Phase II trial of safety and efficacy of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in stage II-IV non small cell lung cancer (LungMark).

Authors

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Yaobin Lin

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

Yaobin Lin , You-Hao Chen , Zhi-Chao Lin , Ming Zhou , Wen-Yu Zhai , Ze-Rui Zhao , Bing-Yu Rao , Yu-Heng Zhou , Min Huang , Hao Long

Organizations

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China;, Guangzhou, China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Center of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, VA, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: The current study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of chemotherapy with PD-1 inhibitor, tislelizumab, for stage II-IV NSCLC. Meanwhile to explore the potential biomarkers for safety and efficacy of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in NSCLC. Methods: This was an open-label, multicenter, phase 2 trial conducted at 3 hospitals in China. Patients with treatment-naïve, stage II-IV NSCLC without EGFR/ALK driver mutations were enrolled. This study consisted of two cohorts, one cohort is potentially resectable disease (PRD) and the other is unresectable disease (URD). The PRD patients received 3-4 cycles of tislelizumab (200 mg Q3w) plus carboplatin-based chemotherapy. Candidates eligible for surgery underwent surgery, followed by adjuvant tislelizumab monotherapy for 1 year. The URD patients received platinum-based doublet chemotherapy plus tislelizumab for 4-6 cycles, followed by tislelizumab for squamous and tislelizumab in combination with pemetrexed for non-squamous, until disease progression or intolerable toxicity. Primary endpoint was safety. Secondary endpoints were efficacy, such as MPR/pCR(PRD cohort), ORR, PFS and OS, etc. Multi-omics analysis of baseline and post-treatment samples were conducted to explore the safety and efficacy for chemoimmunotherapy. (NCT05244837). Results: Between December 2020 and November 2022, a total of 100 eligible patients were enrolled and received at least one cycle of immunochemotherapy. 58 patients were with PRD, of whom 40 (68.9%) were squamous cell lung cancer. 50 (86.2%) patients were stage III disease. During neoadjuvant treatment period, 52 patients (91.2%) experienced neoadjuvant TRAEs. Most of the TRAEs were grade 1or 2. No grade 4 or 5 TRAEs was observed. The most common grade 1 or 2 TRAEs were alopecia (n = 29;50.9%), anemia (n = 25;43.9%), rash (n = 29; 50.9%). Four patients (7.0%) experienced severe TRAE of grade 3 increased ALT/AST.39 patients received surgical resection, R0 resection was performed for 38 (97.4%) patients. 29 (74.4%) achieved MPR (major pathological response), including 19 (48.7%) with a complete pathological response (pCR). 42 patients with URD were enrolled, 26 (61.9%) patients were stage IV disease. 37 patients (88.1%) experienced TRAEs. The most common grade 1 or 2 TRAEs TRAEs were anemia (n = 27; 64.3%), rash (n = 12; 57.0%). Severe TRAEs occurred in 8 (2.0%) cases, including increased ALT/AST, decreased white blood cell count etc. 29 genes were identified as differentially expressed in pre-treatment tumors from patients with pCR compared to non-pCR. Conclusions: Neoadjuvant tislelizumab plus chemotherapy was safe and effective with high MPR and manageable TRAEs in patients with PRD. For patients with URD, tislelizumab plus chemotherapy was generally well tolerated. We have identified a differential immune landscape between pCR and non-pCR tumors. Clinical trial information: NCT05244837.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Local-Regional/Small Cell/Other Thoracic Cancers

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Local-Regional Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT05244837

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 8564)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.8564

Abstract #

8564

Poster Bd #

191

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