1. Immune checkpoint inhibitors for patients with advanced lung cancer and oncogenic driver alterations: results from the IMMUNOTARGET registry
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Mazieres, J, Drilon, A, Lusque, A, Mhanna, L, Cortot, AB, Mezquita, L, Thai, AA, Mascaux, C, Couraud, S, Veillon, R, Van den Heuvel, M, Neal, J, Peled, N, Früh, M, Ng, TL, Gounant, V, Popat, S, Diebold, J, Sabari, J, Zhu, VW, Rothschild, SI, Bironzo, P, Martinez-Marti, A, Curioni-Fontecedro, A, Rosell, R, Lattuca-Truc, M, Wiesweg, M, Besse, B, Solomon, B, Barlesi, F, Schouten, RD, Wakelee, H, Camidge, DR, Zalcman, G, Novello, S, Ou, SI, Milia, J, and Gautschi, O
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Lung ,Cancer ,Clinical Research ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Lung Cancer ,Development of treatments and therapeutic interventions ,5.1 Pharmaceuticals ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adult ,Aged ,Aged ,80 and over ,Antineoplastic Agents ,Immunological ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,B7-H1 Antigen ,Biomarkers ,Tumor ,Carcinoma ,Non-Small-Cell Lung ,Female ,Humans ,Lung Neoplasms ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Mutation ,Oncogenes ,Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor ,Progression-Free Survival ,Registries ,Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors ,Retrospective Studies ,immunotherapy ,lung cancer ,oncogenic addiction ,Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Oncology & Carcinogenesis - Abstract
BackgroundAnti-PD1/PD-L1 directed immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are widely used to treat patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The activity of ICI across NSCLC harboring oncogenic alterations is poorly characterized. The aim of our study was to address the efficacy of ICI in the context of oncogenic addiction.Patients and methodsWe conducted a retrospective study for patients receiving ICI monotherapy for advanced NSCLC with at least one oncogenic driver alteration. Anonymized data were evaluated for clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes for ICI therapy: best response (RECIST 1.1), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) from ICI initiation. The primary end point was PFS under ICI. Secondary end points were best response (RECIST 1.1) and OS from ICI initiation.ResultsWe studied 551 patients treated in 24 centers from 10 countries. The molecular alterations involved KRAS (n = 271), EGFR (n = 125), BRAF (n = 43), MET (n = 36), HER2 (n = 29), ALK (n = 23), RET (n = 16), ROS1 (n = 7), and multiple drivers (n = 1). Median age was 60 years, gender ratio was 1 : 1, never/former/current smokers were 28%/51%/21%, respectively, and the majority of tumors were adenocarcinoma. The objective response rate by driver alteration was: KRAS = 26%, BRAF = 24%, ROS1 = 17%, MET = 16%, EGFR = 12%, HER2 = 7%, RET = 6%, and ALK = 0%. In the entire cohort, median PFS was 2.8 months, OS 13.3 months, and the best response rate 19%. In a subgroup analysis, median PFS (in months) was 2.1 for EGFR, 3.2 for KRAS, 2.5 for ALK, 3.1 for BRAF, 2.5 for HER2, 2.1 for RET, and 3.4 for MET. In certain subgroups, PFS was positively associated with PD-L1 expression (KRAS, EGFR) and with smoking status (BRAF, HER2).Conclusions: ICI induced regression in some tumors with actionable driver alterations, but clinical activity was lower compared with the KRAS group and the lack of response in the ALK group was notable. Patients with actionable tumor alterations should receive targeted therapies and chemotherapy before considering immunotherapy as a single agent.
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- 2019