC pts with PD-L1 ≥50%. A systematic literature review and NMA were conducted to identify/compare the efficacy/safety from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for cemiplimab vs pembrolizumab or other IO mono published 2010–19. Methods: Relevant RCTs were identified by searching Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane, and conference proceedings with predefined search strategies according to ISPOR, NICE, and PRISMA guidelines. An NMA with time-varying hazard ratios (HRs) was performed for OS and PFS. Analyses were conducted for objective response rate (ORR), Grade (G) 3–5 all-cause adverse events (AE), G3–5 immune-mediated AE (IMAE) and discontinuation due to AEs (DAE). Fixed-effect models were used due to limited evidence. Results with standard constant HRs and various sensitivity analyses were conducted to account for differences in RCT designs and other txs. Results: The feasibility assessment determined that EMPOWER-Lung 1, KEYNOTE-024, and KEYNOTE-042 trials were eligible. IMpower110 was excluded since an incompatible PD-L1 assay (SP142) was used for pt selection. For 1L advanced NSCLC with PD-L1 ≥50%, cemiplimab was associated with significantly greater PFS and ORR, and comparable OS, G3–5 AEs, IMAEs, and all-cause DAEs vs pembrolizumab (Table). At 2 yrs, numerically more pts receiving cemiplimab vs pembrolizumab were alive (59% vs 49%) and significantly more were alive w/o progression (37% vs 18%). Conclusions: In advanced NSCLC pts with PD-L1 ≥50%, cemiplimab mono demonstrated significant improvements in PFS and ORR, and comparable OS, safety/tolerability vs pembrolizumab.


Cemiplimab vs Pembrolizumab

Average time-varying HR (95% CrI) w/in 1–12m
OS
0.77 (0.54, 1.10)a
PFS
0.65 (0.50, 0.86)b

Estimated % (95% CrI) pts
Alive at 24m
58.7 (48.8, 67.4) vs

49.4 (44.0, 54.9)
PF/alive at 24m
36.7 (28.3, 44.8) vs

18.3 (13.2, 23.9)

Odds ratio (95% CrI)
ORR
1.64

(1.04, 2.62)
G3–5 AEc
1.47 (0.83, 2.60)
G3–5 IMAEd
1.75 (0.33, 7.49)
DAE
1.21 (0.58, 2.61)
CrI=credible interval; m=months; bolded values are significant at 0.05

aOS fractional polynomial NMA model P1 = 1, P2 = –0.5, scale, 2nd shape; bPFS fractional polynomial NMA model P1 = 0, P2 = –1, scale, 1st shape; proportional hazard assumption was not met; cMost common: diarrhea, anemia, and hyponatremia; dMost common: skin reaction, pneumonitis, and colitis.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr e21091)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.e21091

Abstract #

e21091

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