Long-term safety of avelumab first-line (1L) maintenance for advanced urothelial carcinoma (aUC) in the JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial.

Authors

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Joaquim Bellmunt

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Joaquim Bellmunt , Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching , Miguel Ángel Climent , Srikala S. Sridhar , Thomas Powles , Paul Cislo , Elisabete Michelon , Alessandra Di Pietro , Petros Grivas

Organizations

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Barts Cancer Institute, Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Queen Mary University of London, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Pfizer, New York, NY, Pfizer, Inc., Milan, Italy, University of Washington; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
This study was sponsored by Pfizer, as part of an alliance between Pfizer and the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (CrossRef Funder ID: 10.13039/100009945)

Background: In the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial (NCT02603432), patients (pts) with aUC without progression after 1L platinum-based chemotherapy had significantly prolonged overall survival and progression-free survival with avelumab 1L maintenance + best supportive care (BSC) vs BSC alone. The safety profile of avelumab 1L maintenance was consistent with prior avelumab monotherapy studies, with no new safety signals identified and no detrimental impact on quality of life. Results led to the adoption of avelumab 1L maintenance into international guidelines as standard of care. We report post hoc safety analyses after a minimum 2 years of follow-up. Methods: Eligible pts had unresectable locally advanced or metastatic UC without progression after 1L platinum-based chemotherapy. Here, pts who received treatment in the avelumab + BSC arm were analyzed. Trial treatment continued until confirmed progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. Results: At data cutoff (June 4, 2021), median follow-up in the avelumab arm was 38.0 months. In 344 pts who received ≥1 dose of avelumab, median treatment duration was 5.8 months (range, 0.5-49.7) and median number of infusions was 11.5 (range, 1.0-106.0). Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) of any grade occurred in 269 pts (78.2%). Grade ≥3 TRAEs occurred in 67 pts (19.5%); the most common (>2%) were lipase increased (n=12; 3.5%) and amylase increased (n=8; 2.3%). 40 pts (11.6%) had a TRAE that led to avelumab discontinuation. Immune-related AEs (irAEs) occurred at any grade in 111 pts (32.3%) and at grade ≥3 in 26 (7.6%). The most common categories of irAEs (any grade in >5%) were thyroid disorders (n=44; 12.8%) and immune-related rash (n=37; 10.8%); the most common categories of grade ≥3 irAEs (>1%) were immune-related rash and hepatitis (each n=5; 1.5%). Serious irAEs occurred in 18 pts (5.2%), of which immune-related nephritis/renal dysfunction (n=4; 1.2%) was the most common category. 21 pts (6.1%) had an irAE that led to avelumab discontinuation; the most common categories (>1%) were immune-related hepatitis and nephritis/renal dysfunction (each n=4; 1.2%). Among 118 pts treated with avelumab for ≥12 months, irAEs occurred after 12 months in 27 pts (22.9%), including grade ≥3 irAEs in 5 (4.2%). The most common category of irAEs occurring after 12 months (any grade in >5%) was immune-related rash (n=12; 10.2%). No category of grade ≥3 irAEs occurred after 12 months in >1 pt. Conclusions: Post hoc analyses from JAVELIN Bladder 100 confirm the acceptable long-term safety profile of avelumab 1L maintenance. Grade ≥3 TRAEs or irAEs occurred in relatively low proportions of pts, and no new safety signals were identified with longer treatment. These results further support the use of avelumab 1L maintenance until progression as standard of care for pts with aUC without progression after 1L platinum-based chemotherapy. Clinical trial information: NCT02603432.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Genitourinary Cancer—Kidney and Bladder

Track

Genitourinary Cancer—Kidney and Bladder

Sub Track

Urothelial Cancer - Advanced/Metastatic Disease

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02603432

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 4516)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.4516

Abstract #

4516

Poster Bd #

8

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