bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Phase Ib study of sintilimab in combination with chemotherapy for 1L advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Authors: Xu Nong , Ying Kejing , Wang Ziping , Liu Yunpeng , Jiang Haiping , Zhou Hui , Wang Shuyan 
Published: May 2019

e20546 Background: Anti-programmed death-1 antibodies (PD-1 Abs) have shown benefits in advanced NSCLC. The efficacy and safety of sintilimab, a PD-1 Ab, in combination with chemotherapy for 1L NSCLC is evaluated in this phase Ib study (NCT02937116). Methods: The study enrolled treatment-naïve unresectable locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous (nsq-) and squamous (sq-) NSCLC patients with neither EGFR mutations nor ALK rearrangements in cohort D and E respectively. Patients received sintilimab 200mg IV q3w in combination with pemetrexed 500mg/m2 and cisplatin 75mg/m2 IV q3w (4 cycles) in cohort D, or gemcitabine 1250mg/m2 D1,8 and cisplatin 75mg/m2 D1 IV q3W (6 cycles) in cohort E until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or death. The primary objective was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination. Results: As data cutoff (15 Jan 2019), 21 and 20 patients were enrolled in cohort D and E respectively. ORR in nsq- and sq-NSCLC were 68.4% (95%CI, 43.4 to 87.4) and 64.7% (95%CI, 38.3 to 85.8) respectively based on data of 19 and 17 patients with at least one radiological assessment. Median PFS was 11.4 months (95%CI, 3.1 to NA) and 6.5 months (95%CI, 5.3 to 8.0) respectively (Table). Totally 38 (92.7%) patients experienced at least one treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE). Treatment-related AEs (TRAEs) occurred in 28 (68.3%) patients. TRAE ≥grade 3 occurred in 4 (9.8%) patients. Immune related AEs occurred in 10 patients (24.4%), the most common of which were skin rash (N = 5), pneumonitis (N = 3) and hypothyroidism (N = 2). There was no AEs leading to death. The biomarker analysis was ongoing. Conclusions: The combination of sintilimab and chemotherapy showed efficacy with an acceptable safety profile in 1L nsq- and sq-NSCLC. Two phase III trials are ongoing to evaluate the combination in 1L nsq- (NCT03607539) and sq-NSCLC (NCT03629925) respectively. Clinical trial information: NCT02937116. [Table: see text]
Matching insurance claims data with EMR molecular status data in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients: Understanding real-world molecular testing and prevalence rates at the site and investigator level.
Authors: Cushion Michael Gregory , Krishnan Bhavani , Hodge Jeff Paul , Balusu Jaya Chandra , Wagner Joseph , Oliva Cristina , Edwards Dana 
Published: May 2019

e20568 Background: Many targeted therapy clinical trials require a somatic gene mutation/alteration for eligibility. We assessed the feasibility of leveraging Real-World Data (RWD) to enrol NSCLC patients into clinical trials. Methods: US insurance claims data were extracted to identify lung cancer patients. These data were matched with EMR data also containing NSCLC patients’ details regarding the occurrence and results of molecular testing for EGFR, ALK, ROS1, JAK2, HER2 and RET somatic alterations, achieving a level of granular detail beyond that available in each individual dataset. A one-year extraction period was applied, with no gender or age restrictions. Results: Results for the matched dataset are summarised in the table below - the overall patient record match was 89.6%. Conclusions: The observed prevalence correlated reasonably well with literature reported prevalence for the molecular biomarkers associated commercially available targeted therapies in NSCLC (EGFR, ALK, ROS1). The sample size for the remaining biomarkers was too small to draw conclusions, though the presence of data correlating to these is of interest, considering that there are no currently approved targeted therapies in NSCLC tailored to these predictive biomarkers. This approach could be expanded upon to recruit patients into targeted therapy clinical trials as the dataset is fully linkable to sites and investigators. With the emergence of broad genomic profiling, the availability of molecular data to support clinical trial enrolment is also expected to grow.[Table: see text]
Alectinib exposure-response (ER) in ALK-inhibitor naïve ALK-positive NSCLC patients: Pooled analysis across phase III studies.
Authors: Smart Kevin , Hsu Joy C , Jaminion Felix , Guerini Elena , Shaw Alice Tsang , Zhou Caicun , Mok Tony S. K. , Bordogna Walter , Frey Nicolas , Morcos Peter N. 
Published: May 2019

e20575 Background: Alectinib superiority to crizotinib has been demonstrated in ALK-inhibitor naïve ALK-positive NSCLC patients (pts) in Phase III studies conducted in Japanese (J-ALEX; JapicCTI-132316) pts receiving alectinib 300 mg BID and global (ALEX; NCT02075840) and Asian (ALESIA; NCT02838420) pts receiving alectinib 600mg BID. ER analyses are undertaken to confirm the appropriate alectinib dosing regimen for the global population. Methods: A previous population PK analysis (Hsu et al, ASCO 2016) assessed PK of alectinib and major metabolite, M4, to identify factors influencing PK variability. ER analyses across the 3 Phase III studies investigated the relationship between alectinib and progression-free survival (PFS) by a Cox proportional hazards (CPH) analysis. PK simulations for alectinib 300 mg and 600 mg BID doses were conducted to determine the proportion of pts falling above and below an identified optimal PK threshold for PFS. ER for key safety events were investigated for alectinib 600 mg BID using logistic regression. Results: Alectinib PK is influenced only by body weight and not by race/ethnicity. CPH analysis demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between alectinib exposure and PFS across the 3 Phase III studies, with an improved PFS above an identified optimal PK threshold (Table). PK simulations indicate 49% and 7% of global alectinib treated patients would fall below the optimal PK threshold for 300 and 600mg BID, respectively. Alectinib 600mg BID ensures a distribution of exposures that maximize the PFS benefit while lower alectinib doses/exposures could result in reduced efficacy. Baseline tumor size (BSIZ) was shown to negatively impact PFS with larger BSIZ seen in global pts. No significant exposure-safety relationships were identified for alectinib 600mg BID. Conclusions: Alectinib 600mg BID is the most appropriate dose in the global ALK-inhibitor naïve population. Clinical trial information: NCT02075840; JapicCTI-132316; NCT02838420. [Table: see text]
Sex is a strong prognostic factor for overall survival in advanced non small cell lung cancer patients and should be considered for survival rates estimations.
Authors: Barquin Miguel , Garcia-Garcia Francisco , Romero Atocha , Carcereny Enric , Rodriguez-Abreu Delvys , Lopez Castro Rafael , Guirado Maria , Camps Carlos , Bosch-Barrera Joaquim , Massuti Bartomeu , Ortega Ana Laura , Gonzalez-Larriba Jose-Luis , Garcia-Campelo Rosario , Domine Manuel , Agraso Busto Sara , Sala María Ángeles , Oramas Juana , Bernabé Reyes , Provencio-Pulla Mariano 
Published: May 2019

e20580 Background: Biological differences between sexes have a major impact on disease and treatment outcome. In this paper, we evaluate the prognostic value of sex in advance NSCLC in the context of real world data. Methods: Clinical data from stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients from Hospital Puerta de Hierro (HPH) was retrieved from Electronical records using BigData Analytics (N = 387). In addition, data from Spanish Lung Cancer Group (GECP) Tumor Registry (N = 1382) and from a published study through cBioPortal (MSK) (N = 601) was analyzed. Survival curves were estimated using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to assess the prognostic factor of sex. Results: The median overall survival (OS) time was 12 months for men and 19 months for women (P < 0.001). Similarly, women with stage IV NSCLC harbouring an EGFR sensitizing mutation lived longer than men (median overall survival was 19 months for men and 32 months for women). Gender effect was still significant after adjustment by Cox regression for other potential confounding factors. The adjusted hazard ratios for sex were 0.65 (95% CI, 0.51-0.83), 0.84 (95% CI, 0.66-1.1) and 0.76 (95% CI, 0.65-0.88) for HPH, MSK and GECP data sets respectively. Similarly, in EGFR positive population adjusted hazard ratios for sex were 0.53 (95% CI, 0.25-1.1), 0.59 (95% CI, 0.35-0.98) and 0.60 (95% CI, 0.45-0.86) for HPH, MSK and GECP data sets respectively. Conclusions: Using real world data we confirm previous finding that among stage IV NSCLC patients, women live almost twice longer than men. This effect persisted after adjusting for several factors highlighting the fact that survival rates estimations which are usually performed grouping men and women together might not be accurate enough for prognosis assessments
Predictors of benefits to chemoimmunotherapy (CIT) in stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A meta-analysis.
Authors: El-Osta Hazem Edmond , Sabichi Anita Lyn 
Published: May 2019

e20595 Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have changed the landscape of NSCLC therapy. In previous study, gender, smoking history, and PD-L1 status were found to influence the efficacy of ICI monotherapy in NSCLC. This meta-analysis evaluated the clinical and molecular factors predictive of benefit from the addition of ICIs to first-line (1L) chemotherapy in metastatic NSCLC. Methods: Using the random effect model, we computed and compared the pooled hazard ratio (HR) of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) among the selected subgroups. The correlation between PD-L1 expression level and outcome was analyzed by meta-regression. Results: 7 phase III randomized trials comparing CIT vs. chemo in the 1L treatment of stage 4 NSCLC were included. CIT evenly improved the PFS irrespective of age, gender, histology, smoking history and ECOG performance status (PS). While patients (pts) with liver metastasis or ALK/EGFR aberration had greater PFS with the addition of ICI to Bevacizumab (BEV) based chemo regimen, the derived benefit was no longer statistically significant among pts treated with non-BEV-based regimens. Whereas the PFS superiority conferred by CIT was noticed across all PD-L1 expression subgroups, the benefit correlated with PD-L1 level and was more pronounced in the “PD-L1 high” subset. Except for pts with EGFR/ALK abnormalities, squamous histology or liver metastasis, CIT yielded a consistent amelioration of OS across the other selected subgroups. Conclusions: Survival advantage associated with 1L CIT in metastatic NSCLC was observed in different pts population including those for which single-agent ICI has limited therapeutic benefit. Our findings support the role of chemo +/- VEGF blockade as enhancer of ICIs activity even in “less immunogenic” context. [Table: see text]
The continued osimertinib plus chemotherapy overcoming resistance after histologic transformation in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma treated with osimertinib.
Authors: Kang Jin , Li Xiang-Meng , Cheng Jia-Tao , Chen Huajun , Zhang Xuchao , Tu Hai-Yan , Zhou Qing , Wu Yi-Long , Yang Jin-Ji 
Published: May 2019

e20615 Background: Although the third-generation Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) osimertinib is more potent, histologic transformation from lung adenocarcinoma to other histological types is still a mechanism of resistance in EGFR-mutant adenocarcinoma. Those with histologic transformation usually have poor prognosis. Hence, we focused on the unique molecular mechanism of histologic transformation after osimertinib and explore the strategy of treatment. Methods: Pathology was confirmed in 55 EGFR-mutant patients treated with osimertinib at baseline and disease progression. They were all lung adenocarcinoma at baseline. We established the patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse model from an EGFR-mutant adenocarcinoma transforming to neuroendocrine carcinoma. Preclinical efficacy of erlotinib versus osimertinib was evaluated in vivo. All the clinical data of these patients were analyzed. Results: The frequency of histologic transformation after resistance to osimertinib was 14.5% (8/55). Three of them were transformed to small-cell lung cancer totally, two transformed to complex small-cell lung cancer, two transformed to adenosquamous cell carcinoma and one transformed to neuroendocrine carcinoma without T790M mutation in which an PDX mouse model was successfully established. The genetic profiles of those transformed to small-cell lung cancer were characterized by Rb1, TP53 mutations, and PI3K/AKT/MTOR aberrances. Those transformed to adenosquamous carcinoma were characterized by KRAS amplification and EGFR amplification. The median progression-free survival (PFS) was not significantly different between the patients with histologic transformation and those without during the treatment of osimertinib (7.7 VS. 5.7 months, P = 0.763). One went on first-line osimertinib, added etoposide/ cisplatin (EP) chemotherapy meanwhile after progressive disease, and achieved minor response after 2 cycles. The other one received the treatment of EP + osimertinib + erlotinib, and acheived partial response with a PFS of 7 months without obvious toxicities. The PDX model showed more sensitivity to erlotinib than osimertinib. Conclusions: Continued osimertinib plus chemotherapy might be effective in overcoming the resistance. Particularly, the first-generation EGFR-TKI seems to be efficacious in histologically-transformed EGFR-mutant patients without T790M mutation. Further investigations of these patients and PDXs are warranted.
Prediction of EGFR-TKI efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer patients by metabolomics and genomics.
Authors: Zhang Lei , Luo Rongrong , Wang Lin , Yao Jiarui , Wu Di , Zhang Zhishang , Han Xiaohong , Shi Yuankai 
Published: May 2019

e20627 Background: Metabolites and somatic mutations involved in EGFR-TKI efficacy remains unclear in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with EGFR sensitizing mutation (EGFRsm+). Here we performed a joint analysis of metabolomics and genomics data to identify metabolites and somatic mutations as biomarkers for EGFR-TKI efficacy. Methods: Metabolomic profiling of plasma samples (n = 43) from NSCLC patients with EGFRsm+, consisting of cohort A (n = 30) and B (n = 13), was conducted using UPLC or rapid separation LC-MS/MS. The 13 matched FFPE samples in cohort B were also used in the targeted sequencing below. FFPE samples (n = 18) from NSCLC patients with EGFRsm+ were subjected to targeted sequencing. According to progression free survival (PFS), all patients were assigned a status of poor (PFS≤42 weeks) and good responders (PFS > 42 weeks). A joint analysis of metabolomics and genomics data was adopted to identify biomarkers for EGFR-TKI efficacy. Results: The partial least squares discrimination analysis mothod was performed to establish a prediction model responsible for separation of good and poor responders in cohort A, comprising 27 metabolites with variable importance in projection score (VIP) > 1.5. Based on the prediction model, the ROC analysis demonstrated the sensitivity of 0.8, the specificity of 0.75, and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.7 in cohort B. The Welch’s t test method identified 15 significant metabolites ( P < 0.05) in cohort A. With the criteria of VIP > 1.5 and P < 0.05, four metabolites, 3-Methyl-L-Histidine, LysoPE(18:2(9Z,12Z)/0:0), Histamine, and SM(d18:1/16:0), were detected as potential biomarkers. To further validate them, associations of these metabolites and somatic mutations were explored in 13 patients with both metabolomics and genomics data available using the Welch’s t test. The results revealed patients with either CTCF R415X or PTK2B G491X had significantly lower Histamine level compared with those without either mutation (both P < 0.05), and significantly increased level of SM(d18:1/16:0) was observed in patients with either GATA2 P250A or MAGI1 S763X (both P < 0.05). Intriguingly, worse PFS was showed in patients with any mutation of GATA2 P250A ( P = 0.02), CTCF R415X ( P = 0.002), PTK2B G491X ( P = 0.002), and MAGI1 S763X ( P = 0.0007). Conclusions: Our joint analysis identified two plasma metabolites and four somatic mutations as biomarkers for EGFR-TKI efficacy. The present findings may provide insights into molecular mechanisms of EGFR-TKI efficacy. Further validation in prospective studies was warranted.
Adoption of immuno-oncology in NSCLC, a real-world study in EU5.
Authors: Martinez De Pinillos Alejandra , Ricote Lobera Isabel , Martinez Cristina , Anger Caroline , Guglielmetti Filippo , Bitton Roberto Jorge 
Published: May 2019

e20631 Background: To date, there are no robust studies in real world practice describing the use of IO (immuno-oncology) treatments in advanced/metastatic (adv/m) NSCLC. The available evidence in Europe is limited to observational studies of small size. This study aims to understand the impact of IO in adv/mNSCLC and study the profile of patients currently receiving these treatments. Methods: 20,157 cases of 1st and 2nd line adv/mNSCLC patients between October 2016 and September 2018 in EU5 (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK) were identified within Oncology Dynamics, an IQVIA oncology syndicated cross sectional survey collecting anonymized patient-level data. Patient profile was described, and two groups were created to assess differences in the use of IO treatments (nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, ipilimumab, durvalumab) across 2 time periods: #1 October 2016 - September 2017 (n = 9,310); #2 October 2017 - September 2018 (n = 10,847). Results: IO treatments increased 15% in 1st line adv/mNSCLC (13% in non-squamous and 23% in squamous histology) and 11% in 2nd line across periods; reaching treatment shares of 20.3% and 67.9% in 1st line and 2nd line in Period 2. Within IO-treated patients, 9.5% in 1st line and 13.6% in 2nd line had ECOG ≥2, and 27% were > 71 years old. The use of IO in 1st line patients without mutations (EGFR/ALK/ROS1/BRAF) increased by 24%, while standard chemotherapy decreased by 21%. Conclusions: IO treatments had a rapid adoption in Europe last year, influenced by its approval in 1st line adv/mNSCLC and by clinical guidelines recommendations. Ongoing clinical trials may suggest a growing trend in the future that could potentially impact in healthcare systems. In addition, real world patients treated with IO are older and have a worse performance status than those widely included in clinical trials. An evaluation of these results sheds light into IO treatments in NSCLC and may contribute to the design of real-world studies to generate new evidence and optimize the use of these class of drugs in clinical practice.[Table: see text]
Pooled subgroup analysis of twelve randomized controlled trials of immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer.
Authors: Yang Fang , Wang Yucai , Mansfield Aaron Scott , Adjei Alex A. , Leventakos Konstantinos , Li Rutian , Wei Jia , Wang Lifeng , Liu Baorui , Molina Julian R. 
Published: May 2019

e20639 Background: Multiple randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown a robust benefit of immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We did a meta-analysis to examine the benefit of ICI in various subgroups. Methods: PubMed was searched up to Jan 15, 2019 for RCTs comparing overall survival (OS) between ICI and control (without ICI) arms. Pooled hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated for each subgroup. Interaction tests were done to compare relative benefit between opposed subgroups of interest (eg. men vs women; reported as Pheterogeneity). All analyses were performed with a random effects model in Comprehensive Meta Analysis (v2). Results: Twelve phase 2/3 RCTs involving 7244 patients were included. A significant OS benefit of ICI was found in both squamous and non-squamous histology. Current/former smokers, EGFR wild-type, and KRAS mutant patients had a significant OS benefit from ICI, but never smokers, EGFR mutant, and KRAS wild-type patients did not. An OS benefit of ICI was found in patients with or without baseline brain metastasis, PD-L1 < 1% or ≥1%, men or women, age < 65 or ≥65, and ECOG PS 0 or ≥1. No significant difference of relative benefit from ICI over control was found in patients with different PD-L1 expression, sex, age, or ECOG PS (Table). Conclusions: OS benefit of ICI in NSCLC was associated with a smoking history, wild-type EGFR or KRAS mutation. However, the OS benefit of ICI was seen regardless of histology, PD-L1 expression, sex, age, and ECOG PS. [Table: see text]
Radiotherapy with continued EGFR-TKIs for oligoprogressive disease in non-small cell lung cancer: A real-world study.
Authors: Wu Fang , Wu Sixuan , Hu Chunhong 
Published: May 2019

e20640 Background: Almost all epidermal growth factor recept (EGFR)-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will develop tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) resistance. The treatment of oligoprogression is debatable after TKIs resistance. We conducted a real-world retrospective study to evaluate the efficacy of radiotherapy and continuation of TKIs in advanced NSCLC patients with oligoprogressive disease after EGFR-TKIs. Methods: From January 2011 to January 2019, we retrospectively analyzed EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients with oligoprogression in our institution. 33 patients were treated by radiotherapy and continuation of TKIs after oligoprogression. We used Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression model to analyse the prognostic factors of median progression-free survival (PFS) and median overall survival (OS) from the time of oligoprogression. Variables we selected for analyses included gender, age, smoking status, performance status (PS) score, stage at initial diagnosis, initial resectable, radiotherapy dose, EGFR mutation type, number of metastasis, sites of radiation, T790M status and the time of oligometastasis to radiotherapy. Results: 33 patients develop resistance to EGFR-TKIs at a median time of 11.0 months. The mPFS and mOS were 6.5 (95%CI, 1.4-11.6) and 21.8 (95%CI, 14.8-28.8) months, respectively. T790M mutation was tested in nine patients, four of which were mutation negative and five were positive. The mPFS was 15.5 (95%CI, 7.4-23.6) months in T790M mutation positive patients and 6.0 (95%CI, 0-14.0) months in negative patients. The mPFS in patients who started radiotherapy within or beyond 1 month after oligometastasis was 10.8 months (95% CI, 4.9-16.7 months) and 5.3 months (95% CI, 2.4-8.2 months). Cox regression model showed no variables significantly correlated with PFS difference. Univariate analysis identified female patients have longer OS (P = 0.038). The results of Multivariate analysis indicated that there was no OS-related prognostic factors. Conclusions: Radiotherapy with continued TKIs is an efficacious treatment option in advanced NSCLC patients with oligoprogressive disease after EGFR-TKIs. T790M mutation is a common mutation in NSCLC patients with oligoprogression. Gender was prognostic factors for OS. Moreover, there was a better prognosis in patients with T790M mutation positive or radiotherapy within 1 month after oligometastasis. However, this was not statistically significant. Larger sample size studies are needed to validate these clinical results.