Five-year overall survival (OS) in COLUMBUS: A randomized phase 3 trial of encorafenib plus binimetinib versus vemurafenib or encorafenib in patients (pts) with BRAF V600-mutant melanoma.

Authors

Reinhard Dummer

Reinhard Dummer

University Hospital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Reinhard Dummer , Keith Flaherty , Caroline Robert , Ana Maria Arance , Jan Willem de Groot , Claus Garbe , Helen Gogas , Ralf Gutzmer , Ivana Krajsová , Gabriella Liszkay , Carmen Loquai , Mario Mandalà , Dirk Schadendorf , Naoya Yamazaki , Michael D. Pickard , Fabian Zohren , Michelle L. Edwards , Paolo Antonio Ascierto

Organizations

University Hospital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Isala Oncology Center, Zwolle, Netherlands, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, West German Cancer Center, Essen, Germany, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Pfizer, Boulder, CO, Pfizer, La Jolla, CA, Pfizer, New York, NY, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Pfizer

Background: Combined BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy has demonstrated benefits on progression-free survival (PFS) and OS and is standard of care for the treatment of advanced BRAF V600-mutant melanoma. Here we report a 5-year update from the COLUMBUS trial. Methods: In Part 1 of COLUMBUS, 577 pts with advanced/metastatic BRAF V600-mutant melanoma, untreated or progressed after first-line immunotherapy, were randomized 1:1:1 to encorafenib 450 mg QD + binimetinib 45 mg BID (COMBO450), encorafenib 300 mg QD (ENCO300), or vemurafenib 960 mg BID (VEM). An updated analysis including PFS, OS, objective response rate (ORR; by blinded independent central review), and safety was conducted after minimum follow-up of 65.2 months (mo). Data are as is; study is ongoing. Results: At data cut-off (Sep 15, 2020), there were 131 (68%), 117 (60%), and 145 (76%) deaths in the COMBO450, ENCO300, and VEM treatment arms, respectively. The median OS (95% CI) and 5-year OS rate (95% CI) with COMBO450 were 33.6 (24.4–39.2) mo and 34.7% (28.0–41.5), respectively (median follow-up: 70.4 mo). The 5-year OS rate (95% CI) in COMBO450 pts who had normal lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels at baseline was 45.1% (36.5–53.2). Median OS and 5-year OS rates for ENCO300 and VEM, as well as for pts with normal and high LDH levels and > 3 organs involved at baseline, are shown in the table. For COMBO450, ENCO300, and VEM, the 5-year PFS rate was 22.9%, 19.3%, and 10.2%; ORR (95% CI) was 64.1% (56.8–70.8), 51.5% (44.3–58.8), and 40.8% (33.8–48.2); and the median duration of response (DOR) was 18.6, 15.5, and 12.3 mo, respectively. Safety results were consistent with the known tolerability profile of COMBO450. Additional efficacy and updated safety analyses will be presented. Following study drug discontinuation, the most common subsequent treatment in all arms was checkpoint inhibitors. Conclusions: Updated OS and DOR results with COMBO450 demonstrate continued long-term benefits in pts with BRAF V600-mutant melanoma. Clinical trial information: NCT01909453


COMBO450
ENCO300
VEM
Events/pts (%)
Median OS (95% CI), mo*
5-year OS rate (95% CI)
Events/pts (%)
Median OS (95% CI), mo*
5-year OS rate (95% CI)
Events/pts (%)
Median OS (95% CI), mo*
5-year OS rate (95% CI)
All pts
131/192 (68.2)
33.6

(24.4–39.2)
34.7%

(28.0–41.5)
117/194 (60.3)
23.5

(19.6–33.6)
34.9%

(27.9–42.0)
145/191 (75.9)
16.9

(14.0–24.5)
21.4%

(15.7–27.8)
LDH normal
81/137 (59.1)
51.7

(36.8–67.3)
45.1% (36.5–53.2)
79/147 (53.7)
35.3

(23.7–60.5)
41.8% (33.3–50.1)
95/139 (68.3)
24.5

(18.6–29.1)
28.4% (20.9–36.4)
LDH high
50/55 (90.9)
11.4

(9.0–17.4)
9.1%

(3.3–18.4)
38/47 (80.9)
9.2

(7.0–16.2)
13.8% (5.6–25.6)
50/52 (96.2)
9.6

(8.5–11.5)
4.0%

(0.7–12.1)
> 3 organs involved
35/42 (83.3)
11.6

(9.1–20.8)

32/44 (72.7)
15.7

(7.9–19.7)

39/45 (86.7)
10.9

(8.6–15.7)

*Unstratified Cox regression model.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Track

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Sub Track

Other Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT01909453

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 9507)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.9507

Abstract #

9507

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