Final prespecified overall survival (OS) analysis of CLEAR: 4-year follow-up of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab (L+P) vs sunitinib (S) in patients (pts) with advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC).

Authors

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Robert J. Motzer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Robert J. Motzer , Camillo Porta , Masatoshi Eto , Thomas Powles , Viktor Grünwald , Thomas E. Hutson , Boris Alekseev , Sun Young Rha , Jaime R. Merchan , Jeffrey C. Goh , Anil Kapoor , Ugo De Giorgi , Bohuslav Melichar , Sung-Hoo Hong , Howard Gurney , Karla Rodriguez-Lopez , Cixin S. He , Chinyere Okpara , Jodi McKenzie , Toni K. Choueiri

Organizations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, University of Bari 'A. Moro', Bari, Italy, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, The Royal Free NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, Texas Oncology, Dallas, TX, P.A. Herzen Moscow Oncological Research Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, ICON Research, South Brisbane and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Juravinski Cancer Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) Dino Amadori, Meldola, Italy, Palacký University Medical School and Teaching Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, Eisai Inc., Nutley, NJ, Eisai Ltd., Hatfield, United Kingdom, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
This study was sponsored by Eisai Inc., Nutley, NJ, USA, and Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA

Background: In the phase 3 CLEAR trial, L+P showed clinically meaningful and statistically significant benefits in PFS (primary endpoint) and OS, and improved ORR compared with S in 1L aRCC (Motzer NEJM 2021). Here, we report 4-yr follow-up results from the final prespecified OS analysis of CLEAR (data cutoff: 31 Jul 2022). Methods: Treatment-naïve pts (n=1069) who had aRCC with a clear-cell component were randomized (1:1:1) to receive: L 20 mg PO QD + P 200 mg IV Q3W; or L 18 mg + everolimus 5 mg PO QD; or S 50 mg PO QD (4 wks on/2 wks off). Stratification factors were geographic region and MSKCC prognostic risk group. This final prespecified OS analysis was triggered by ~304 death events in 2 arms. OS, PFS, ORR, duration of response (DOR), and PFS on next-line therapy (PFS2) were assessed for L+P and S. PFS, ORR and DOR were assessed per independent review using RECIST v1.1. Nominal P-values are shown. Results: At a median follow-up (IQR) of 49.8 mos (41.4–53.1) for L+P and 49.4 mos (41.6–52.8) for S, 149 and 159 deaths had occurred, respectively. OS benefit with L+P vs S was maintained (HR, 95% CI; 0.79, 0.63–0.99). OS favored L+P vs S across MSKCC risk groups (HR, 95% CI; favorable [fav]: 0.89, 0.53–1.50; intermediate [int]: 0.81, 0.62–1.06; poor: 0.59, 0.31–1.12). PFS benefit of L+P vs S was maintained (HR, 95% CI; 0.47, 0.38–0.57). PFS favored L+P vs S across MSKCC risk groups (HR, 95% CI; fav: 0.46, 0.32–0.67; int: 0.51, 0.40–0.65; poor: 0.18, 0.08–0.42). ORR was greater with L+P (71.3%; complete response [CR], 18.3%) vs S (36.7%; CR, 4.8%) (relative risk, 95% CI; 1.94, 1.67–2.26). Less pts in the L+P arm (181/355, 51.0%) received subsequent anticancer therapies compared with the S arm (246/357, 68.9%); 56 (15.8%) and 195 (54.6%) received PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors, respectively. Analysis of OS adjusted for subsequent therapies will be presented. PFS2 was longer with L+P vs S (43.3 vs 25.9 mos; HR, 95% CI; 0.63, 0.51–0.77). Grade ≥3 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 74.1% and 60.3% pts in the L+P and S arms, respectively. Conclusions: L+P continues to demonstrate clinically meaningful benefit vs S in OS, PFS, ORR, and CR in the 1L treatment of pts with aRCC at 4-yr follow-up, thus supporting the robustness of the primary analysis data from CLEAR. Clinical trial information: NCT02811861.

L+P
(n = 355)
S
(n = 357)
OS HR vs S (95% CI);
nominal P-value
0.79 (0.63–0.99);
0.0424
 Median OS, mos (95% CI)53.7 (48.7–not estimable [NE])54.3 (40.9–NE)
 OS rate at 24 / 36 / 48 mos, %80.4 / 66.4 / 55.969.6 / 60.2 / 52.5
PFS HR vs S (95% CI);
nominal P-value
0.47 (0.38–0.57);
<0.0001
 Median PFS, months (95% CI)23.9 (20.8–27.7)9.2 (6.0–11.0)
 PFS rate at 24 / 36 / 48 mos, %49.0 / 37.3 / 24.523.4 / 17.6 / 13.1
ORR relative risk vs S (95% CI); nominal P-value1.94 (1.67–2.26);
<0.0001
 ORR, % (95% CI); CR, %71.3 (66.6–76.0); 18.336.7 (31.7–41.7); 4.8
Median DOR, mos (95% CI)26.7 (22.8–34.6)14.7 (9.4–18.2)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Genitourinary Cancer—Kidney and Bladder

Track

Genitourinary Cancer—Kidney and Bladder

Sub Track

Kidney Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02811861

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 4502)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.4502

Abstract #

4502

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