Selective treatment de-intensification with reduced-dose radiation and omitted concurrent chemotherapy guided by response to induction chemotherapy in HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: A single-arm, phase II trial (IChoice-01).

Authors

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Xueguan Lu

Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, China, Shanghai, China;

Xueguan Lu , Tingting Xu , Xin Zhou , Chunying Shen , Qixian Zhang , Xiayun He , Xiaoming Ou , Hongmei Ying , Yu Wang , Qinghai Ji , Chaosu Hu

Organizations

Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, China, Shanghai, China; , Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; , Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China;

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: De-intensification in chemoradiation provides a strategy to optimize the trade-off between treatment efficacy and toxicities in HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). However, the failure of RTOG 1016 and De-ESCALaTE indicated the pitfall of de-escalation in an unselective population and the importance of patient selection for future study design. Induction chemotherapy (IC), as a potential biomarker, has been adopted in several trials to screen candidates for de-intensified treatment based on its tumor response. In present trial, we investigated the feasibility of selectively de-intensified chemoradiotherapy by reducing radiation dose and omitting concurrent chemotherapy guided by response to IC. Methods: From Jan 2019 to July 2021, 48 patients with p16 positive OPSCC, T1-2/N1-3M0 (excluding T1N1M0 patients with single and≤3cm lymph node) or T3-4N0-3M0 according to the UICC/AJCC 8th staging system were enrolled. All of them received two cycles of IC with cisplatin and docetaxel. Those with major response to IC (defined as cCR or ≥50% cPR of both primary site and lymph nodes) received de-intensified treatment with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) alone with 60Gy to high-risk and 54Gy to low-risk regions (Di cohort). Those with less than major response were given standard chemoradiotherapy with 70Gy to both primary tumor and positive lymph nodes, 63Gy to high-risk and 56Gy to low-risk regions, concurrently with two cycles of cisplatin (St cohort). The primary endpoint was 2-year progression-free survival (PFS). Results: 26/48 (54.2%) patients entered Di cohort while other 22/48 (45.8%) patients entered St cohort. With a median follow-up time of 20.5 months (2.8-36.7months), 3 deaths (1 in Di cohort and 2 in St cohort), 5 loco-regional recurrence (1 in Di cohort and 4 in St cohort) and 6 distant metastases (1 in Di cohort and 5 in St cohort) were documented. The 2-year PFS rates for Di and St cohort were 100% and 60.0% (P = 0.002) with overall survival (OS) rates of 100% and 83.1% (P = 0.062), loco-regional recurrence-free survival (LRFS) rates of 100% and 77.0% (P = 0.035), metastasis-free survival (MFS) rates of 100% and 66.8% (P = 0.011), respectively. Conclusions: For major responders to IC, reduced-dose radiation with omitted concurrent chemotherapy yielded good survival results. In comparison, patients resistant to IC showed poor prognosis even under standard-dose chemoradiotherapy, calling for treatment intensification or development of novel therapeutic agents. Selective de-intensification of chemoradiation guided by response to IC is promising in HPV-associated OPSCC and warrants further evaluation in future studies. Clinical trial information: NCT04012502.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Head and Neck Cancer

Track

Head and Neck Cancer

Sub Track

Local-Regional Disease

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT04012502

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr e18069 )

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.e18069

Abstract #

e18069

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