Alessandro Russo
UOC Oncologia Medica, A.O. Papardo, Messina (Dir. Prof. V. Adamo)
Borsa FSE Dottorato XXXII ciclo Università degli Studi di Messina alessandro-russo@alice.it
III SESSIONE
Highlights in Immunoncologia Il NSCLC
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
Progresses in stage III NSCLC over the past 3 decades:
from palliative to curative-intent treatment in selected pts
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
RT alone [1] CHT + RT [1] Concurrent CHT-RT [2]
CHT-RT 74Gy vs. 60Gy [3]
Cis-Pem + RT vs. Cis-VP16
+ RT [4]
CHT-RT ± Cetuximab [3]
CHT-RT ± Tecemotide
[5]
10
14
18
20,3
26,8
25 25,6 28,7
25 24
22,3
[1]; Auperin A, et al. Ann Oncol 2006 [2] Auperin A, et al. J Clin Oncol 2010; [3] Bradley JD, et al. Lancet Oncol 2015; [4] Senan S, et al. JCO 2016; [5] Butts C, et al. Lancet Oncol 2014
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Palliative
+4% at 2 years.
Curative
Median Overall Survival (months)
No significant
improvements in mOS over the last 10 years in the RTOG0617, Proclaim
and START trials
Experimental arm Control arm
PACIFIC trial
Paz-Ares L, et al. ESMO 2017; Antonia SJ, et al. NEJM 2017
Efficacy results [1]
PFS by BICR (Primary Endpoint; ITT)
“...In conclusion, in the PACIFIC study, one of the coprimary end points was met at this planned interim analysis, and this study showed a significant increase in progression-free survival and no new safety signals with durvalumab in patients with
stage III, unresectable NSCLC who had received chemoradiotherapy....”
“... These positive findings in an unselected patient population, irrespective of baseline expression of PD-L1 on tumor cells, suggest that durvalumab may be an effective adjuvant therapy in patients with stage III disease after standard
treatment...”
Antonia SJ, et al. NEJM 2017; Paz-Ares L, et al. ESMO 2017
Antonia SJ, et al. NEJM 2017; Paz-Ares L, et al. ESMO 2017
Efficacy results [2]
Incidence of new lesions by BICR
Time to Distant Metastasis or Death by
BICR
Median follow-up: 14.5 mos (range 0.2–29.9)
“...Uncertainty about the potential mechanisms driving the interaction between immunotherapy and chemoradiotherapy warrants further investigation...”
Antonia SJ, et al. NEJM 2017; Paz-Ares L, et al. ESMO 2017
Safety & Conclusions
SAFETY SUMMARY
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
7,9
11,5 12,3 12,6 13,9
19,3 21,6
27,3
34,9
OS (MONTHS)
Schiller et al. ECOG 4599 JMBD PARAMOUNT EURTAC IPASS LUX-LUNG 3 & 6
HISTOLOGY-SELECTED MAINTENANCE EGFR-MUTATED
SQUIRE
SqCC
Progresses in the 1st line treatment of
metastatic NSCLC over the past 2 decades
Non-SqCC
KEYNOTE-001*
*PD-L1 ≥50%, 1L Cohort
PD-L1 SELECTED
2002 2017
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
7,9
11,5 12,3 12,6 13,9
19,3 21,6
27,3
34,9
OS (MONTHS)
Schiller et al. ECOG 4599 JMBD PARAMOUNT EURTAC IPASS LUX-LUNG 3 & 6
HISTOLOGY-SELECTED MAINTENANCE EGFR-MUTATED
SQUIRE
SqCC
Progresses in the 1st line treatment of
metastatic NSCLC over the past 2 decades
Non-SqCC
KEYNOTE-001*
*PD-L1 ≥50%, 1L Cohort
PD-L1 SELECTED
2002 2017
OS DATA OF THE KN-001 TRIAL:
TREATMENT-NAIVE COHORT
Leighl NB, et al. ASCO 2017
ORR: 40.6% (30.9-50.8) CR: 2.0% and PR: 38.6%
SD: 42.6%
Median time to response: 2.1 mos (1.7-9.5)
No evidence of cumulative immune- related toxicities
KEYNOTE-024: UPDATED DATA
PFS2 useful to:
Assess the impact of cross- over on OS
Assess the effects of a therapy on subsequent treatments
Death
Brahmer J, et al. ASCO 2017
KEYNOTE-024: UPDATED DATA
Brahmer J, et al. ASCO 2017
Pembrolizumab continued to show OS benefit over chemotherapy as 1st line therapy for advanced NSCLC with PD-L1 TPS ≥50%:
Median OS for pembrolizumab was not reached with a median follow-up of 19 mos;
Despite an effective crossover rate of 60%, there remained a high degree of separation of the OS curves
Peters S, et al. JCO 2017
*TC2/3 or IC2/3 = TC or IC ≥5% PD-L1–expressing cells, respectively.
**TC3 or IC3 = TC ≥50% or IC ≥10% PD-L1–expressing cells, respectively
TC3/IC3**
TC2/3 or IC2/3* (ITT population)
Cohort 1: 1L; Cohort 2: 2L; Cohort 3: ≥3L
Chemo + IO in 1st line: KEYNOTE 021 cohort G
Langer CJ, et al. Lancet Oncol 2016; Borghaei H, et al. ESMO 2017
2016 2017
HR 0.54; p=0.0067
“...Significant improvements in ORR and PFS observed in prior analyses were maintained...”
Median PFS 13.0 vs. 8.9 mos HR 0.53; p=0.010
PFS data
Chemo + IO in 1st line: KEYNOTE 021 cohort G
HR 0.90 [95% CI 0.42–1.91]
2016 2017
HR 0.59; p=0.03
Langer CJ, et al. Lancet Oncol 2016; Borghaei H, et al. ESMO 2017
“...Incremental OS benefit, though not statistically significant, continued despite high (~75%) crossover rate to anti–PD-1/PD-L1 therapy in the PC alone arm...”
OS data
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
The evolution of 2
ndline treatment in NSCLC in the Immunotherapy era
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
7,5
5,7
9
6,7
10,5
12,6 12,2
9,2 10,4
13,8
*non-SqCC pts only
**SqCC pts only
***PDL-1+ >1% (10mg/kg arm)
2000
2017
[1] Shepherd FA, et al. JCO 2000; [2] Fossella FV, et al. JCO 2000; [3] Hanna N, et al. JCO 2005; [4]Scagliotti GV, et al. Oncologist 2009; [5] Shepherd FA, et al. NEJM 2005; [6] Garon EB, et al. Lancet 2014; [7] Reck M, et al. Lancet Oncol 2014; [8] Borghaei H, et al. NEJM 2015; [9] Brahmer J, et al. NEJM 2015; [10]
Herbst RS, et al. Lancet 2016; [11] Rittmeyer A, et al. Lancet 2017.
MEDIAN OS (mos)
Five-Year Follow-up From the CA209-003 Study
Brahmer J, et al. ACCR 2017
5-Year Estimates of OSa
CA209-003 5-Year Update: Phase 1 Nivolumab in Advanced NSCLC
4 Median OS (95% CI), mo
Overall (N = 129) 9.9 (7.8, 12.4) 100
80
60
40
20
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
129 49 27 20 17 16 3 1 0
Years No. at Risk
OS (%)
1 y OS, 42%
2 y OS, 24%
3 y OS, 18% 5 y OS, 16%
aThere were 3 deaths between 3 and 5 years, all due to disease progression; 1 surviving patient was censored for OS prior to 5 years (OS: 58.2+ months) “...The estimated 5-yr OS rate with nivolumab was 16%...”
PD-L1 ≥1% (n = 38)
38 10 8 7 7 7 2 1 0
Years 100
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5 y OS, 23%
20 40 60 80
0
5-Year Estimates of OS by PD-L1 Statusa
CA209-003 5-Year Update: Phase 1 Nivolumab in Advanced NSCLC
6
PD-L1 <1% (n = 30)
No. at Risk
OS (%)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Years 20
40 60 80 100
0
5 y OS, 20%
30 13 7 5 4 3 0 0 0
PD-L1 ≥50% (n = 13)
13 5 5 5 5 5 2 1 0
Years 100
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
0
5 y OS, 43%
20 40 60 80
aPD-L1 status was not evaluable in 61 (47%) of 129 patients; the estimated 5-y OS rate in patients with unknown PD-L1 status was 10%
Five-Year Follow-up From the CA209-003 Study
Brahmer J, et al. ACCR 2017
5-Year Estimates of OS by Histology
CA209-003 5-Year Update: Phase 1 Nivolumab in Advanced NSCLC
5
Non-squamous (n = 74)
74 28 14 10 9 8 0 0 0
Years 1 y OS, 42%
2 y OS, 24%
3 y OS, 17% 5 y OS, 15%
20 40 60 80 100
0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Squamous (n = 54)
No. at Risk
54 20 12 10 8 8 3 1 0
OS (%)
Years 1 y OS, 41%
2 y OS, 24%
3 y OS, 20% 5 y OS, 16%
20 40 60 80 100
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Characteristic
All Treated Patients (N = 129)
5-Year Survivors
(n = 16) Median age, years (range) 65 (38, 85) 62 (44, 80)
≥65 years, n (%) 66 (51) 6 (38)
Male, n (%) 79 (61) 9 (56)
ECOG PS, n (%)a 0
1
27 (21) 100 (78)
4 (25) 12 (75) No. of prior systemic
regimens, n (%) 1−2
≥ 3
59 (46) 70 (54)
6 (38) 10 (62) Smoking status, n (%)
Former smoker Current smoker Unknown
16 (12)b 92 (71) 21 (16)
3 (19)b 11 (69) 2 (12) Tumor histology, n (%)c
Squamous Non-squamous
54 (42) 74 (57)
8 (50) 8 (50)
Characteristic
All Treated Patients (N = 129)
5-Year Survivors
(n = 16) EGFR status, n (%)
Not evaluable Evaluable
Mutant Wild-type
61 (47) 68 (53) 13 (19)d,e
55 (81)d
9 (56) 7 (44) 2 (29)d,e
5 (71)d PD-L1 status, n (%)
Not evaluable Evaluable
<1%
≥1%
≥50%
61 (47) 68 (53) 30 (44)d 38 (56)d 13 (19)d
6 (38) 10 (62) 3 (30)d 7 (70)d 5 (50)d Select TRAEsf on nivolumab,
n (%) Any grade Grade 3−4
56 (43) 7 (5)
11 (69) 1 (6)
Long-term survivors had diverse baseline characteristics, including:
Squamous and non-squamous histology
≥1% and <1% PD-L1 tumor expression
1 to 4 prior lines of systemic therapy
The majority of long-term survivors had durable responses to nivolumab, although some had SD or PD as best overall response
Felip E, et al. ESMO 2017
Three-Year Follow-up From CM-017/057 studies
Nivolumab continued to demonstrate long-term OS and PFS benefit in patients with advanced SQ and non-SQ NSCLC
No new safety signals were identified and rates of TRAEs were similar to those seen at 2 years’ minimum follow-up
Atezolizumab beyond PD:
a subset analysis of the OAK trial
Gandara DR, et al. ASCO 2017
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
Spigel DR, et al. ESMO 2017
CheckMate 153:
Continuous vs 1-Year Nivolumab
Exploratory endpointsd: safety/efficacye with continuous vs 1-year treatment, efficacy, other (eg, biomarkers, PK) Key eligibility
criteria
• Advanced/ metastatic NSCLC
• ≥1 prior systemic therapya
• ECOG PS 0−2
• Treated CNS
metastases allowed Stop nivolumab
Continuous nivolumab
Nivolumab 3 mg/kg IV Q2W Treatment for 1 yearb
Rc
Nivolumab retreatment allowed at PD
Stop nivolumab Continuous nivolumab
1,245 patients treateda
220 patients on treatment at
1 year
76 had response or SD at randomizationc
87 had response or SD at randomizationd Rb
Efficacy analyses
Median, months (95% CI)
PFS rate, % 6-
month 1-year Continuous
tx
NR (NR) 80 65
1-year txb 10.3 (6.4, 15.2) 69 40
HR: 0.42 (95% CI: 0.25, 0.71)
No. at risk 1-year tx Continuous tx
87 50 43 33 21 16 5 1 0
76 60 53 49 35 22 10 3 0
Time post-randomization (months)
PFS (%)
0 20 40 60 80 100
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
Spigel DR, et al. ESMO 2017
Median, months (95% CI)
OS rate, % 6-
month 1-year Continuous
tx
NR (NR) 97 88
1-year txb 23.2 (23.2, NA) 95 81 HR: 0.63 (95% CI: 0.33, 1.20)
Time post-randomization (months) 0
20 40 60 80 100
OS (%)
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27
Median, months (95% CI) Continuous
tx
NR (NR)
1-year txb,c 10.6 (4.8, NA) HR: 0.45 (95% CI: 0.24, 0.85)
Median, months (95% CI) Continuous
tx
NR (5.6, NA)
1-year txb 9.6 (4.5, 12.6) HR: 0.44 (95% CI: 0.17,
1.09)
CR/PR SD
1-year tx 49 29 26 20 14 11 3 1 0
Continuous tx 53 45 41 39 28 17 7 2 0 No. at risk
0 20 40 60 80 100
PFS (%)
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
Time post-randomization (months)
38 21 17 13 7 5 2 0 0
23 15 12 10 7 5 3 1 0
0 20 40 60 80 100
PFS (%)
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
Time post-randomization (months)
PFS data OS data
Outcomes according to prior response
Re-treatment responses not so exciting
PFS advantage consistent across subgroups (CR/PR vs. SD)
This is only an exploratory analysis: a randomized trial should address this question
Re-Treatment after irAEs: a retrospective analysis of the MSKCC
Santini FC, et al. ASCO 2017
In patients with irAEs that improve, retreatment with anti–PD-L1 therapy resulted in recurrent or new irAEs in 50% of patients
Among those who were retreated,
hospitalization and early onset of irAE were associated with increased risk of recurrent/new irAE
The majority of patients who developed
recurrent/new irAE were successfully managed, but 2 deaths occurred (mortality rate 5%).
Limited responses occurred following retreatment
Among those with CR/PR prior to onset of first irAE, PFS and OS were similar in the retreatment and
discontinuation cohorts
Description and severity of irAEs requiring delay/re-retreatment or discontinuation
Re-Treated Discontinued p-value Grade of the 1st irAE
G1-2 G3-4
24 (63%) 14 (37%)
11 (34%) 21 (66%)
0.01
Type of irAE Colitis Pneumonitis Musculoskeletal
Skin Pancreas
Liver CNS Endocrine
Nephritis Other
7 (18%) 6 (16%) 5 (13%) 5 (13%) 4 (11%) 3 (8%) 2 (5%) 2 (5%) 2 (5%) 2 (6%)
5 (16%) 8 (25%) 1 (3%) 7 (22%)
0 (0%) 5 (16%)
1 (3%) 1 (3%) 2 (6%) 2 (6%)
0.41
Hospitalization 8 (22%) 18 (56%) 0.003
irAE resolved to:
G 0-1 G≥2
37 (97%) 1 (3%)
22 (76%) 7 (24%)
0.007
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
NIVOLUMAB IN ECOG PS 2/ELDERLY PATIENTS:
THE CHECKMATE 171 TRIAL
Popat S, et al. ESMO 2017
“...Efficacy of nivolumab in patients aged ≥70 years were comparable to that observed in the overall population (median OS: 11.2 mos); median OS in pts
with ECOG PS 2 was 5.4 mos...”
“...The tolerability of nivolumab in patients with ECOG PS 2 and elderly was comparable to the overall population,..”
Use of Nivolumab in Elderly Patients With Advanced Non-Squamous NSCLC:Results From the Italian Expanded Access Program (EAP)
Maria Rita Migliorino,1 Alain Gelibter,2 Francesco Grossi,3 Daniele Fagnani,4 Paola Bordi,5 Tindara Franchina,6 Daniele Turci,7 Luigi Di Lauro,8 Stefano Cascinu,9 Luana Calabrò,10 Matteo Brighenti,11 Natale Tedde,12 Alessandra Bearz,13 Sabrina Giusti,14
Enrico Vasile,15 Giammarco Surico,16 Giacomo Cartenì,17 Paolo Marchetti,18 Francesco Verderame,19 Barbara Melotti20
Migliorino MR, et al. ESMO 2017
Higher proportion of elderly than CM-
057 trial (15%
vs. 7%) Efficacy similar to that
observed in the overall EAP population (mOS 11.0 mos;
mPFS 3.0 mos) and the CM- 057 trial population (mOS 12.2 mos, mPFS 2.3 mos)
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
Hyperprogressive Disease (HPD): a new pattern of PD
Ferrara R, et al. ESMO 2017; Champiat S, et al. Clin Cancer Res 2017; kato S, et al. Clin Cancer Res 2017
“...A novel aggressive pattern of hyperprogression exists in a fraction of patients treated with anti-PD- 1/PD-L1 (~9%). This observation raises some concerns about treating elderly patients (>65 years old) with anti-
PD-1/PD-L1 monotherapy and suggests further study of this phenomenon...” (Champiat S, et al. CCR 2017)
“... Here we report that specific genomic alterations may be associated with accelerated progression, i.e., the presence of MDM2 family amplification or EGFR aberrations...” (Kato S, et al. CCR 2017)
Ferrara R, et al. ESMO 2017
In 36% of 242 advanced NSCLC pts IO accelerated tumor growth, 40 pts (16%) experienced HPD.
HPD correlated with >2 metastatic sites before IO;
HPD is a negative prognostic factor (median OS
HPD pts <3.5months).
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
Impact of Tumor Mutation Burden on the Efficacy of First- Line Nivolumab in the CheckMate 026: PFS and ORR
15
PFS by Tumor Mutation Burden Subgroup
CheckMate 026 TMB Analysis: Nivolumab in First-line NSCLC
Nivolumab Chemotherapy
47 30 26 21 16 12 4 1
60 42 22 15 9 7 4 1
111 54 30 15 9 7 2 1 1
94 65 37 23 15 12 5 0 0
Nivolumab
n = 47 n = 60 9.7
(5.1, NR)
5.8 (4.2, 8.5) Chemotherapy
Median PFS, months (95% CI)
High TMB
PFS (%)
3 6 9 12 15 18 21
No. at Risk Months
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0
Nivolumab
Chemotherapy
0 3 6 9 12
Months
15 18 21 24
Nivolumab Chemotherapy 100
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
n = 111 n = 94 4.1
(2.8, 5.4)
6.9 (5.5, 8.6) HR = 1.82 (95% CI: 1.30, 2.55)
Nivolumab Chemotherapy
(95% CI)
Median PFS, months
Low/medium TMB
HR = 0.62 (95% CI: 0.38, 1.00)
16
ORR by Tumor Mutation Burden Subgroup
CheckMate 026 TMB Analysis: Nivolumab in First-line NSCLC
47
28 23 33
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
High Low/medium
ORR (%)
TMB Subgroup
Nivolumab Chemotherapy
111 94
47 60
n =
Peters S, et al. AACR 2017
17
OS by Tumor Mutation Burden Subgroup
CheckMate 026 TMB Analysis: Nivolumab in First-line NSCLC
n = 111 n = 94 12.7
(9.9, 16.1)
13.2 (9.5, 15.2)
HR = 0.99 (95% CI: 0.71, 1.40) Nivolumab Chemotherapy
(95% CI)
Median OS, months
Low/medium TMB
55% received nivolumab as crossover and/or post-study treatment
1-y OS rate = 54% vs 53%
0 3 6 9 12
Months
15 18 21 24 100
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
111 99 82 69 59 47 28 11 3
94 87 71 60 50 38 21 6 2
27 Nivolumab Chemotherapy
0 1 n = 47 n = 60
18.3 (11.4, NR)
18.8 (11.3, NR)
HR = 1.10 (95% CI: 0.64, 1.88) Nivolumab Chemotherapy
(95% CI)
Median OS, months
68% received nivolumab as crossover and/or post-study treatment
High TMB
0 3 6 9 12
Months
15 18 21 24 No. at Risk
Nivolumab Chemotherapy
OS (%)
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
0 Nivolumab
Chemotherapy
47 41 35 33 30 24 13 4 0
60 56 48 45 36 34 19 9 1
1-y OS rate = 64% vs 60%
“...OS was similar between treatment arms; 68% of patients with high TMB in the chemotherapy arm received nivolumab as crossover and/or post-study treatment...
Impact of Tumor Mutation Burden on the Efficacy of First- Line Nivolumab in the CM-026: OS data
Peters S, et al. AACR 2017
PFS by TMB Subgroup and PD-L1 Expression
CheckMate 026 TMB Analysis: Nivolumab in First-line NSCLC
32 24 13 12 7 5 2 1
28 18 9 3 2 2 2 0
53 35 23 13 10 8 3 0
41 30 14 10 5 4 2 0
No. at Risk
High TMB, PD-L1 ≥50%
High TMB, PD-L1 1–49%
Low/medium TMB, PD-L1 1–49%
Low/medium TMB, PD-L1 ≥50%
16 13 10 8 8 6 2 0 0
31 17 16 13 8 6 2 1 0
70 33 18 9 7 5 1 1 1
41 21 12 6 2 2 1 0 0
22
Months 100
75
50
25
0
6 9 18
3
0 12 15 21
Months 100
75
50
25
0
6 9 18
3
PFS (%)
0 12 15 21 24
High TMB, PD-L1 ≥50%
High TMB, PD-L1 1–49%
Low/medium TMB, PD-L1 1–49%
Low/medium TMB, PD-L1 ≥50%
Low/medium TMB, PD-L1 ≥50%
High TMB, PD-L1 1–49%
Low/medium TMB, PD-L1 1–49%
High TMB, PD-L1 ≥50%
Nivolumab Arm Chemotherapy Arm
TMB level and tumor PD-L1 expression did not appear to be associated
PFS appeared to be longer in patients with high TMB regardless of PD-L1 status in the nivolumab arm, albeit numbers were small
Patients with both high TMB and ≥50% PD-L1 expression had the greatest benefit from nivolumab compared with those with one or neither of these factors
Impact of Tumor Mutation Burden and PDL1 on the Efficacy of First-Line Nivolumab in the Check-Mate 026
Peters S, et al. AACR 2017
bTMB (blood tumor mutation burden) analysis of POPLAR trial: training set
Gandara D, et al. ESMO 2017; Fabrizio DA, et al. ESMO 2017
“...these exploratory analyses represent the first demonstration of a novel blood-based assay measuring bTMB that may predict atezo clinical efficacy in 2L+ NSCLC...”
Gandara D, et al. ESMO 2017
bTMB (blood tumor mutation burden)
analysis of OAK trial: validation set
Outline of my presentation
What’s new in LA-NSCLC?
First line ICIs: a new standard of care in selected patients and novel combinations
New insights into ICIs use in pre-treated pts
Emerging Challenges:
Optimal timing & re-treatment;
Use in special populations: elderly and PS2
Hyperprogressive disease
Novel predictive biomarkers
Conclusions
Conclusions and open questions
Is durvalumab a new standard of care in LA-NSCLC after chemo-radiotherapy?
Immunotherapy in PD-L1+ ≥50% NSCLCs should be better administered first;
Chemo + IO for whom? KN-189 trial will provide definitive conclusions;
Continuing nivolumab over 1 year in non-progressing patients is recommended;
Novel predictive biomarkers beyond PD-L1 IHC expression are eagerly awaited.