Long-term efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in a pooled analysis of patients with tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion cancer.

Authors

Alexander Drilon

Alexander E. Drilon

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Alexander E. Drilon , David S. Hong , Cornelis Martinus van Tilburg , Francois Doz , Daniel S.W. Tan , Shivaani Kummar , Jessica Jiyeong Lin , Raymond S. McDermott , C. Michel Zwaan , Ricarda Norenberg , Marc Mardoche Fellous , Nicoletta Brega , Rui-hua Xu , Theodore Willis Laetsch , Lin Shen

Organizations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg University Hospital and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, SIREDO Oncology Center (Care, Innovation and Research for Children and AYA with Cancer), Institut Curie and University of Paris, Paris, France, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, CA, Singapore, Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, St. Vincent’s University Hospital and Cancer Trials Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Prinses Máxima Centrum, Utrecht, the Netherlands and Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Chrestos Concept GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, Germany, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Basel, Switzerland, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Milan, NJ, Italy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pediatrics and Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Children’s Health, Dallas, TX, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: Neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) gene fusions are oncogenic drivers in multiple tumors. Larotrectinib is a highly selective, central nervous system (CNS)-active tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) inhibitor, approved to treat adult and pediatric patients (pts) with TRK fusion cancer. In an integrated analysis of 206 pts with non-primary CNS TRK fusion cancer, larotrectinib demonstrated an investigator-assessed objective response rate (ORR) of 75%; median progression-free survival (PFS) was 35.4 months (mo; Hong et al, ASCO 2021). We report updated efficacy and safety data based on central review assessments in an expanded dataset. Methods: Data were pooled from three clinical trials (NCT02576431, NCT02122913, and NCT02637687) of pts with non-primary CNS TRK fusion cancer treated with larotrectinib. Larotrectinib was administered until disease progression, withdrawal, or unacceptable toxicity. ORR was assessed by independent review committee (IRC) per RECIST v1.1. Data cut-off was July 20, 2021. Results: As of data cut-off, 244 of 269 larotrectinib-treated pts were evaluable for efficacy by IRC. There were 25 different tumor types. The most common were soft tissue sarcoma (STS [43%], including infantile fibrosarcoma [18%] and other STS [25%]), thyroid (11%), lung (10%), salivary gland (9%), and colorectal (7% [colon, n = 18; rectal, n = 1]). Ninety-four (35%) pts were aged < 18 years; 175 (65%) were ≥18 years. Pts had gene fusions involving NTRK1 (46%), NTRK2 (3%), or NTRK3 (51%). A total of 27%, 28%, and 45% of pts had 0, 1, and ≥2 prior lines of systemic therapy, respectively. The ORR was 69% (95% confidence interval [CI] 63–75): 64 (26%) complete response (CR), including 13 (5%) pathological CR, 104 (43%) partial response,41 (17%) stable disease, 20 (8%) progressive disease, and 15 (6%) not determined. Median time to response was 1.8 mo (range 0.9–16.2). Median duration of response (DoR) was 32.9 mo (95% CI 27.3–41.7); median follow-up was 28.3 mo. Median PFS was 29.4 mo (95% CI 19.3–34.3); median follow-up was 29.3 mo. At a median follow-up of 32.2 mo, median overall survival (OS) was not reached; the 48-mo OS rate was 64% (95% CI 55–73). Treatment duration ranged from 0.1 to 67.9 months. Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were mainly Grade 1–2; 50 (20%) pts had Grade 3–4 TRAEs. Five (2%) pts discontinued treatment due to TRAEs. To exclude the possible confounding effect of ongoing enrollment on median DoR, we conducted an exploratory analysis in the subset of 164 pts who were analyzed as of July 2019. The ORR was 74% (95% CI 67–81) and median DoR was 34.5 mo (95% CI 27.6–43.3); median follow-up was 34.1 mo. Conclusions: With longer follow-up, larotrectinib continued to demonstrate rapid and durable responses, extended survival benefit, and a favorable safety profile. These results highlight the importance of testing for NTRK gene fusions in cancer pts. Clinical trial information: NCT02576431, NCT02122913, NCT02637687.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Developmental Therapeutics—Molecularly Targeted Agents and Tumor Biology

Track

Developmental Therapeutics—Molecularly Targeted Agents and Tumor Biology

Sub Track

Small Molecules

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02576431, NCT02122913, NCT02637687

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr 3100)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.3100

Abstract #

3100

Poster Bd #

92

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