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Background A standard of care for pretreated, advanced non–small‐cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), nivolumab has demonstrated long‐term benefit when administered for 2 years. We aimed to better discern an optimized administration duration by retrospectively analyzing real‐life long‐term efficacy in a prospective cohort. Methods All nivolumab‐treated adults with advanced NSCLCs (01/09/2015 to 30/09/2016) from nine French centers were eligible. On 31/12/2018, patients who are alive ≥ 2 years after starting nivolumab were defined as long‐term survivors (LTSs) and were divided into three nivolumab treatment groups: 2 years. Co‐primary endpoints were LTSs’ progression‐free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Results The median follow‐up was 32 months (95% CI, 31.0 to 34.0). The 3‐year OS rate for the 259 cohort patients was 16.6%. Among them, 65 were LTSs: 47 treated 2 years. Their respective characteristics were: median age: 59, 52, and 58 years; smoking history: 92.9, 100, and 100%; adenocarcinomas: 66, 57.1, and 54.5%. LTSs’ median (m)PFS was 28.4 months; mOS was not reached. LTSs’ objective response rate was 61.6%. mOS was 32.7 months for those treated 2‐year group's 3‐year OS was longer. Twenty‐eight LTSs experienced no disease progression; 7 had durable complete responses. However, LTSs had more frequent and more severe adverse events. Conclusion In real‐life, prolonged nivolumab use provided long‐term benefit with 16.6% 3‐year OS and 25% LTSs. Survival tended to be prolonged with nivolumab continued beyond 2 years. Prospective randomized trials with adequate design are needed., Phase III trials didn't provide an optimal duration of immunotherapy for responder or stable patients in advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer. A 2 years‐fixed duration or long‐term therapy are proposed to clinicians. The results of this observational study of 65 long‐term survivor pretreated patients showed a trends toward improvement of survival outcomes when continuing nivolumab after two years.

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International audience; Background With the development of precision oncology, Molecular Tumor Boards (MTB) are developing in many institutions. However, the implementation of MTB in routine clinical practice has still not been thoroughly studied. Material and methods Since the first drugs approved for targeted therapies, patient tumor samples were centralized to genomic testing platforms. In our institution, all tumor samples have been analyzed since 2014 by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). In 2015, we established a regional MTB to discuss patient cases with 1 or more alterations identified by NGS, in genes different from those related to drug approval. We conducted a retrospective comparative analysis to study whether our MTB increased the prescriptions of Molecular Targeted Therapies (MTT) and the inclusions of patients in clinical trials with MTT, in comparison with patients with available NGS data but no MTB discussion. Results In 2014, 86 patients had UGA, but the results were not available to clinicians and not discussed in MTB. During the years 2015 and 2016, 113 patients with an UGA (unreferenced genomic alteration) were discussed in MTB. No patients with an UGA were included in 2014 in a clinical trial, versus 2 (2%) in 2015-2016. 13 patients with an UGA (12%) were treated in 2015-2016 with a MTT whereas in 2014, no patient (p = 0.001). Conclusions In this retrospective analysis, we showed that the association of large-scale genomic testing and MTB was feasible, and could increase the prescription of MTT. However, in routine clinical practice, the majority of patients with UGA still do not have access to MTT.

CERVOXY CLIN; International audience; Background - Anticancer immune responses are negatively regulated by programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) T-cell membrane protein interaction with its ligand, programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), on cancer cells. We sought to assess the prognostic role of PD-L1 expression in tumor samples from patients enrolled onto the IFCT-0701 MAPS randomized phase 3 trial (NCT00651456). Patients and methods - Tumor samples were analyzed by immunohistochemistry for percentages of PD-L1 membrane-stained tumor cells using the E1L3N clone, and data were correlated to survival by multivariate Cox models including stratification variables. Results - PD-L1 staining was assessed in 214 (47.75%) of 448 patients. Epithelioid subtype represented 83.7% (179/214). Absence of PD-L1 staining occurred in 137 (64.1%) of 214 malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) samples, while 77 (35.9%) of 214 were PD-L1 positive, with 50 (64.9%) of 77 showing < 50% PD-L1-expressing tumor cells. Sarcomatoid/biphasic subtypes were more commonly PD-L1 positive than epithelioid subtype (P < .001). In patients with 1% or more PD-L1-stained tumor cells, median overall survival (OS) was 12.3 months versus 22.2 months for other patients (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.25; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93-1.67; P = .14). OS did not differ according to PD-L1 positivity in multivariate analyses (adjusted HR = 1.10; 95% CI, 0.81-1.49; P = .55). With a 50% cutoff, PD-L1-positive patients displayed a 10.5 months median OS versus 19.3 months for patients with lower PD-L1 expression (HR = 1.93; 95% CI, 1.27-2.93; P = .002). OS did not significantly differ in adjusted Cox models (adjusted HR = 1.20; 95% CI, 0.74-1.94; P = .47). In the 179 epithelioid MPM patients, high PD-L1 staining (≥ 50% of tumor cells) negatively affected OS, although not significantly, showing a 12.3-month median OS (95% CI, 4.3-21.6) versus 23-month (95% CI, 18.5-25.2) for patients with tumor PD-L1 staining in < 50% cells (P = .071). The progression-free survival (PFS) differences were statistically significant, with a longer 9.9-month median PFS in patients with low PD-L1 staining (< 50% cells) compared to 6.7 months of median PFS in patients with high PD-L1 expression (≥ 50% cells) (P = .0047). Conclusion - Although high PD-L1 tumor cell expression was associated with poorer OS in MPM patients from the MAPS trial, its prognostic influence was lost in multivariate analyses in the whole cohort, while PD-L1 expression was strongly associated with the sarcomatoid/biphasic subtypes. In the epithelioid MPM subset of patients, high PD-L1 tumor expression (≥ 50%) negatively affected OS and PFS, with this prognostic influence remaining statistically significant for PFS after adjustment in multivariate Cox model.

The resistance mutation T790M is reported in 50–60% of patients pretreated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Osimertinib has been approved in these patients, but data in octogenarians remain rare. The objective of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate in real life the efficacy of osimertinib in a population of octogenarian patients. This retrospective multicentric study included pretreated octogenarian patients with EGFR T790M-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the setting of the French early access program for osimertinib. The primary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from osimertinib initiation. In total, 43 patients were included (mean age 84.6 years; women 90.7%: adenocarcinoma 100%; never smokers 90.5%; at osimertinib initiation: performance status ≥ 2, 42.4%; stage 4, 93.0%; brain metastases 16.3%). Patients received a median of two lines of treatment before osimertinib initiation, and all received first- or second-generation EGFR TKIs before osimertinib (first line in 79.1%). Osimertinib was used as a second-line treatment in 41.9% of cases and third line or more in 58.1%. Median PFS was 17.5 (95% confidence interval [CI] 12.2–19.0) months for the entire population: 20.6 (95% CI 18.8–not reached) months in patients with brain metastases and 16.7 (95% CI 10.4–18.9) months in patients without (p = 0.1). There was no significant difference for osimertinib treatment as second or third line or more (17.1 vs. 18.6 months, respectively). OS was 22.8 (95% CI 15.7–not reached) months from osimertinib initiation. The efficacy of osimertinib as second-line treatment or more in octogenarian pretreated patients with EGFR T790M-mutated advanced NSCLC in a real-life setting was similar to that in randomized controlled trials.

Objectives Pulmonary tularemia is a rare and little-known disease, whose clinical and radiological presentation can be confused with those of much more frequent pathologies, such as lung cancer or B-cell lymphoma (46,000 and 5,000 new cases respectively per year in France). Furthermore, PET/CT is a powerful tool for the diagnosis of malignancies or the exploration of fever of unknown origin. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of pulmonary tularemia and to determine whether its PET/CT aspect could help distinguish it from neoplasia. Methods Retrospective observational study collecting all pulmonary tularemia cases for which a PET/CT was performed between 2016 and 2020. Results Twenty-seven cases of pulmonary tularemia were analyzed. The sex ratio was 4.4, and the median age was 60 years. Clinical manifestations were mainly represented by fever (n = 23), arthralgia (n = 7) and cough (n = 6). PET/CT revealed intensely hypermetabolic mediastinal adenopathies in all cases, associated with parenchymal (n = 20) or pleural (n = 6) lesions, suggesting neoplastic pathology in 15 patients. Cytopuncture or lymph node biopsy was performed in 16 patients, revealing non-specific adenitis (n = 8), necrotic epithelio-gigantocellular granuloma (n = 3), or were non-contributory (n = 5). All patients reported significant environmental exposure. The outcome was favorable for all patients, spontaneously for 8 of them and after antibiotic therapy with either doxycycline or ciprofloxacin for the other 19. Conclusions Depending on the epidemiological setting, pulmonary tularemia may be considered an alternative diagnosis to lung cancer, lymphoma, or tuberculosis, in the presence of infectious symptoms and hypermetabolic pulmonary lesions and mediastinal lymphadenopathies on PET/CT.

Objective: To describe long-term outcomes of patients treated with nivolumab for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC) in everyday clinical practice in France, with a focus on patients aged ⩾80 years, patients with renal impairment and patients with brain metastases. Methods: The study included all patients with aNSCLC recorded in the French national hospital database, starting nivolumab in 2015–2016 and followed until December 2018. Patients were stratified by age, the presence of renal impairment and brain metastasis, as documented in the hospital discharge summaries. Information was retrieved on demographics, comorbidities and treatment history at baseline. Time to discontinuation of nivolumab treatment and overall survival were estimated using Kaplan–Meier survival analysis. Results: Overall, 10,452 patients were included, of whom 514 were octogenarians, 479 had renal impairment and 1800 had brain metastases at baseline. Median duration of nivolumab treatment was 2.8 months in the overall population and in both the octogenarian and renally impaired subgroups, and 2.3 months in patients with brain metastases. Median overall survival in these patient groups was 11.7 months (95% confidence interval: 11.3–12.2), 11.7 months (11.3–12.1), 11.7 months (11.3–12.2) and 9.9 months (9.0–10.9) respectively. Three-year overall survival rates were 19.1% (18.1–20.2) in the overall population, 16.5% (11.6–23.4) in octogenarians, 15.9% (11.8–21.4) in patients with renal impairment and 21.7% (19.4–24.2) in those with brain metastases. Conclusion: This large nationwide retrospective real-life cohort provided narrow estimates of long-term overall survival, which reached 19% at 3 years, consistent with data from phase III trials of nivolumab. Survival rates were comparable in the three special populations of interest and the overall population.

Background The KEYNOTE‐024 trial demonstrated that pembrolizumab, a PD‐1 inhibitor, significantly improves progression‐free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in selected patients with previously untreated advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a PD‐L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) ≥50% and without EGFR/ALK aberrations. The main aim of this study was to report the efficacy and safety profile of pembrolizumab in real‐life conditions. Method This was a French retrospective multicenter longitudinal study of 108 consecutive patients with advanced NSCLC, a PD‐L1 TPS ≥50% and without EGFR/ALK aberrations who were treated by pembrolizumab, in first line. Patient data were obtained from medical files. Results The main characteristics of the cohort were: median age [range] 66.7 [37‐87] years, 64.8% male, 23.1% with a performance status (PS) of 2, and 88.9% current or former smokers. Eighty‐seven percent had stage IV NSCLC at diagnosis, 9.2% untreated brain metastases at inclusion,. With a median follow‐up of 8.2 months, the median PFS was 10.1 months (95% CI, 8.8‐11.4). The objective response rate was 57.3% (complete response 2.7%, partial response 54.6%). Disease control rate was 71.1%. At 6 months, the OS rate estimated was 86.2%. Treatment‐related adverse events (AE) of grade 3 occurred in 8% of patients. There were no grade 4 or 5 AEs. Conclusion In a real‐life cohort of advanced NSCLC patients (including PS 2 and untreated brain metastases), with PD‐L1 TPS ≥50%, pembrolizumab demonstrates similar PFS to the pivotal clinical trial., This retrospective multicenter longitudinal study was intended to report the efficacy and safety profile of pembrolizumab in real‐life conditions for the first‐line treatment of advanced squamous none small‐cell lung cancer. The median progression free survival was 10.1 months (95% CI, 8.8‐11.4) and the treatment‐related adverse events of grade 3 occurred in 8% of patients. This study demonstrates similar progression‐free survival to KEYNOTE‐024.

Resume En presence d’un cancer bronchique non a petites cellules de stade avance porteur d’une mutation activatrice de l’EGFR, la prescription d’un inhibiteur de tyrosine kinase de l’EGFR de premiere ou seconde generation (ITK-EGFR 1G ou ITK-EGFR 2G) est recommandee des la premiere ligne de traitement. Une progression tumorale survient toutefois inexorablement et est secondaire dans 50 a 60 % des cas a l’existence d’une mutation de resistance T790 M. La prescription de l’osimertinib (ITK-EGFR3G) est autorisee apres echec d’un ITK-EGFR 1G ou 2G en cas de mise en evidence de cette mutation T790 M. Nous rapportons 7 cas cliniques, pour lesquels la mise en evidence de la mutation T790 M a necessite la repetition dans le temps de plusieurs prelevements sur ADN tumoral circulant et/ou biopsies. La positivite n’a ete obtenue parfois que tres a distance de l’objectivation de la progression tumorale sous EGFR-TKI 1G ou 2G. Nous discutons les differentes modalites possibles de cette recherche de mutation T790 M et encourageons a savoir perseverer dans cette recherche en l’absence d’autres mecanismes de resistance mis en evidence.

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Background We aimed to evaluate the toxicity, loco-regional control (LRC) and overall survival (OS) associated with accelerated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for locally advanced lung cancer. Methods Seventy-three patients were consecutively treated with IMRT from November 2011 to August 2016. A total dose of 66 Gy was delivered using two different schedules of radiotherapy: simultaneous modulated accelerated radiotherapy (SMART) (30 × 2.2 Gy, across 6 weeks) with or without chemotherapy, or moderate hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT) (24 × 2.75 Gy, across 4 weeks) in patients unfit to receive concomitant chemotherapy. Data on esophageal and pulmonary toxicities, LRC and OS were prospectively collected. Results The median follow-up duration was 44 months. Severe pneumonitis and esophagitis (grade 3–4) were observed in 7% and 1% of patients respectively, with only one case of grade 4 (pneumonitis). Overall, the 1-year and 2-year LRCs were 76% [95 confidence interval (CI)%: 66–87%] and 62% [95 CI%: 49–77%] respectively. The 1 and 2-year OS rates were 72% [95% CI: 63–83%] and 54% [95 CI%: 43–68%] respectively. None parameters were correlated with LRC or OS. In particular, no difference was observed between patients treated with SMART and H-RT (p = 0.26 and 0.6 respectively), with a 1-year LRC of 74% [95 CI%: 62–86%] for SMART and 91% [95 CI%: 74–100%] for H-RT. No significant differences were observed in the toxicity rates associated with each of the RT schedules. Conclusions Accelerated IMRT for locally advanced lung cancer is associated with low toxicities and high LRC. Moderate hypofractionated RT, by decreasing the total treatment time, may be promising in improving clinical outcomes.

// Romain Corre 1,12 , Radj Gervais 2 , Florian Guisier 3 , Louis Tassy 4 , Florent Vinas 5 , Regine Lamy 6 , Gislaine Fraboulet 7 , Laurent Greillier 8 , Helene Doubre 9 , Renaud Descourt 10 , Christos Chouaid 5 and Jean-Bernard Auliac 11 1 Department of Pneumology, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France 2 Pneumo-Oncology Department, Centre Francois Baclesse, Caen, France 3 Pneumology Department, CHU Hopitaux de Rouen-Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France 4 Oncology Department, Institut Paoli-Calmette, Marseille, France 5 Pneumology Department, CH Intercommunal de Creteil, Creteil, France 6 Oncology Department, CH Sud-Bretagne, Lorient, France 7 Pneumology Department, Hopital Rene-Dubos, Pontoise, France 8 Pneumo-Oncology Department, Hopital Sainte-Marguerite, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France 9 Pneumology Department, Hopital Foch, Suresnes, France 10 Cancerology Institute, CHU Brest, Brest, France 11 Pneumology Department, CH Francois Quesnay, Mantes La Jolie, France 12 UMR INSERM U1242-COSS, Rennes University, Rennes, France Correspondence to: Romain Corre, email: // Keywords : targeted therapies; tyrosine-kinase inhibitors; non-small cell lung cancer; EGFR; elderly; Gerotarget Received : September 22, 2017 Accepted : November 13, 2017 Published : January 02, 2018 Abstract Objective. To assess efficacy and tolerance of EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in octogenarians. Patients and methods. Patients aged 80 years or older with EGFR-mutated NSCLC treated by EGFR TKI between January 2011 and March 2015 whatever the line of treatment were retrospectively selected. Results. 20 centers retrospectively included 114 patients (women, 77.2%; Caucasians, 98.3%; mean age, 83.9 years). A performance status of 0–1 or 2–3 at diagnosis was reported for 71.6% and 28.4% of patients, respectively. Overall, 95.6% of patients had adenocarcinomas and histological stage at diagnosis was stage IV for 79.8% of patients. EGFR mutations were identified mainly on exon 19 (46.5%) and exon 21 (40.4%). A geriatric assessment was performed in 35.1% of patients. TKI treatment was administered to 97.3% of patients as first or second line of treatment. Overall response rate and disease control rate were 63.3% (69/109) and 78.9% (86/109), respectively. Median progression-free survival was 11.9 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 8.6–14.7) and median overall survival was 20.9 months (95% CI, 14.3–27.1). After progression, 36/95 (37.9%) patients received a new line of chemotherapy. Main toxicities were cutaneous for 66.7% of patients (grade 3–4, 10%), diarrhea for 56.0% (grade 3–4, 15%; grade 5, 2%) and others for 25.7% (grade 3–4, 41%). Conclusions. Octogenarians with EGFR-mutated NSCLC treated by EGFR TKI had clinical outcomes and toxicity profile comparable to younger patients. Geriatric assessment appeared to be underused in this population.

Nocardiosis is an infectious disease with wide range of clinical features, which can eventually lead to death. The agent responsible belongs to the genus Nocardia that includes about fifty different species. Nocardiosis occurs mainly in immunocompromised hosts. We report here three cases of disseminated nocardiosis misdiagnosed initially as cerebral metastatic lung cancer. These patients, including two immunocompetent hosts, presented with both pulmonary and cerebral lesions. In all three patients, the diagnosis was based on magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion sequence, apparent diffusion coefficient reconstruction and neurosurgical cerebral biopsies. Treatment with an appropriate antibiotic regimen was prolonged for several months. Progress was favorable with full resolution of the neurological symptoms and the radiological abnormalities. These three cases emphasize the diagnostic challenge of nocardiosis, especially in disseminated disease.

Objectives The preOVNI study was a randomized, controlled, open-label study that investigated whether preoperative noninvasive ventilation (NIV) could reduce postoperative complications after lung cancer surgery. Methods Adult patients with planned lung cancer resection and with at least 1 cardiac or respiratory comorbidity were included and randomly assigned to preoperative NIV (at least 7 days and 4 h/day) or no NIV. The primary endpoint was the rate of postoperative protocol-defined complications. Results Three hundred patients were included. In the NIV group, the median NIV duration was 8 days. No difference of postoperative complication rates was evidenced: 42.6% in NIV group and 44.8% in no-NIV group (P = .75). The rate of pneumonia was greater in no-NIV group compared with the NIV group, but statistical significance was not achieved (28.0 vs 37.7%, respectively; P = .08). The type of surgery (open or minimally invasive) did not impact these results after multivariable analysis. Conclusions No benefit was evidenced for preoperative NIV before lung cancer surgery. Further studies should determine the optimal perioperative management to decrease the rate of postoperative complications.

Objectives Nivolumab is now a reference treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failure of prior platinum-based chemotherapy. Little data are available on treatment approaches following discontinuation of nivolumab and on the interest of a second course of immunotherapy after nivolumab discontinuation. The aims of this study were to describe treatment pathways following nivolumab discontinuation and to describe survival following retreatment with immunotherapy. Materials and methods The analysis includes all patients with NSCLC recorded in a national hospital database, starting nivolumab in 2015-2016. Nivolumab treatment was considered discontinued if ≥3 infusions were missed. Patients starting a second course of PD-1 inhibitor following nivolumab discontinuation were analysed according to the duration of their initial nivolumab treatment course. Results 10,452 patients were included (71 % men; mean age: 63.8 ± 9.6 years; squamous histology: 44 %). Median nivolumab treatment duration was 2.8 months [IQR :1.4–6.9]. Median OS was 11.5 months [95 %CI: 11.1–11.9]; 5118 (53.4 %) patients received post nivolumab therapy lines: 1517 (29.6 %) of these received a second course of PD-1 inhibitor, either after a treatment-free interval (resumption: n = 1127) or after intervening chemotherapy (rechallenge: n = 390). Median OS after nivolumab discontinuation was 15.0 months [13.9–16.7] in the resumption group and 18.4 months [14.8–21.9] in the rechallenge group. Median OS was significantly longer in patients with an initial nivolumab treatment duration ≥3 months. Conclusion In this real-world setting, outcome after retreatment with a PD-1 inhibitor following a first course of nivolumab was significantly better in patients with a longer duration of initial nivolumab treatment.

There is no recommended therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma that has progressed after first-line pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy. Disease control has been less than 30% in all previous studies of second-line drugs. Preliminary results have suggested that anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibody could be efficacious in these patients. We thus aimed to prospectively assess the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody alone or in combination with anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte protein 4 (CTLA-4) antibody in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.This multicentre randomised, non-comparative, open-label, phase 2 trial was done at 21 hospitals in France. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-1, histologically proven malignant pleural mesothelioma progressing after first-line or second-line pemetrexed and platinum-based treatments, measurable disease by CT, and life expectancy greater than 12 weeks. Patients were randomly allocated (1:1) to receive intravenous nivolumab (3 mg/kg bodyweight) every 2 weeks, or intravenous nivolumab (3 mg/kg every 2 weeks) plus intravenous ipilimumab (1 mg/kg every 6 weeks), given until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Central randomisation was stratified by histology (epithelioid vs non-epithelioid), treatment line (second line vs third line), and chemosensitivity to previous treatment (progression ≥3 months vs3 months after pemetrexed treatment) and used a minimisation method with a 0·8 random factor. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients who achieved 12-week disease control, assessed by masked independent central review; the primary endpoint would be met if disease control was achieved in at least 40% of patients. The primary endpoint was assessed in the first 108 eligible patients. Efficacy analyses were also done in the intention-to-treat population and safety analyses were done in all patients who received at least one dose of their assigned treatment. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02716272.Between March 24 and August 25, 2016, 125 eligible patients were recruited and assigned to either nivolumab (n=63) or nivolumab plus ipilimumab (n=62). In the first 108 eligible patients, 12-week disease control was achieved by 24 (44%; 95% CI 31-58) of 54 patients in the nivolumab group and 27 (50%; 37-63) of 54 patients in the nivolumab plus ipilimumab group. In the intention-to-treat population, 12-week disease control was achieved by 25 (40%; 28-52) of 63 patients in the nivolumab group and 32 (52%; 39-64) of 62 patients in the combination group. Nine (14%) of 63 patients in the nivolumab group and 16 (26%) of 61 patients in the combination group had grade 3-4 toxicities. The most frequent grade 3 adverse events were asthenia (one [2%] in the nivolumab group vs three [5%] in the combination group), asymptomatic increase in aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase (none vs four [7%] of each), and asymptomatic lipase increase (two [3%] vs one [2%]). No patients had toxicities leading to death in the nivolumab group, whereas three (5%) of 62 in the combination group did (one fulminant hepatitis, one encephalitis, and one acute kidney failure).Anti-PD-1 nivolumab monotherapy or nivolumab plus anti-CTLA-4 ipilimumab combination therapy both showed promising activity in relapsed patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, without unexpected toxicity. These regimens require confirmation in larger clinical trials.French Cooperative Thoracic Intergroup.

Background: In the phase I I I CheckMate 227 s tudy, fi r s t - l ine nivolumab þ ipilimumab significantly prolonged progression-free survival (co-primary endpoint) versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced nonesmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and high tumour mutational burden (TMB; 10 mutations/megabase). Aim: To evaluate patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in this population. Methods: Disease-related symptoms and general health status were assessed using the validated PRO questionnaires Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS) and EQ-5D, respectively. LCSS average symptom burden index (ASBI) and three-item global index (3-IGI) and EQ- 5D visual analogue scale (VAS) and utility index (UI) scores and changes from baseline were analysed descriptively. Longitudinal changes were assessed by mixed-effect model repeated measures (MMRMs) and time to first deterioration/improvement analyses. Results: In the high TMB population, PRO questionnaire completion rates were w90% at baseline and >80% for most on-treatment assessments. During treatment, mean changes from baseline with nivolumab þ ipilimumab showed early, clinically meaningful improvements in LCSS ASBI/3-IGI and EQ-5D VAS/UI; with chemotherapy, symptoms and health-related quality of life remained stable (LCSS ASBI/3-IGI, EQ-5D UI) or improved following induction (EQ-5D VAS). MMRM-assessed changes in symptom burden were improved with nivolumab þ ipilimumab versus chemotherapy. Symptom deterioration by week 12 was lower with nivolumab þ ipilimumab versus chemotherapy (22.3% versus 35.0%; absolute risk reduction: 12.7% [95% confidence interval 2.4e22.5]), irrespective of discontinuation. Time to first deterioration was delayed with nivolumab þ ipilimumab versus chemotherapy across LCSS and EQ-5D summary measures. Conclusion: First-line nivolumab þ ipilimumab demonstrated early, sustained improvements in PROs versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC and high TMB, This work was supported by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Ono Pharmaceutical

CERVOXY; International audience; Background: The Mesothelioma Avastin Cisplatin Pemetrexed Study (MAPS/NCT00651456) phase 3 trial demonstrated the superiority of bevacizumab plus pemetrexed–cisplatin triplet over chemotherapy alone in 448 malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients. Here, we evaluated the prognostic role of Hippo pathway gene promoter methylation.Methods: Promoter methylations were assayed using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction in samples from 223 MAPS patients, evaluating their prognostic value for overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival in univariate and multivariate analyses. MST1 inactivation effects on invasion, soft agar growth, apoptosis, proliferation, and YAP/TAZ activation were investigated in human mesothelial cell lines.Results: STK4 (MST1) gene promoter methylation was detected in 19/223 patients tested (8.5%), predicting poorer OS in univariate and multivariate analyses (adjusted HR: 1.78, 95% CI (1.09–2.93), p = 0.022). Internal validation by bootstrap resampling supported this prognostic impact. MST1 inactivation reduced cellular basal apoptotic activity while increasing proliferation, invasion, and soft agar or in suspension growth, resulting in nuclear YAP accumulation, yet TAZ cytoplasmic retention in mesothelial cell lines. YAP silencing decreased invasion of MST1-depleted mesothelial cell lines.Conclusions: MST1/hippo kinase expression loss is predictive of poor prognosis in MPM patients, leading to nuclear YAP accumulation and electing YAP as a putative target for therapeutic intervention in human MPM.

International audience; Les anti-PD-1 s’imposent dernièrement comme un traitement de référence dans de nombreux cancers métastatiques. Ils présentent l’avantage d’une efficacité significative doublée d’un profil de toxicité favorable en monothérapie. Les taux et durées de réponse sont toutefois très variables, ce qui implique, vu leur coût, d’identifier des biomarqueurs prédictifs de réponse. Dans cette revue de la littérature, nous nous intéressons aux biomarqueurs de réponse des immunothérapies anti-PD1 et anti-CTLA-4. L’expression de PD-L1 par les cellules tumorales et du micro-environnement évaluée par immunohistochimie est prédictive de réponse pour certains cancers mais reste une approche mal standardisée avec différents anticorps, différents seuils de positivité et différentes cibles (tumeur ou micro-environnement). Il s’agit aussi d’une expression dynamique au cours du temps et hétérogène donc souvent discordante entre biopsies et pièces opératoires. Les lymphocytes circulants pourraient représenter un biomarqueur prédictif notamment via la mesure du ratio polynucléaires neutrophiles sur lymphocytes (NLR), ratio simple à réaliser en pratique courante. Un taux de néoantigènes élevé serait également associé à une réponse plus importante ce qui expliquerait les taux de réponses particulièrement élevés des tumeurs avec instabilité micro-satellitaire. Des signatures génomiques pourraient également prédire la sensibilité aux anti-PD1. Par ailleurs, la présence de certaines bactéries de la flore intestinale favoriserait la réponse immunitaire antitumorale même si le mécanisme demeure mal compris. Enfin, des signatures d’expression de cytokines, médiatrices de la réponse immune, pourraient constituer des biomarqueurs pertinents. Plusieurs biomarqueurs de réponse potentiels semblent donc intéressants mais aucun n’est encore prospectivement validé à ce jour.

Summary Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer with poor prognosis, linked to occupational asbestos exposure. Vascular endothelial growth factor is a key mitogen for malignant pleural mesothelioma cells, therefore targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor might prove effective. We aimed to assess the effect on survival of bevacizumab when added to the present standard of care, cisplatin plus pemetrexed, as first-line treatment of advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma. Methods In this randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3 trial, we recruited patients aged 18–75 years with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma who had not received previous chemotherapy, had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0–2, had no substantial cardiovascular comorbidity, were not amenable to curative surgery, had at least one evaluable (pleural effusion) or measurable (pleural tumour solid thickening) lesion with CT, and a life expectancy of >12 weeks from 73 hospitals in France. Exclusion criteria were presence of central nervous system metastases, use of antiaggregant treatments (aspirin ≥325 mg per day, clopidogrel, ticlopidine, or dipyridamole), anti-vitamin K drugs at a curative dose, treatment with low-molecular-weight heparin at a curative dose, and treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. We randomly allocated patients (1:1; minimisation method used [random factor of 0·8]; patients stratified by histology [epithelioid vs sarcomatoid or mixed histology subtypes], performance status score [0–1 vs 2], study centre, or smoking status [never smokers vs smokers]) to receive intravenously 500 mg/m 2 pemetrexed plus 75 mg/m 2 cisplatin with (PCB) or without (PC) 15 mg/kg bevacizumab in 21 day cycles for up to six cycles, until progression or toxic effects. The primary outcome was overall survival (OS) in the intention-to treat population. Treatment was open label. This IFCT-GFPC-0701 trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00651456. Findings From Feb 13, 2008, to Jan 5, 2014, we randomly assigned 448 patients to treatment (223 [50%] to PCB and 225 [50%] to PC). OS was significantly longer with PCB (median 18·8 months [95% CI 15·9–22·6]) than with PC (16·1 months [14·0–17·9]; hazard ratio 0·77 [0·62–0·95]; p=0·0167). Overall, 158 (71%) of 222 patients given PCB and 139 (62%) of 224 patients given PC had grade 3–4 adverse events. We noted more grade 3 or higher hypertension (51 [23%] of 222 vs 0) and thrombotic events (13 [6%] of 222 vs 2 [1%] of 224) with PCB than with PC. Interpretation Addition of bevacizumab to pemetrexed plus cisplatin significantly improved OS in malignant pleural mesothelioma at the cost of expected manageable toxic effects, therefore it should be considered as a suitable treatment for the disease. Funding Intergroupe Francophone de Cancerologie Thoracique (IFCT).

9561 Background: Medical treatment of lung cancer has irreversibly changed since the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). However, immune biomarkers of efficacy are still lacking. Preliminary data in leukemia and pancreatic cancer showed that soluble immune checkpoints are associated with a reduced overall survival (OS). This led us to explore the prognostic and predictive value of soluble immune checkpoints in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with chemotherapy or ICI. Methods: We analyzed 90 advanced NSCLC patients. The pilot cohort (Rennes University Hospital, France), included 48 patients treated with platinum doublets (n = 33) or ICI (n = 15) (LOC/11-16 protocol). The confirmation cohort (Paoli-Calmettes Institute) included 42 patients treated with ICI (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) in a longitudinal prospective setting (Immunosup trial, NCT03595813). In both cohorts, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were performed in baseline plasma samples for soluble forms of PD-1, PD-L1, global BTN3, BTLA, BTN3-A1 and BTN2A1. Soluble ICI levels were linked to clinical data using Kaplan-Meier, log-rank and Cox proportional-hazards models. Cut-points were determined using maxstat package for survival, R software R 3.6.2. Results: Five soluble immune checkpoints correlated and clustered together in unsupervised analysis (PD-1, PD-L1, global BTN3, BTLA, BTN3-A1), but were not associated with ICI efficacy. In patients treated with ICI, in the pilot and confirmation cohort, a high baseline plasmatic concentration of soluble BTN2A1 was significantly associated with an improved OS (confirmation cohort with a BTN2A1 cut-point of 3.55 ng/ml: HR = 0.30, 95%CI = 0.12-0.74, p = 0.0057, median OS in BTN2A1low = 7.6 months and median OS in BTN2A1hi = 19.5 months). On the contrary, in patients treated with chemotherapy, soluble BTN2A1 concentration was not associated with overall survival. Conclusions: In advanced NSCLC patients, a high baseline plasmatic concentration of soluble BTN2A1 was correlated with improved outcomes for ICI, but not for chemotherapy, suggesting that baseline soluble BTN2A1 level is a potential predictive biomarker of ICI efficacy. Additional studies are ongoing to confirm this finding.

International audience; Background and Aims: A risk of tracheal mucosa injury induced by subglottic suctioning has been raised. Therefore, this prospective randomized study aims to compare the effect of continuous suctioning of subglottic secretions versus intermittent suctioning of subglottic secretions (CSSS vs. ISSS) secretions on tracheal mucosa in front of the suctioning port of the endotracheal tube.Patients and Methods: Patients requiring intubation or reintubation in Intensive Care Unit with an expected ventilation duration > 24 h were eligible. Participants received CSSS at -20 mmHg or ISSS at -100 mmHg during 15 s and no suction during 8 s. The effect on tracheal mucosa in front of the suction port was assessed after intubation (T0) and before extubation (T1) using bronchoscopy. Tracheal mucosa damages were graded into five categories (no injury, erythema, edema, ulceration, or necrosis). The occurrence (no injury observed at T0 but present at T1) or the worsening (injury observed at T0 exacerbating at T1) was studied.Results: Seventy-three patients were included and 53 patients (CSSS, n = 26 and ISSS, n = 27) were evaluable on the primary endpoint. The occurrence or worsening of tracheal mucosal damages did not differ between the two groups (CSSS, n = 7 [27%] vs. ISSS, n = 5 [17%], P = 0.465). Daily average volume of suctioned secretion was higher with ISSS (74 ± 100 ml vs. 20 ± 25 ml, P < 0.001). Impossibility to aspirate was higher with CSSS (0.14 ± 0.16 per day vs. 0.03 ± 0.07 per day, P < 0.001).Conclusions: Our results suggest that tracheal mucosal damages did not differ between CSSS and ISSS. The aspirated volume was higher and impossibility to aspirate was lower with ISSS.Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01555229.

Background Anti-PD1 immunotherapy has emerged as a gold-standard treatment in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite long-term disease control in 5-20% of patients, secondary resistance often occurs. Local ablative treatment (LAT) and treatment beyond progression for oligo-progressive disease may improve long-term outcomes in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer after tumor response to anti-PD1 treatment. Methods In this retrospective multicentric cohort study, stage IV NSCLC patients treated with LAT for oligo-progression after initial tumor response to anti-PD1 were identified using electronic medical records from 3 centers. Here are reported clinical characteristics and outcomes of 27 patients. Quantitative data were summarized as median. Survival was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method. Results Twenty-seven patients received 31 LAT with surgery (n = 3, 10%), stereotactic radiotherapy (n = 18, 58%) or conformational radiotherapy (n = 10, 32%) after nivolumab (n = 19, 70%) or pembrolizumab (n = 8, 30%) treatment. Patients received anti-PD1 treatment in first (n = 3, 11%), second (n = 18, 67%) or third-line (n = 6,22 %) for stage IV NSCLC (adenocarcinoma/ squamous/not-otherwise specified: 18/8/1; PDL1 not evaluated/negative/1-49/>50: 10/8/1/6). Oligo-progression site was: brain (n = 19, 61%), lung (n = 5, 16%), adrenal gland (n = 2, 6%) and bone (n = 4, 13%). Anti-PD1 treatment was continued beyond progression after LAT in 22 (81%) patients. Oligo-progression occurred 6.9 months after anti-PD1 initiation. Progression Free Survival (PFS) after oligo-progression was 13.1 months (IC95: 7.0-not reached). Nine (33%) patients experienced ≥1 grade ≥2 immune adverse event before LAT. One patient had grade 3 toxicity after LAT (cerebral radionecrosis). Overall survival was not mature after a median follow-up of 9.1 months from LAT. Data will be updated before presentation and subgroup analysis will be presented. Conclusions LAT and treatment beyond progression for oligo-progression after initial tumor response to anti-PD1 treatment provide encouraging survival outcomes in selected stage IV NSCLC patients. Legal entity responsible for the study The authors. Funding Has not received any funding. Disclosure F. Guisier: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: BMS; Honoraria (institution), Advisory / Consultancy: MSD / Merck US; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Roche; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: AstraZeneca; Honoraria (institution): Boehringer Ingelheim. R. Gervais: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Roche; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Boehringer Ingelheim. M. Geier: Honoraria (self): BMS; Honoraria (self): MSD / Merck US. R. Corre: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: BMS; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Roche; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: MSD / Merck US. R. Descourt: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Boehringer Ingelheim; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Roche. C. Chouaid: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: BMS; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: MSD / Merck US; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Roche; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: AstraZeneca. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

Retrospective studies suggested a benefit of first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment continuation after response evaluation in solid tumors (RECIST) progression in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The aim of this multicenter observational retrospective study was to assess the frequency of this practice and its impact on overall survival (OS). The analysis included advanced EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients treated with first-line TKI who experienced RECIST progression between June 2010 and July 2012. Among the 123 patients included (67 ± 12.7 years, women: 69 %, non smokers: 68 %, PS 0-1: 87 %), 40.6 % continued TKI therapy after RECIST progression. There was no difference between the patients who did and did not continue TKI therapy with respect to progression-free survival (PFS1: 10.5 versus 9.5 months, p = 0.4). Overall survival (OS) showed a non-significant trend in favor of continuing TKI therapy (33.0 vs. 21.2 months, p = 0.054). Progressions were significantly less symptomatic in the TKI continuation group than in the discontinuation group (18 % vs. 37 %, p 0.01). Univariate analysis showed a higher risk of death among patients with PS1 (HR 4.33, 95 %CI: 2.21-8.47, p = 0.001),1 one metastatic site (HR 1.96, 95 %CI: 1.06-3.61, p = 0.02), brain metastasis (HR 1.75, 95 %CI: 1.08-2.84, p = 0.02) at diagnosis, and a trend towards a higher risk of death in cases of TKI discontinuation after progression (HR 1.62, 95 %CI: 0.98-2.67, p = 0.056 ). In multivariate analysis only PS1 (HR 6.27, 95 %CI: 2.97-13.25, p = 0.00001) and1 metastatic site (HR 2.54, 95 %CI: 1.24-5.21, p = 0.02) at diagnosis remained significant. This study suggests that under certain circumstances, first-line TKI treatment continuation after RECIST progression is an acceptable option in EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients.NCT02293733.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the demographic and clinico-pathological characteristics of lung cancer in patients younger than 40 years. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study performed within the Groupe Français de Pneumo-Cancérologie. Consecutive patients diagnosed with lung cancer before the age of 40 years were eligible. Data on demographics, medical history, clinico-pathological characteristics, treatment and overall survival were analysed. Results: In total, 146 patients were included from January 2011 to December 2013. Median age was 38 years (IQR: 34–40). Women accounted for 41%. Main histological type was adenocarcinoma (77%). Only 3% had a prior history of cancer, but a family history (first- or second-degree relatives) of cancer was reported in 80 (55%) patients; 85 and 50% were current or past smokers of tobacco and cannabis, respectively; 82% had stage IIIB/IV at diagnosis. Median overall survival was 15.3 (95% CI: 8.1–24.0) months in the whole population, 10.3 (95% CI: 12.5–14.2) months in stage IV and 15 (95% CI: 8.7–35.2) months in stage III. One- and two-year overall survival rates were 57% (95 CI: 49–65) and 31.5% (95 CI: 27–43), respectively. Compared to smokers, non-smokers were significantly younger and more often females. Median overall survival was not statistically different between smokers and non-smokers.

Background: The prognostic role of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) on the management of elderly patients with advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains to be established. The objective of this analysis was to determine the prognostic role of each CGA domain on overall survival (OS) among elderly patients with advanced-stage NSCLC. Methods: We pooled individual data from two prospective, randomized phases II trials in patients over 65 years old with advanced-stage NSCLC, who were considered fit (0405 trial) or no-fit (0505 trial) based on a CGA. Both trials compared first-line chemotherapy followed by second-line erlotinib with the reverse strategy in terms of progression-free survival (PFS) and OS. Factors prognostic of OS were sought by using the Kaplan-Meier method and the log rank test for univariate analysis, and a Cox model for multivariate analysis. Results: Analysis performed on 194 patients (mean age: 77 years, male gender: 70%, never- or ex-smokers: 56%) showed, in univariate analysis that performance status (PS), smoking status, Charlson, simplified Charlson, nutritional scores, and a mobility score were prognostics of OS. In multivariate analysis, PS [HR: 1.4 (1.02–1.9), P=0.04] and the Charlson score [HR: 1.46 (1.07–1.99), P=0.02] were independently prognostic of OS, while the nutritional score [HR: 0.69 (0.46–1.04), P=0.07] and the mobility score [HR: 0.25 (0.06–1.01), P=0.06] were close to significance. Conclusions: PS and comorbidities appear to be the main predictors of OS in elderly advanced NSCLC patients selected on the basis of CGA.

LBA8507 Background: To date, no treatment is recommended in MPM pts progressing after 1st-line pemetrexed-platinum doublet. Disease control rate (DCR) is nd-line setting. Preliminary results suggested possible activity of anti-PD-1 mAb in 2nd/3rd-line, opposed to single agent anti-CTLA-4 mAb. Therefore anti-PD1 mAb efficacy deserves confirmation, and anti-PD-1 + anti-CTLA-4 combination value is currently unknown in MPM. Methods: In this multicenter randomized non comparative phase 2 trial, eligible pts had age>18, PS 0-1, histologically proven MPM relapsing after 1 or 2 prior lines including pemetrexed/platinum doublet, measurable disease. Randomized pts (1:1) received Nivo 3 mg/kg q2w, or Nivo 3 mg/kg q2w + Ipi 1 mg/kg q6w, until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Primary endpoint was DCR at 12 weeks with a blinded independent central review (BICR). 114 patients were to be randomized (with 108 eligible), with one-step Fleming procedure, H0 P40%, with 95% power, 5% one-sided a-risk: ≥17 failure-free pts had to be observed at 12 weeks in either arm, to conclude to the activity of the corresponding regimen. Results: From March to August 2016, 125 pts were enrolled in 21 centers. Males: 80%, median age: 71.8 years (range 32.5-88.1), PS 1: 62.4%, epithelioid 83.2%, 1 previous line: 69.6%; 70% of pts received ≥ 3 cycles of either treatment. Twelve weeks-DCR assessed by BICR in the first 108 eligible pts was 42.6% [IC95%: 29.4-55.8%] with Nivo (n=23/54), and 51.9% [38.5-65.2%] with Nivo+Ipi (n=28/54). ORR was 16.7% [6.7%-26.6%] with Nivo (n=9/54), and 25.9% [14.2-37.6%] with Nivo+Ipi (n=14/54). All grade/G3-4 toxicities were slightly increased in the combo arm (86.9%/16.4%) vs Nivo alone (77.8%/9.5%); 3 treatment-related deaths were observed in the combo arm (1 metabolic encephalopathy, 1 fulminant hepatitis, 1 acute renal failure). Full QoL, PFS and OS data will be presented at 2017 ASCO meeting. Conclusions: Both Nivo and Nivo+Ipi arms reached their endpoint in 2nd/3rd-line MPM pts, suggesting that immunotherapy may provide new options for these pts. Clinical trial information: NCT02716272.

Resume Introduction Les tumeurs epitheliales thymiques (TET), regroupant les thymomes et les carcinomes thymiques, sont des tumeurs rares, caracterisees par des profils evolutifs tres differents selon leur histologie et leur stade d’invasion, et dont la prise en charge therapeutique, actuellement mal codifiee, fait l’objet d’un interet croissant. Cette etude retrospective monocentrique, avait pour objectif d’analyser les caracteristiques cliniques des patients porteurs de TET et evaluer les pratiques concernant leur prise en charge dans notre centre. Methodes Les patients atteints de TET prises en charge au CHU de Rennes de 2000 a 2011 ont ete selectionnes via le service d’anatomie et cytologie pathologiques. Les donnees cliniques et histologiques ont ete analysees retrospectivement, ainsi que les donnees de survie. Resultats Cinquante TET ont ete selectionnees (46 thymomes et 4 carcinomes thymiques). Leurs caracteristiques cliniques, histologiques, et leurs stades d’invasion etaient comparables aux series publiees. Leurs prises en charge diagnostique et therapeutique etaient globalement conformes aux recommandations en vigueur. En analyse univariee, l’association a une myasthenie et la realisation d’une chirurgie etaient des facteurs significativement correles a une survie superieure. Conclusion La prise en charge des TET au CHU de Rennes est conforme aux recommandations.

Purpose Surgical resection plus adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy is considered standard care for stage II to III non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but its efficacy is limited, and it involves toxic risks, justifying patient-tailored treatment. Excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) was shown to predict cisplatin-based chemotherapy response; EGFR mutations were predictive of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition response. Patients and Methods This prospective randomized phase II trial enrolled 150 patients with completely resected non–squamous cell stage II or IIIA (non-N2) tumors. Patients in the control arm (n = 74) were treated with four standard-dose courses of cisplatin plus pemetrexed (CP). In the customized treatment arm (n = 76), patients with activated EGFR mutations received erlotinib 150 mg for 1 year; ERCC1-negative patients received four CP courses, whereas ERCC1-positive patients underwent follow-up. The trial sought to demonstrate the feasibility of customized adjuvant chemotherapy based on timely biomarker analysis within a 2-month postsurgery delay. Secondary objectives were tolerability, compliance with adjuvant therapy, and biomarker distribution. Results In arm A, all patients received CP; in arm B, seven received erlotinib, 53 were administered CP, and 16 underwent follow-up. Median erlotinib exposure was 344 days. Of the 127 patients allocated to CP, 82% received four cycles with good tolerability. The overall success rate of the trial (ie, percentage of patients with complete biomarker status able to start adjuvant treatment within 2 months of surgery) was 80%. Conclusion The primary end point of the trial was met, demonstrating the feasibility of a national biology-driven trial in the adjuvant NSCLC setting. Nevertheless, the phase III part was canceled because of the unreliability of the ERCC1 immunohistochemical readouts.

International audience; Introduction: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements occur in 1% to 7% of non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs). Crizotinib, an ALK inhibitor, has been demonstrated to provide dramatic clinical benefits in ALK-positive advanced-stage NSCLC. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) has been established in clinical trials as the standard procedure method for detecting ALK rearrangements. Although the detection of ALK by immunohistochemistry (IHC) has been proposed for the screening of patients, large-scale studies are warranted to validate such a hierarchical approach. Methods: In this article, we report the largest series thus far of parallel FISH and IHC ALK testing in 3244 consecutive NSCLC cases analyzed at two independent French centers. Results: FISH-positive and/or IHC-positive results were demonstrated in 150 of 3244 cases (4.6%). An imbalanced sex ratio was detected, with women exhibiting a 2.2-fold relative risk for an alteration. Strikingly, only 80 of 150 specimens were classified as ALK positive by both techniques. The specimens with discordant FISH/IHC analyses were FISH-positive/IHC-negative (36), FISH-negative/IHC-positive (19), or FISH-noncontributive/IHC-positive (15). Thus, a single FISH or IHC analysis performed alone would have failed to detect approximately one-fourth of the ALK-positive cases with similar findings in our two centers. Conclusions: This study highlights the feasibility of systematic NSCLC testing by both FISH and IHC in routine practice. Many preanalytical factors may account for the apparent discrepancies between both methods, suggesting that hierarchical screening may underscore ALK-positive cases. This significant level of discrepancy supports the need of combined testing to optimize the detection of ALK-inhibitor-eligible patients given that some patients with discordant testing were found to respond to crizotinib.

Background Pembrolizumab significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS) (median 10.3 months) and overall survival (OS) (median 30.0 months) in selected patients with previously untreated advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) ≥ 50% and without EGFR/ALK aberrations. Data in real life conditions are missing. Methods This was a cross-sectional, retrospective study of untreated advanced NSCLC patients with TPS ≥ 50% and without EGFR/ALK aberrations, from 9 French hospitals in Brittany area. The study included 115 patients and analysis focused on 108 patients. At index, the main characteristics of our cohort were: median age [range] 66.7 [37 to 87] years, 71 % male, 23.1 % performans status (P.S) 2, 88.8 % current or former smokers. 87.1 % had Stage IV at diagnosis and 9.2 % had untreated brain metastasis. 23.4% had mutations (KRAS, MET, BRAF and ROS 1). We used Kaplan-Meier analysis for PFS and described tolerability. Results With a median follow-up of 7.1 months, median PFS was 10.1 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 8.8 to 11.4), (range, and 0.6 to 18.5 months). The objective response rate was 58,2% (complete response: 2.7 % and partial response: 55.5 %). Disease control rate was 72.1%. The estimated rate of OS at 6 months was 86.6 %. Treatment-related adverse events of grade 3 (AE) occurred in 7.4% of patients. There was no grade 4 or 5 AE and mean time between first administration of pembrolizumab and clinico-biological AE was 13.9 (± 9.7) weeks. Our data are immature to appreciate OS. Conclusions In a real life cohort of patients (PS 2, untreated brain metastasis), with advanced NSCLC and PD-L1 expression on at least 50% of tumor cells, pembrolizumab demonstrates similar PFS with KEYNOTE-024 phase III trial. Legal entity responsible for the study Renaud Descourt. Funding Association Bretonne de Cancerologie Thoracique (ABCT). Disclosure R. Corre: Travel / Accommodation / Expenses, Officer / Board of Directors: bms. G. Robinet: Advisory / Consultancy: MSD; Research grant / Funding (institution), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: AstraZeneca; Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution): BMS; Research grant / Funding (institution): Roche. R. Descourt: Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Roche; Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: takeda; Advisory / Consultancy, Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Lilly; Advisory / Consultancy: Novartis; Advisory / Consultancy: BMS; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Pfizer. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest. Linguistic correction

Background Nivolumab demonstrated superior overall survival (OS) in clinical trials compared to docetaxel in patients previously treated for squamous (Sq) and non-squamous (NSq) aNSCLC. The objective was to describe in French real-world setting the characteristics and outcomes of patients treated with nivolumab for aNSCLC according to histology. Methods Based on the National hospitals database (PMSI), we performed a retrospective cohort of all NSCLC patients (ICD code: C34*) initiating nivolumab in 2015-2016 and followed until Dec 2017. Information on patients’ baseline characteristics (demographics, comorbidities, treatment history) was retrieved for Sq and NSq patients, and time to treatment discontinuation (TTD) with nivolumab and OS were estimated with Kaplan-Meier methodology. Results The overall cohort included 10,452 patients. Among them, a majority (N = 5805; 56%) presented NSq histology. Compared to Sq patients (N = 4647), NSq patients were younger (61.9 vs. 66.1 years; p Conclusions This analysis of a large nationwide retrospective cohort assessed patients’ characteristics and outcomes associated with nivolumab treatment in clinical practice in France. In both histologies, results suggest similar TTD and OS in real life setting as those observed in phase III trials. Legal entity responsible for the study Bristol-Myers Squibb France. Funding Bristol-Myers Squibb. Disclosure C. Chouaid: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Bristol-Myers Squibb. C. Calvet: Full / Part-time employment: Bristol-Myers Squibb. A. Gaudin: Full / Part-time employment: Bristol-Myers Squibb. V. Grumberg: Full / Part-time employment: Bristol-Myers Squibb. R. Jolivel: Honoraria (institution): Bristol-Myers Squibb. B. Jouaneton: Honoraria (institution): Bristol-Myers Squibb. F. Cotte: Full / Part-time employment: Bristol-Myers Squibb. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

Background The phase IIR trial IFCT-1501 (MAPS2) tested nivo or nivo+ipi in pts with relapsed MPM as second/third-line. This trial reached its primary endpoint with 40% or more of pts with disease control in both arms. We now focus on long-term survivals and specific patterns of progression. Methods 125 pts were randomized to receive Nivo 3 mg/kg q2w or Nivo 3 mg/kg q2w+Ipi 1mg/kg q6w, until progr or unacceptable toxicity. Median follow-up for OS is 32.5 months (Mar. 1st2019). HPD was defined by calculating the tumor growth rate before and during i.o. with determining the variation per month (ΔTGR) (Ferrara, JAMA Oncol 2018) or by measuring the tumor growth kinetics (TGK)on i.o. and on last treatment before, with TGK ratio (TGKr) calculation (Saâda-Bouzid, Ann. Oncol. 2017). HPD was defined as disease progression (assessed by BICR) with ΔTGR exceeding 50% or with a TGKr>2. Results Median OS was 11·9 mo. (6·7–17·4) in the nivo arm and 15·9 mo. (10·7–22.2) in the nivo+ipilimumab arm. 52 (82%) /63 pts in the nivo group and 49 (79%)/62 patients in the combo group had died by data cutoff. 1 & 2-year survivals were 49·2% (36·4–60·8) & 25·4% (15·5–36·6) in the nivo arm, and 58·1% (44·8–69·2) & 31·7% (20·5–43·4) in the Nivo +Ipi arm. With ΔTGR method, 4 and 2 patients in Nivo and combo group had HPD respectively, while 7 and 4 patients had HPD by using TGKr. HPD pts with TGKr had a poorer OS than pts with standard progression only in the nivolumab arm (median OS = 1.6 mo [0.8-7.7] vs. 4.4 mo [2.4-10.8], (p = 0.02 in Cox model), while no difference was seen with ΔTGR definition.When both arms were analyzed together, only HPD pts defined with the TGKr had significantly worse survival: HR (progressive pts vs HPD): 0.37 [0.19-0.75], p = 0.006, with HR (pts with DCR vs. HPD)= 0.12 [0.06-0.25], p Conclusions The durable efficacy of Nivo & Nivo+Ipi in MPM in confirmed, with 1/4 and 1/3 of pts alive at 2 yrs respectively. HPD pattern of progression did exist in both arms, associated with significantly worse survival when the TGKr definition of HPD is used. Clinical trial identification NCT02716272. Legal entity responsible for the study IFCT: French Cooperative Thoracic Intergroup. Funding BMS. Disclosure G. Zalcman: Honoraria (self), Honoraria (institution), Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (self): BMS; Honoraria (self), Honoraria (institution), Research grant / Funding (self), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: AstraZeneca; Advisory / Consultancy: Inventiva; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: Merck (MSD); Honoraria (institution), Advisory / Consultancy, Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Roche-France; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: AbbVie. J. Mazieres: Honoraria (institution), Research grant / Funding (self): Roche-France; Honoraria (institution): BMS; Honoraria (institution), Research grant / Funding (self): Merck; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution): AstraZeneca. L. Greillier: Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: Roche; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: Novartis; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: Lilly; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: Pfizer; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: BMS; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: Boerhinger-Ingelheim; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: AbbVie; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: MSD. S. Lantuejoul: Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: MSD; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: Roche-Diagnostics; Honoraria (self), Travel / Accommodation / Expenses, Non-remunerated activity/ies: AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: BMS. O. Bylicki: Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: MSD; Non-remunerated activity/ies: Roche. I. Monnet: Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: BMS. R. Corre: Advisory / Consultancy: Roche; Advisory / Consultancy: BMS. C. Audigier-Valette: Honoraria (self): Roche; Honoraria (self): Pfizer; Honoraria (self): Boerhinger-Ingelheim; Honoraria (self): Novartis; Honoraria (self): AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self): Lilly; Honoraria (self): Amgen; Honoraria (self): BMS; Honoraria (self): Sysmex; Honoraria (self): MSD; Honoraria (self): Clovis Oncology; Honoraria (self): AbbVie. O. Molinier: Honoraria (self): BMS. F. Guisier: Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: 3MS; Honoraria (self): MSD US; Honoraria (self): AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self): Roche; Honoraria (self), Research grant / Funding (self): Boerhinger-Ingeheim; Non-remunerated activity/ies: Chugai. D. Planchard: Honoraria (self): AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self): Boerhinger Ingelheim; Honoraria (self): BMS; Honoraria (self): Celgene; Honoraria (self): Novartis; Honoraria (self): MSD; Honoraria (self): Pfizer; Honoraria (self): Roche. E. Amour: Full / Part-time employment: IFCT. F. Morin: Full / Part-time employment: IFCT. D. Moro-Sibilot: Honoraria (self), Non-remunerated activity/ies: BMS; Honoraria (self): Roche; Honoraria (self): MSD; Honoraria (self): Lilly; Honoraria (self): Novartis; Honoraria (self): Pfizer; Honoraria (self): AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self): Boerhinger Ingelheim; Honoraria (self): Takeda; Honoraria (self): Leurquin Mediolanum. A. Scherpereel: Honoraria (self): BMS; Honoraria (self): Roche; Honoraria (self): MSD; Honoraria (self): Boerhinger Ingelheim. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

e15690 Background: NeuroEndocrine Tumors (NETs) remain a poorly known entity, especially in older patients. The therapeutic management is multidisciplinary combining surgery, interventional radiology, chemotherapy, cancer supportive care and also geriatrics oncology. The aim of this study performed by the OncoGeriatry Coordination Unit (UCOG) of Brittany, in collaboration with the National Reference Network for the management of NET (RENATEN), was to analyze the current management of NETs in older patients (more than 75 years old) and to develop recommandations to optimize the management of elderly patients with NENs. RENATEN’s guidelines mean systematic discussion of the cases in Regional Multidiscplinary Tumor Board (MTB) dedicated to NETs (RENATEN MTB). Methods: This study is a retrospective observational study including patients aged 75 years and over, with a NET that has been diagnosed in an pathological laboratory or whose file has been discussed in a MTB (usual MTB or RENATEN MTB) between 2014 and 2017 in the Brittany area. Results: 51 patients with a median age of 79 years [75-92] have been included up until now, among whom 77% had digestive NET, 12% urological, 8% dermatological (Merkel tumor), 4% pulmonary, 2% gynecological and 2% NETs of unknown origin. Tumor grade was 1, 2, 3 and unkown in 20%, 14%, 37% and 29% respectively. Overall, 33% of the tumors were well differentiated and 63% were metastatic (synchronous metastases :78%). Only 20% of patients benefited from a geriatric oncology consultation to help the clinician in the therapeutic decision. File of 53% of patients has been discussed one time in a specialized RENATEN MTB and 57% in another MTB. No proof of discussion in MTB was found in 12%. The treatment proposed in the RENATEN MTB was effective in 85% of patients (2 patients died immediately after RENATEN MTB, 2 patients did not wish to be treated). Only 14% of patients received initial surgery, 10% radiotherapy and 41% chemotherapy. The overall survival of this cohort is 11.3 months [0.3 -89] (for grade 3, 7.9 months [0.8-21.7]). Conclusions: The rate of multidisciplinary meeting presentation has to be improved, as well as the geriatric oncology management. A cohort of more than 100 patients will be presented at the meeting and treatment response and survival data based on age class, tumor grade, histological subtypes and therapeutic strategy will be shown.

The incidence of lung cancer during pregnancy is very low, but it is becoming more frequent in industrialized countries both because of the increase in smoking in young women and because women are becoming pregnant later in life. Usually, the cancer has a poor prognosis due to the presence of metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Diagnosis and management are delicate, and should deal with the gestational age, the maternal prognosis, the fetal toxicity of treatments, but also with the worsening of maternal prognosis and the risk of neoplastic cells being transmitted to the fetus in case of delayed treatment. Psychological and ethical considerations complicate the decision process. We present a review of the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis concerning lung cancer during pregnancy. Finally, it is important to remember that young women with lung cancer should be advised to use a reliable form of contraception.

Purpose Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is recommended to assess the vulnerability of elderly patients, but its integration in cancer treatment decision making has never been prospectively evaluated. Here, in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we compared a standard strategy of chemotherapy allocation on the basis of performance status (PS) and age with an experimental strategy on the basis of CGA. Patients and Methods In a multicenter, open-label, phase III trial, elderly patients >= 70 years old with a PS of 0 to 2 and stage IV NSCLC were randomly assigned between chemotherapy allocation on the basis of PS and age (standard arm: carboplatin-based doublet if PS

International audience; OBJECTIVES: To describe a non-invasive guidance procedure, using intraoperative cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and augmented fluoroscopy to guide lung resection during video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). METHODS: Patients with solitary or multiple lung nodules between 5 and 20 mm in size were included. Under general anaesthesia, a moderate pneumothorax allowing the CBCT acquisition was first performed. Then a segmentation of the lesion was performed on a 3D reconstruction. A projection of this 3D reconstruction was then integrated into the digital workspace and automatically registered into the fluoroscopic images, creating an augmented fluoroscopy. The procedure was continued under classic video-thoracoscopic vision taking account of the augmented fluoroscopy to locate the targeted nodule. RESULTS: Eight patients were included (mean age 61 ± 11.7 years): 7 patients had an isolated lesion and 1 patient had two lesions (mean size 13.2 ± 5.1 mm). Their mean depth to the pleura was 21.4 ± 10.7 mm. Four patients underwent a wedge resection associated with lymph node resection. Two patients had an initial wedge resection followed by a complementary lobectomy associated with lymph node resection (primary lung tumour). One patient had a wedge resection in the upper lobe and a lobectomy of the inferior lobe associated with lymph node resection. One patient underwent a conversion and a bilobectomy due to vascular injury. The mean global operating time was 100.6 ± 36.7 min. All the nodules have been identified on the CBCT acquisitions. The segmentation of the lesion has been performed in all cases. We have been able to detect all the nodules and to successfully perform the resection in all cases owing to the augmented fluoroscopy. The mean fluoroscopic time was 134.2 ± 55.0 s. The mean imaging time, between the incision and the final nodule localization, was 11.8 ± 3.8 min. CONCLUSIONS: This paper is the first describing a clinical application of CBCT performed during thoracic surgery. Associated with augmented reality, it offers a significant progress in VATS resection of subpalpable lung nodules. This preliminary experience highlights the potential of the proposed CBCT approach to improve the perception of targeted small tumours during VATS

International audience; OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of simultaneously modulated accelerated radiation therapy (SMART) to reduce the incidence of severe acute oesophagitis in the treatment of unresectable locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (LANSCLC). METHODS: 21 patients were treated with SMART and concomitant platinum-based chemotherapy. The prescribed doses were limited to 54 Gy at 1.8 Gy per day to the zones of presumed microscopic extent while simultaneously maintaining doses of 66 Gy at 2.2 Gy per day to the macroscopic disease. The whole treatment was delivered over 30 fractions and 6 weeks. Dosimetric parameters of SMART and the standard technique of irradiation [intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)] were compared. Acute toxicity was prospectively recorded. RESULTS: The highest grade of oesophagitis was 62% (13 patients) grade 1, 33% (7 patients) grade 2 and 5% (1 patient) grade 3. Three (14%) patients experienced acute grade 2 pneumonitis. There was no grade 4 oesophageal or pulmonary toxicity. Doses to the organs at risk were significantly reduced in SMART compared with IMRT [oesophagus: V50Gy, 28.5 Gy vs 39.9 Gy (p = 0.003); V60Gy, 7.1 Gy vs 30.7 Gy (p = 0.003); lung: V20Gy, 27.4 Gy vs 30.1 Gy (p = 0,002); heart: V40Gy, 7.3 Gy vs 10.7 Gy (p = 0.006); spine: Dmax, 42.4 Gy vs 46.4 Gy (p = 0.003)]. With a median follow-up of 18 months (6-33 months), the 1-year local control rate was 70% and the disease-free survival rate was 47%. CONCLUSION: SMART reduces the incidence of severe oesophagitis and improves the whole dosimetric predictors of toxicity for the lung, heart and spine. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Our study shows that SMART optimizes the therapeutic ratio in the treatment of LANSCLC, opening a window for dose intensification