Association of HER2 expression in advanced urothelial carcinoma (aUC) and treatment outcomes with immune checkpoint inhibitors and enfortumab vedotin.

Authors

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Chase Allain Shipp

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Chase Allain Shipp , Tanya Jindal , Kevin R Reyes , Xiaolin Zhu , Chien-Kuang Cornelia Ding , Emily Chan , Bradley A. Stohr , Prianka Deshmukh , Kelly N. Fitzgerald , Daniel Kwon , Rohit Bose , Arpita Desai , Ivan de Kouchkovsky , Rahul Raj Aggarwal , Eric J. Small , Lawrence Fong , Sima P. Porten , Terence W. Friedlander , Jonathan Chou , Vadim S Koshkin

Organizations

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) is not routinely assessed in patients (pts) with aUC, but it is an emerging predictive biomarker with the advent of HER2-targeting agents. aUC outcomes with respect to HER2 status following treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and enfortumab vedotin (EV) are unknown. Methods: We retrospectively identified pts with aUC and available biopsies tested for HER2 IHC and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). HER2 status was assessed using modified GI criteria as HER2 high (IHC 3+ or IHC 2+/FISH+), HER2 low (IHC 2+/FISH- or IHC 1+) or HER2 negative (IHC 0). Pt characteristics and outcomes were abstracted from chart review. We compared outcomes following ICI monotherapy and EV-based regimens in pts with HER2-high or HER2-low tumors relative to HER2-negative, and HER2-positive (≥IHC 1+) tumors relative to HER2-negative. Observed response rate (ORR) evaluated by local investigator was compared in pts with scans after ≥1 treatment cycles using logistic regression, while progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from treatment start were assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards model. Results: Biopsies from 181 pts with aUC obtained from 3/2016 – 3/2023 were tested for HER2 (34 high, 88 low, 58 negative, 1 indeterminate). In this group, 43 pts received ICI [38 (88%) pembrolizumab; 5 (12%) atezolizumab] and 37 EV [31 (82%) monotherapy; 6 (18%) combination regimen]. Pt characteristics and outcomes are shown in the Table. Among pts treated with EV, HER2-negative pts had decreased PFS (HR: 0.18, 95% CI 0.03 – 0.94, p=0.04) relative to HER2-high. No other differences were noted for any cross-group comparison. For pts treated with ICI, no differences in outcomes were observed for any comparisons based on HER2 status. Conclusions: In this single institution retrospective analysis, pts with aUC and HER2-high IHC expression had longer PFS relative to pts with HER2-negative expression when treated with EV-based regimens. No differences were observed in ICI outcomes based on HER2 expression. These hypothesis-generating results should be validated in larger cohorts.

ICI (N=43)EV (N=37)
Median Age at Tx Start (yrs)7372
Gender – n (%)
Male
Female
25 (58)
18 (42)
25 (68)
12 (32)
Primary Tumor Site – n (%)
Bladder
Upper Tract
Unknown/Other
31 (72)
6 (14)
6 (14)
27 (73)
7 (19)
3 (8)
Histology – n (%)
Pure Urothelial
Variant Component
Pure Variant
21 (49)
19 (44)
3 (7)
19 (51)
16 (43)
2 (6)
Prior lines of Therapy – n (%)
<2
≥2
35 (81)
8 (19)
20 (54)
17 (46)
Outcomes by HER2 Status, mos (95% CI)
HER2 High, N
ORR
mPFS
mOS
7
20% (1/5)
2.4 (2.0 – NR)
12.6 (6.8 – NR)
8
63% (5/8)
15.4 (6.4 – NR)
18.2 (10.1 – NR)
HER2 Low, N
ORR
mPFS
mOS
24
35% (7/20)
5.6 (3.4 – NR)
30.6 (15.0 – NR)
20
37% (7/19)
5.0 (4.0 – NR)
24.0 (8.5 – NR)
HER2 Negative, N
ORR
mPFS
mOS
12
40% (4/10)
4.0 (1.5 – NR)
5.5 (2.1 – NR)
9
38% (3/8)
4.5 (1.9 – NR)
NR (3.83 – NR)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Urothelial Carcinoma

Track

Urothelial Carcinoma

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 4; abstr 599)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.4_suppl.599

Abstract #

599

Poster Bd #

G5

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