Multi-center, retrospective study of first-line systemic therapy ± immune checkpoint inhibition for metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma of the urinary tract.

Authors

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Katharine A. Collier

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Columbus, OH

Katharine A. Collier , Nicholas I. Simon , Amy K Taylor , Gregory Hemenway , Tracy L Rose , Corbin Jeffrey Eule , Nishita Tripathi , Christopher Rodman , Uttam Kalluri , Muhammad Zain Farooq , Rana R. McKay , Rohit K. Jain , Guru P. Sonpavde , Randy F. Sweis , Neeraj Agarwal , Elaine T. Lam , Matthew R. Zibelman , Hamid Emamekhoo , Andrea B. Apolo , Amir Mortazavi

Organizations

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Columbus, OH, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: Neuroendocrine, small cell, or large cell carcinoma originating from the urothelium (uro-NE/SCC/LCC) is rare. Outcomes for metastatic disease are dismal. Treatment is extrapolated from small cell lung cancer, for which immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have modest activity. Preliminary activity has been reported with ICI for uro-NE. We aimed to compare real-world progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) between ICI-containing and non-ICI-containing regimens in the first line (1L) metastatic setting for uro-NE/SCC/LCC. Methods: We performed a retrospective study at 11 cancer centers. Patients (pts) who received systemic therapy (2011-2021) for biopsy confirmed metastatic uro-NE/SCC/LCC were included. Pts with metastasis within 6 months of (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) (n=16) were excluded from 1L analyses. Results: 102 pts with metastatic uro-NE/SCC/LCC were evaluable. 17 (16.7%) had NE histology, 81 (79.4%) SCC, and 4 (3.9%) LCC. NE/SCC/LCC was mixed with urothelial histology in 19 (18.6%). Primary tumors were most often in the bladder (84.3%, n=86), less frequently upper tract (11.8%, n=12) or urethra (3.9%, n=4). 42 pts (41.2%) were previously treated for localized disease, the rest were de novo metastatic (n=60, 58.8%). Pts who received an ICI in any line (n=61) had significantly longer OS (p=0.038) than pts that never received an ICI (n=41). As shown in the table, in the 1L, ICI-containing regimens (n=33) resulted in significantly longer PFS, but not OS or ORR compared to non-ICI regimens (n=53). Subdividing 1L regimens into ICI without CT (n=14), CT without ICI (n=53), or ICI + CT (n=19), both PFS and OS were significantly different with similar ORR. ICI w/o CT had the longest median PFS and OS with an ORR 57.1% comparable to CT regimens. Of 61 pts that received ICI in any line, 14 (23.0%) had an immune-related adverse event of any grade; 11 (18.0%) received steroids. Conclusions: This is the largest ever report of ICI for metastatic uro-NE/SCC/LCC. ICIs were associated with improved outcomes with expected added toxicity. Further prospective investigation of ICI regimens is warranted.

1L ICI-containing regimen
1L Non-ICI regimen
p1L ICI w/o CT1L CT w/o ICI1L CT + ICIp
n3353145319
PFSLog rank p=0.038;
HR 0.58 (0.35-0.98, p=0.040)
Log rank p=0.009
OSLog rank p=0.586;
HR 0.86 (0.51-1.47, p=0.591)
Log rank p=0.048
Median PFS – mo. (95%CI)6.43
(5.43-11.53)
6.17
(5.73-7.47)
9.13
(3.50-NR)
6.17
(5.73-7.47)
6.23
(4.83-NR)
Median OS – mo. (95%CI)11.2
(8.07-NR)
11.7
(9.40-18.1)
23.77
(8.07-NR)
11.70
(9.40-18.1)
8.27
(6.50-NR)
1 Yr PFS - % (95%CI)25.6%
(13.3-49.3)
4.2%
(1.1-16.4)
46.8%
(26.3-83.5)
4.2%
(1.1-16.4)
0%
2 Yr OS - % (95%CI)32.4%
(18.7-56.2)
19.0%
(10.5-34.3)
50.0%
(29.6-84.4)
19.0%
(10.5-34.3)
0%
ORR20 (60.6%)30 (56.6%)0.8238 (57.1%)30 (56.6%)12 (63.2%)0.951

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Prostate Cancer and Urothelial Carcinoma

Track

Urothelial Carcinoma,Prostate Cancer - Advanced

Sub Track

Quality of Care/Quality Improvement and Real-World Evidence

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 6; abstr 467)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.6_suppl.467

Abstract #

467

Poster Bd #

H8

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