READY: Real-world data from an Italian compassionate use program of avelumab first-line maintenance (1LM) treatment for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC).

Authors

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Lorenzo Antonuzzo

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy

Lorenzo Antonuzzo , Marco Maruzzo , Ugo De Giorgi , Daniele Santini , Rosa Tambaro , Sebastiano Buti , Francesco Carrozza , Fabio Calabrò , Giuseppe Di Lorenzo , Giuseppe Fornarini , Roberto Iacovelli , Daniela Cullurà , Carlo Messina , Claudia Masi , Angelo Ciccia , Gennaro Fazzi , Filippo Venturini , Raffaele Colasanto , Andrea Necchi , Sergio Bracarda

Organizations

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy, Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori"– IRST, Meldola, Italy, Università La Sapienza-Polo Pontino, Rome, Italy, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, AUSL della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy, ASL SALERNO - P.O. "A. Tortora", Pagani, Italy, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO), Milan, Italy, Ospedale A.R.N.A.S Civico, Palermo, Italy, Pfizer Italia srl, Rome, Italy, Merck Serono S.p.A., Rome, Italy, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria, Terni, Italy

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
This compassionate use program was funded by Merck Serono S.p.A., Rome, Italy, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (CrossRef Funder ID: CrossRef Funder ID: 10.13039/100009945) and Pfizer, as part of an alliance between the healthcare business o

Background: In the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial (NCT02603432), avelumab (anti–PD-L1) 1LM plus best supportive care (BSC) in patients (pts) with la/mUC whose disease did not progress after 1L platinum-based chemotherapy (PBC) significantly extended overall survival (OS) vs BSC alone, and it is now recommended internationally as standard of care with level 1 evidence. We report real-world descriptive pt characteristics and outcomes data from a large, multicenter, Italian compassionate use program (CUP) assessing avelumab 1LM in pts with la/mUC. Methods: This prospective, noninterventional CUP was initiated on Jan 18, 2021, to provide early access to avelumab before reimbursement by the Italian Medicines Agency for pts with la/mUC. Avelumab was provided upon physician request and after approval by local ethics committees in accordance with the Italian compassionate use regulation. Avelumab 800 mg IV was administered every 2 weeks per local prescribing information to adult pts aged ≥18 years with la/mUC who were progression-free following PBC (4-6 cycles, starting 4-10 weeks after last dose of PBC). Pts who had a relapse within 12 months of prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant systemic therapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, were not eligible. Results: As of Aug 16, 2022, 464 pts (78.4% male, 21.6% female) were included from 140 Italian centers from Jan 2021-Mar 2022. Median age at inclusion was 70 years (IQR, 63-76 years). At the start of 1L PBC, 346 pts (73.9%) had metastatic disease and 40 (8.6%) had unresectable locally advanced disease (disease stage not defined [N/D] in 78 pts [16.8%]). ECOG PS was 0 in 321 pts (69.2%), 1 in 140 (30.2%), and N/D in 3 (0.7%). Primary tumor site was upper tract in 148 pts (31.9%) and lower tract in 309 (66.6%) (N/D in 7 [1.5%]). 1L PBC comprised carboplatin + gemcitabine in 241 pts (51.9%), cisplatin + gemcitabine in 214 (46.1%), and other PBC in 9 (1.9%); 225 pts (48.5%) received 4 cycles of PBC, 54 (11.6%) received 5 cycles, and 177 (38.2%) received 6 cycles (other or N/D in 8 [1.7%]). Complete response to 1L PBC was achieved in 51 pts (11.0%), partial response in 266 (57.3%), and stable disease in 147 (31.7%). For 391 pts currently evaluable for OS and progression-free survival (PFS) from the start of avelumab, the 12-month OS rate was 69.1% (95% CI, 64.4%-73.6%), while median OS was not reached. The 12-month PFS rate was 38.9% (95% CI, 34.0%-43.7%) and median PFS was 6.6 months (95% CI, 5.6-8.9 months). Grade 3-4 adverse events occurred in 33 pts (7.1%). Conclusions: This CUP included a large pt population representative of daily clinical practice in 140 Italian oncology centers and the results are consistent with those of previous studies. Overall, these real-world data strengthen the findings of JAVELIN Bladder 100 and provide further support for avelumab 1LM as a standard of care in eligible pts with la/mUC.

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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

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02603432

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 6; abstr 469)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.6_suppl.469

Abstract #

469

Poster Bd #

H10

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