A phase II study of afatinib in combination with pemetrexed and carboplatin in patients with EGFR mutation positive non-squamous, advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) refractory to first-line osimertinib treatment: NEJ025B.

Authors

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Tatsuro Fukuhara

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan

Tatsuro Fukuhara , Hiromi Nagashima , Yu Utsumi , Aya Suzuki , Masahiro Seike , Akihiko Miyanaga , Koichi Azuma , Akira Kisohara , Yosuke Kawashima , Hajime Asahina , Hisashi Tanaka , Ryota Kanemaru , Eisaku Miyauchi , Naoki Furuya , Haruna Sato , Kazuko Sakai , Kazuto Nishio , Fumiaki Takahashi , Kunihiko Kobayashi , Makoto Maemondo

Organizations

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Yahaba, Japan, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume-Shi, Japan, Respiratory Medicine, Kasukabe Medical Center, Kasukabe, Japan, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendain Miyagi, IL, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-Shi, Japan, Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, OSAKA-FU, Japan, Department of Information Science, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka-Gun, Japan

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
supported by Boehringer

Background: To date, osimertinib has been commonly used as a first-line treatment for EGFR mutated advanced NSCLC. However, the issue of what constitutes effective treatment after osimertinib failure remains.We evaluated treatment with afatinib plus chemotherapy for EGFR mutated NSCLC resistant to osimertinib. Methods: Patients (pts) with EGFRm (Del19 or L858R) after failure of osimertinib treatment were assigned to a regimen of afatinib 20mg daily combined with carboplatin AUC5 mg/ml/min and pemetrexed 500mg/m2 every 3 weeks followed by maintenance treatment with afatinib plus pemetrexed until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity was noted. The primary endpoint was rate of PFS at 6 months after initiation of treatment (6M-PFSR). The threshold was set at 35% and the expected value at 60% (two-sided P-value of 5% and power of 80%). Thirty-one patients were required, and the target number of patients was set at 35 after accounting for ineligible cases. Secondary endpoints were PFS, OS, ORR, DOR, and Safety. In this study, blood samples were collected before and after study treatment and at the time of PD to examine biomarkers using CAPP-SEQ. This biomarker study is ongoing. Results: Between June 7, 2020 and January 19, 2022, 36 pts were enrolled. One patient was found to meet the exclusion criteria, and the efficacy was analyzed in the other 35 patients. The mean age was 70 years, 60% were women, and 54.3% were nonsmokers. The 6M-PFSR, the primary endpoint, was 57.1%. The confidence interval of 39.3%-71.5% exceeded the threshold of 35%, and the study met its primary endpoint. Notably, 24.1% of pts had a long-term PFS of 1 year or longer. ORR was 48.6%, DCR was 88.6%, median PFS was 8.2M, median DOR was 5.6 M, and median OS was not reached. By mutation type, ORR were similar for Del19 and L858R (46.7% and 50.0%, respectively), but median PFS tended to be longer for Del19 compared to L858R (9.6M and 5.2M, respectively). Pts who responded to previous osimertinib therapy (CR and PR: n = 29) tended to have longer mPFS compared to non-responders (SD, PD, and NE: n = 6) (8.5M and 5.8M, respectively). Adverse events due to TKI and chemotherapy were observed. Diarrhea (52.8%), anorexia (44.4%), fatigue (33.3%), and paronychia (36.1%) were the most frequent adverse events, and these adverse events were predictable and manageable. Interstitial pneumonia developed in three patients (8%), one of whom was the only death in the study. Conclusions: The combination of afatinib and the platinum doublet showed satisfactory efficacy with manageable adverse events in tumors refractory to osimertinib, and met its primary endpoint. OS follow-up and biomarker analyses are still ongoing. This regimen is expected to be a candidate for second-line therapy after osimertinib. Clinical trial information: jRCTs021200005.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

jRCTs021200005

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 9044)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.9044

Abstract #

9044

Poster Bd #

32

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