Acalabrutinib ± obinutuzumab versus obinutuzumab + chlorambucil in treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Elevate-TN four-year follow up.

Authors

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Jeff Porter Sharman

Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and US Oncology Research Center, Eugene, OR

Jeff Porter Sharman , Miklos Egyed , Wojciech Jurczak , Alan Skarbnik , John M. Pagel , Manali K. Kamdar , Talha Munir , Gillian Corbett , Laura Maria Fogliatto , Yair Herishanu , Versha Banerji , Steve E. Coutre , Patricia Walker , Karin Karlsson , Paolo Ghia , Ann Janssens , William G. Wierda , Priti Patel , Min Hui Wang , John C. Byrd

Organizations

Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and US Oncology Research Center, Eugene, OR, Somogy County Mór Kaposi General Hospital, Kaposvar, Hungary, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, Krakow, Poland, Novant Health Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom, Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Department of Hematology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Max Rady College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Peninsula Health and Peninsula Private Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele and IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AstraZeneca, South San Francisco, CA, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology, Columbus, OH

Research Funding

No funding received
None

Background: Early results from ELEVATE-TN (NCT02475681) at a median follow-up of 28.3 mo demonstrated superior efficacy of acalabrutinib (A) ± obinutuzumab (O) compared with O + chlorambucil (Clb) in patients (pts) with treatment-naïve (TN) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) (Sharman et al. Lancet 2020;395:1278-91). Results from a 4-year update are reported here. Methods: Pts received A±O or O+Clb. Crossover to A monotherapy was permitted in pts who progressed on O+Clb. Investigator-assessed (INV) progression-free survival (PFS), INV overall response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS), and safety were evaluated. Results: 535 pts (A+O, n=179; A, n=179; O+Clb, n=177) were randomized with a median age of 70 y; 63% had unmutated IGHV and 9% del(17p). At a median follow-up of 46.9 mo (range, 0.0–59.4; data cutoff: Sept 11, 2020), the median PFS was not reached (NR) for A+O and A pts vs 27.8 mo for O+Clb pts (both P<0.0001). In pts with unmutated IGHV, the median PFS was NR (A+O and A) vs 22.2 mo among O+Clb pts (both P<0.0001). In pts with del(17p), the median PFS was NR (A+O and A) vs 17.7 mo for O+Clb (P<0.005). Estimated 48-mo PFS rates were 87% for A+O, 78% for A, and 25% for O+Clb. Median OS was NR in any treatment arm with a trend towards significance in the A+O group (A+O vs O+Clb, P=0.0604); estimated 48-mo OS rates were 93% (A+O), 88% (A), and 88% (O+Clb). ORR was significantly higher with A+O (96.1%; 95% CI 92.1–98.1) vs O+Clb (82.5%; 95% CI 76.2–87.4; P<0.0001); ORR with A was 89.9% (95% CI 84.7–93.5; P=0.035 vs O+Clb). Complete response/complete response with incomplete hematologic recovery (CR/CRi) rates were higher with A+O (26.8%/3.9%) vs O+Clb (12.4%/0.6%); 10.6%/0.6% had CR/CRi with A. Common adverse events (AEs) and AEs of interest are shown in the Table. Overall treatment discontinuation rates were 25.1% (A+O), 30.7% (A), and 22.6% (O+Clb); the most common reasons were AEs (12.8%, 12.3%, 14.7%, respectively) and progressive disease (4.5%, 7.8%, 1.7%). Most pts (77.4%) completed O+Clb treatment. Conclusions: With a median follow-up of 46.9 mo (̃4y), the efficacy and safety of A+O and A monotherapy was maintained, with an increase in CR since the interim analysis (from 21% to 27% [A+O] and from 7% to 11% [A]) and low rates of discontinuation.


A+O

(n = 178)
A

(n = 179)
O+Clb

(n = 169)
Any grade
G ≥ 3
Any grade
G≥3
Any grade
G≥3
Common AEs (in ≥30% of pts [any grade] in any group), n (%)
 Diarrhea
73 (41.0)
9 (5.1)
72 (40.2)
1 (0.6)
36 (21.3)
3 (1.8)
 Headache
71 (39.9)
2 (1.1)
68 (38.0)
2 (1.1)
20 (11.8)
0
 Neutropenia
60 (33.7)
55 (30.9)
22 (12.3)
20 (11.2)
76 (45.0)
70 (41.4)
 Nausea
41 (23.0)
0
41 (22.9)
0
53 (31.4)
0
 Infusion-related reaction
25 (14.0)
5 (2.8)
0
0
68 (40.2)
10 (5.9)
Selected AEs of interest, n (%)
 Bleeding
84 (47.2)
5 (2.8)
75 (41.9)
5 (2.8)
20 (11.8)
0
 Hypertension
14 (7.9)
6 (3.4)
13 (7.3)
5 (2.8)
7 (4.1)
6 (3.6)
 Atrial fibrillation
7 (3.9)
1 (0.6)
11 (6.1)
2 (1.1)
1 (0.6)
0

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Hematologic Malignancies—Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Track

Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Hairy Cell

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 7509)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.7509

Abstract #

7509

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