Clinical outcomes in phase 1 clinical trials (Ph1-CT) when treating patients (pts) with novel immunotherapy (IT) agents at early lines for advanced disease.

Authors

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Juan José Soto

Medical Oncology Department-Phase 1 Functional Unit | Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Juan José Soto , Sandra Llop-Serna , Agostina Stradella , Rafael Villanueva , Mariona Calvo , Maria Jove , Jose Carlos Ruffinelli , Ramon Salazar , Miguel J. Gil Gil , Marta Gil-Martin , Marc Oliva , Juan Martin Liberal , Carmen Cuadra Amor

Organizations

Medical Oncology Department-Phase 1 Functional Unit | Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: Cancer pts can be offered IT drugs within Ph1-CT before having exhausted standard of care (SoC) therapies. However, whether this strategy may improve pts’ outcomes remains unclear. We assess the benefits of receiving novel IT compounds within Ph1-CT at early lines for advanced disease. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed a correlative series of pts with advanced solid tumors treated with IT within Ph1-CT at the Phase 1 Unit of Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain, from January 2018 to July 2022. Primary aim was to assess clinical outcomes measured by median progression-free survival (mPFS) and median overall survival (mOS) according to number of prior lines (PL) for recurrent/metastatic disease, prior IT, availability of alternative SoC in our country, IT biomarker-selected population and grade 3-4 toxicity (G3-4 Tox) by multivariate analysis (MVA). Overall response rate (ORR) was evaluated by RECIST 1.1. Clinical benefit rate (CBR) was defined as complete/partial response + stable disease for ≥6 months (m). PFS/OS were calculated by Kaplan-Meier method. Log-rank test was used for comparisons. MVA was performed by Cox regression. Results: A total of 228 pts were assessed: IT monotherapy = 49 (21.5%), IT combinations = 179 (78.5%) (IT+IT = 111 [48.7%], IT+targeted therapy = 24 [10.5%], IT+others = 44 [19.3%]). Forty-nine (21.5%) pts were included according to IT biomarkers (PDL1, TIM3 expression, MSI-H, others). Median age was 62 y (24-83), 62.7% were men. All pts had ECOG ≤1. The 4 most frequent cancer types were HNSCC (19.7%), NSCLC (15.4%), glioblastoma (10.5%) and urothelial (10.1%). Number of PL: 0 = 33 (14.5%) pts, 1 = 92 (40.3%) pts, ≥2 = 103 (45.2%) pts. Sixty-three (27.6%) pts had received prior IT and 159 (69.7%) had alternative available SoC. Overall G3-4 Tox rate was 21.5% (20.6% in pts IT-treated). ORR and CBR were higher in pts IT-naïve than in pts IT-treated (21.2% vs 12.7% [p .18] and 35.7% vs 25.4% [p .26], respectively). With a median follow-up of 19m, overall mPFS and mOS were 3.5m (2.7-3.9) and 9.8m (8.5-11.5), respectively. In the MVA, lesser number of PL, SoC availability and biomarker selection positively impacted on mOS. After Ph1-CT treatment, 111 (48.7%) pts received further treatment: 19.3% within clinical trial, 29.4% with SoC. Conclusions: In our cohort of pts treated within IT Ph1-CT, those with less PL of treatment, with available alternative SoC and/or selected by biomarker achieved higher PFS and OS. These results suggest that treating pts with novel IT agents at early lines might positively impact on survival.

VariablesPFS(m)OS(m)
PL
≤1 / ≥2
≤2 / >2

4.3 / 2.4 p .0002
3.6 / 1.7 p .001

13.3 / 8.7 p .001
10.5 / 7.8 p .001
Prior IT (yes/no)2.3 / 3.5 p .0079.3 / 8.5 p .66
SoC available (yes/no)3.8 / 2.1 p .000310.8 / 8.7 p .03
Biomarker selection (yes/no)5.3 / 2.7 p .0712 / 8 p .03
G3-4 Tox (yes/no)5.4 / 2.8 p .00113 / 8.9 p .058

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy

Track

Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy

Sub Track

New Targets and New Technologies (IO)

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 2586)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.2586

Abstract #

2586

Poster Bd #

428

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