Survival outcomes in pediatric patients with metastatic Ewing sarcoma who achieve a rapid complete response of pulmonary metastases.

Authors

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Audra J Reiter

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Audra J Reiter , Lynn Huang , Brian T Craig , Lindsay J Talbot , Jennifer H Aldrink , Stephanie F. Polites , Roshni Dasgupta , Marcus M. Malek , Nelson Piche , Harold N Lovvorn , Robin Petroze , Hau D Le , Barrie S. Rich , Natashia M Seemann , Jonathan Roach , Zachary J Kastenberg , Brian A Coakley , Christa N Grant , Elisabeth T Tracy , Timothy Lautz

Organizations

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Queens, NY, Division of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, NC, Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: Twenty-five percent of patients with Ewing Sarcoma (EWS) have metastatic disease at diagnosis, most commonly in the lungs. Our objectives were to compare overall (OS) and pulmonary disease-free survival (PDFS) between patients with metastatic EWS at diagnosis who achieve rapid complete response (RCR), defined as radiographic resolution of all pulmonary nodules at the end of induction chemotherapy, and those with residual pulmonary nodules after induction chemotherapy (non-RCR). Methods: This multi-center, retrospective cohort study included children under 20 years of age with metastatic EWS treated from 2007-2020 at 19 institutions participating in the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative. Chi-square tests were conducted for differences among groups, and p < 0.05 was considered significant. Kaplan-Meier curves were generated for OS and PDFS. Cox regression was performed for OS, controlling for whole lung irradiation (WLI), extrapulmonary metastases, and age. Results: Among 153 patients with metastatic EWS at diagnosis, 61 (40%) achieved RCR, and 87 (57%) did not (5 unknown). The median number of pulmonary nodules was 3.5 in the RCR vs 5 in the non-RCR groups (p = 0.02), while bilateral disease was present in 44 (72%) RCR vs 75 (86%) non-RCR patients (p = 0.03). Pulmonary relapse occurred in 58 (38%) patients, including 18 (29%) in the RCR and 36 (41%) in the non-RCR groups (p = 0.14). Factors associated with pulmonary relapse in the univariate analysis include median age [15 years (IQR: 12-17) with pulmonary relapse vs 12 years (IQR: 9-16) without (p = 0.03)] and extrapulmonary metastases at diagnosis [24 (41%) patients with pulmonary relapse vs 26 (27%) patients without pulmonary relapse (p = 0.05)]. WLI was performed in 100 patients and was not associated with a reduction in pulmonary relapse (p = 0.93). Complete surgical clearance of pulmonary disease was attempted in 29 (19%) patients, including 17 of the patients who met the criteria for RCR. On Kaplan-Meier analyses, 5-year PDFS did not significantly differ based on RCR (67%) vs. non-RCR (53%, p = 0.13), or WLI (61%) vs. no WLI (54%, p = 0.32). However, 5-year OS did vary significantly between patients with RCR and WLI (85%), RCR without WLI (55%), non-RCR with WLI (60%), and non-RCR without WLI (25%; p < 0.01). In Cox regression analysis, RCR was associated with improved OS after controlling for WLI, extrapulmonary metastases, and patient age (HR 0.51, p = 0.03). Conclusions: Patients with EWS who had pulmonary metastases at diagnosis had improved OS if they achieved RCR and received WLI, despite having no significant differences in rates of pulmonary relapse. Further research is needed to determine whether clearance of pulmonary disease achieved through surgical metastasectomy provides a comparable survival benefit and if any subsets of patients have a reduced risk of pulmonary relapse after resection.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Sarcoma

Track

Sarcoma

Sub Track

Bone Tumors

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 11535)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.11535

Abstract #

11535

Poster Bd #

469

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