A pilot induction regimen incorporating dinutuximab and sargramostim for the treatment of newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group.

Authors

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Sara Michele Federico

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Sara Michele Federico , Arlene Naranjo , Fan Zhang , Araz Marachelian , Ami Vijay Desai , Hiroyuki Shimada , Steve E. Braunstein , Christopher L Tinkle , Gregory A Yanik , Shahab Asgharzadeh , Paul M. Sondel , Alice L. Yu , Michael Acord , Marguerite T. Parisi , Barry L. Shulkin , Steven G. DuBois , Rochelle Bagatell , Julie R. Park , Wayne Lee Furman , Suzanne Shusterman

Organizations

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, Children's Oncology Group Statistics and Data Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, University of California, San Diego, CA, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Seattle Children's Hospital, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle, WA, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Research Funding

Other Government Agency
Other Foundation, Other Government Agency, Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: The addition of dinutuximab (DIN) in the post-consolidation setting led to improved event-free survival rates for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma. Chemoimmunotherapy including irinotecan, temozolomide, DIN and sargramostim (GM-CSF) in patients with recurrent or refractory neuroblastoma results in robust objective clinical responses. Evaluation of chemoimmunotherapy in the induction setting for patients with newly-diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NBL) warrants investigation. Methods: Children’s Oncology Group (COG) ANBL17P1 is a prospective, single arm, limited institution pilot study to assess the tolerability and feasibility of administering DIN (17.5mg/m2/dose, IV Days 2-5) and GM-CSF (250mcg/m2/dose, subcutaneous Days 6-count recovery) with COG Induction chemotherapy Cycles 3-5 for patients with newly-diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. The primary endpoint of tolerability included the number of toxic deaths and number of patients experiencing predefined unacceptable toxicities during Induction Cycles 3-5. Unacceptable toxicities included: hypotension requiring pressors > 24 hours, respiratory toxicity requiring ventilatory support > 24 hours, Grade 4 neuropathy that did not resolve prior to the next cycle, and failure to recover the ANC to > 750 mm3 by day 35. Feasibility was assessed as being able to receive > 75% of planned DIN doses administered during Induction Cycles 3-5. Revised International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria (INRC) were used to assess end of Induction (EOI) response. Results: Forty-two eligible and evaluable patients with newly-diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma enrolled at 8 sites (22 [52.4%] males; median age 3.3 years at diagnosis) from January 14, 2019 to June 4, 2020. The most common DIN related Grade >3 toxicities observed during Induction Cycles 3-5 included fever (31.0%) and pain (9.5%). None of the patients experienced a toxic death or unacceptable toxicity during Induction Cycles 3-5. Thus, the regimen was deemed tolerable. Patients received 97.4% - 101.8% of the total DIN dose expected to be administered during Induction Cycles 3-5. Therefore, the regimen was deemed feasible. Thirty-eight of 42 patients completed the EOI evaluations, including 11 with complete response, 22 with partial response, 0 with minor response, 3 with stable disease and 2 with progressive disease. The overall EOI objective response rate (CR+PR+MR) was 86.8%. Conclusions: The administration of DIN and GM-CSF to COG Induction Cycles 3-5 for patients with newly-diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma was tolerable and feasible. The objective response rate at EOI appears encouraging. This therapeutic regimen will be studied in a randomized phase 3 trial to further evaluate the efficacy of Induction phase chemoimmunotherapy for high-risk neuroblastoma. Clinical trial information: NCT03786783.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Pediatric Oncology

Track

Pediatric Oncology

Sub Track

Pediatric Solid Tumors

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03786783

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr 10003)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.10003

Abstract #

10003

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