Avelumab first-line (1L) maintenance + best supportive care (BSC) versus BSC alone in Asian patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC): JAVELIN Bladder 100 subgroup analysis.

Authors

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Masatoshi Eto

Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Masatoshi Eto , Jae-Lyun Lee , Se Hoon Park , Norihiko Tsuchiya , Po-Jung SU , T.W. Chan , Chirag Jyotiker Desai , Alessandra Di Pietro , Jing Wang , Robert J Laliberte , Seasea Gao , Howard Gurney

Organizations

Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Hemato-Oncology Clinic (A) Pvt Ltd, HOC Vedanta, Ahmedabad, India, Pfizer srl, Milan, Italy, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA, Merck Pte. Ltd., Singapore, An Affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: In the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial (NCT02603432), avelumab 1L maintenance therapy + BSC showed significantly longer overall survival (OS) vs BSC alone in patients with advanced UC that had not progressed with 1L platinum-based chemotherapy. We report efficacy and safety results in patients enrolled in Asia. Methods: Patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic UC without disease progression after 4-6 cycles of gemcitabine + cisplatin or carboplatin were randomized 1:1 to receive avelumab 1L maintenance + BSC or BSC alone, stratified by best response to 1L chemotherapy and visceral vs nonvisceral disease when initiating 1L chemotherapy. The primary endpoint was OS, assessed from randomization in all patients and patients with PD-L1+ tumors (Ventana SP263 assay). Results: 147 Asian patients were enrolled at sites in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and India; 73 and 74 were randomized to receive avelumab + BSC or BSC alone, respectively. Median OS (95% CI) was 25.3 mo (18.6 mo-not estimable [NE]) with avelumab+ BSC vs 18.7 mo (12.8 mo-NE) with BSC alone (HR, 0.74 [95% CI, 0.434-1.260]) in all patients, and 26.1 mo (18.2 mo-NE) vs 19.4 mo (11.9 mo-NE), respectively (HR, 0.66 [95% CI, 0.279-1.541]), in the PD-L1+ subgroup (n = 71). With avelumab + BSC vs BSC alone, median (95% CI) progression-free survival was 5.6 (2.0-7.5) vs 1.9 (1.9-1.9) months (HR, 0.58 [95% CI, 0.383-0.864]) in all patients and 6.8 (1.9-11.2) vs 1.9 (1.9-3.8) months (HR, 0.63 [95% CI, 0.336-1.172]) in the PD-L1+ subgroup; objective response rates (95% CI) were 9.6% (3.9%-18.8%) vs 2.7% (0.3%-9.4%) and 12.5% (4.2%-26.8%) vs 3.2% (0.1%-16.7%), respectively. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) of any grade (any causality) in the avelumab + BSC arm were pyrexia (23.6%), constipation, nasopharyngitis, and rash (19.4% each); grade ≥3 TEAEs were anemia (9.7%), amylase increased (5.6%), and urinary tract infection (4.2%). Conclusions: Efficacy and safety data support the use of avelumab 1L maintenance as the standard of care in Asian patients with advanced UC that has not progressed with 1L platinum-based chemotherapy. Clinical trial information: NCT02603432.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Urothelial Carcinoma

Track

Urothelial Carcinoma

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02603432

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 6; abstr 486)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.6_suppl.486

Abstract #

486

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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