Joachim Aerts Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Netherlands Drawing the map: molecular characterization of NSCLC
Disclosures Honoraria for advisory board/consultancy/speakers fee Eli Lilly Roche Boehringer Ingelheim Bristol-Myers Squibb MSD Amphera B.V. Verastem AstraZeneca Research funding department Eli Lilly Roche Boehringer Ingelheim Patents pending Tumour lysate antigen Stock owner Amphera B.V. immunotherapy
Learning objective After this presentation, participants will be able to identify molecular pathways that drive malignancy in advanced NSCLC understand the importance of genetic testing in improving diagnosis and identifying opportunities for treatments recognize the limited treatment options available for advanced squamous NSCLC
Question 1 Should molecular profiling be part of the diagnostic work-up in a patient with advanced squamous NSCLC who is a smoker? 1. Yes 2. No
Probability of PFS Probability of PFS Probability of PFS Probability of PFS First-line therapy with gefitinib prolongs PFS in patients with EGFR mutation Overall 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Carboplatin + paclitaxel HR 0.74 (95% CI 0.65 0.85) p < 0.001 Events: gefitinib 453 (74.4%); carboplatin + paclitaxel 497 (81.7%) Gefitinib 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 Time since randomization (months) Number at risk: Gefinitib 609 363 212 76 24 5 0 Carboplatin + paclitaxel 608 412 118 22 3 1 0 EGFR-mutation-positive 1.0 0.8 0.6 HR, 0.48 (95% CI 0.36 0.64) p < 0.001 Events: gefitinib 97 (73.5%); carboplatin + paclitaxel 111 (86.0%) 0.4 Carboplatin Gefitinib 0.2 + 0 paclitaxel 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 Time since randomization (months) Number at risk: Gefinitib 132 108 71 31 11 3 0 Carboplatin + paclitaxel 129 103 37 7 2 1 0 EGFR-mutation-negative 1.0 Gefitinib 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 Number at risk: Time since randomization (months) Gefinitib 91 21 4 2 0 0 0 Carboplatin + paclitaxel 85 58 14 1 0 0 0 CI, confidence interval; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; HR, hazard ratio; PFS, progression-free survival. 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 HR 2.85 (95% CI 2.05 3.98) p < 0.001 Events: gefitinib 88 (96.7%); carboplatin + paclitaxel 70 (82.4%) Carboplatin + paclitaxel Unknown EGFR mutation status 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 Carboplatin + paclitaxel HR, 0.68 (95% CI 0.58 0.81) p < 0.001 Events: gefitinib 268 (69.4%); carboplatin + paclitaxel 316 (80.2%) Gefitinib 0 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 Number at risk: Time since randomization (months) Gefinitib 386 234 137 43 12 2 0 Carboplatin + paclitaxel 394 251 67 14 1 0 0 Reproduced from Mok TS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:947-57 2009, Massachusetts Medical Society.
ESMO Guidelines 2016 Non-squamous Stage IV NSCLC ALK translocation Molecular tests EGFR mutation Crizotinib No EGFR/ALK mutation < 70 years and PS 2 or > 70 years and PS 0 2 Gefitinib Erlotinib ± bevacizumab Afatinib ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; PS, performance status. Based on Novello S, et al. Ann Oncol. 2016;27 Suppl 5:v1-v27.
ESMO Guidelines 2016 Non-squamous Stage IV NSCLC ALK translocation Molecular tests EGFR mutation Crizotinib No EGFR/ALK mutation < 70 years and PS 2 or > 70 years and PS 0 2 Gefitinib Erlotinib ± bevacizumab Afatinib ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; PS, performance status. Based on Novello S, et al. Ann Oncol. 2016;27 Suppl 5:v1-v27.
ESMO Guidelines 2016 Non-squamous Stage IV NSCLC ALK translocation Molecular tests EGFR mutation Crizotinib No EGFR/ALK mutation < 70 years and PS 2 or > 70 years and PS 0 2 Gefitinib Erlotinib ± bevacizumab Afatinib ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; PS, performance status. Based on Novello S, et al. Ann Oncol. 2016;27 Suppl 5:v1-v27.
PFS (%) Crizotinib as first-line therapy prolonged PFS in patients with advanced ALK-positive NSCLC 100 80 Crizotinib Chemotherapy 60 40 20 0 5 10 15 20 25 Time (months) Number at risk: Crizotinib 120 65 38 19 7 Chemotherapy 105 36 12 2 1 HR for progression or death in crizotinib group 0.45 (95% CI 0.35 0.60); p < 0.001* * 2-sided stratified log rank test. Solomon BJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2014;371:2167-77.
Tumour responses to crizotinib in ROS1-rearranged NSCLC ROS1 rearrangements represent a second molecular subgroup of NSCLC that can be targeted with crizotinib Response rates to crizotinib are high in ROS1-rearranged NSCLC Type of response (n = 50) ROS1 cohort, number (%) Complete response 3 (6) Partial response 33 (66) Stable disease 9 (18) Progressive disease 3 (6) Duration of response was 17.6 months (95% CI 14.5 NR) 64% of responses were ongoing at the time of data cutoff NR, not reached; ROS1, ROS1 proto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase. Shaw AT, et al. N Engl J Med. 2014;371:1963-71.
Case discussion Second opinion: no treatment options? 65-year-old male Adenocarcinoma of the RUL liver and left adrenal gland metastasis EGFR testing negative no ALK translocation 2013 started treament with cisplatin + pemetrexed with partial response progressive disease after 8 cycles of pemetrexed maintenance RUL, right upper lobe of lung. Courtesy of J. Aerts.
Case (continued) Started on docetaxel (75 mg/m 2 /3 weeks) hospitalized for cardiac arrest after the second cycle Docetaxel discontinued Courtesy of J. Aerts.
Question 2 What would you do? 1. BSC 2. Restart on another chemotherapy 3. Check mutation testing 4. Consider phase 1 study 5. Immunotherapy after PD-L1 testing PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1.
Case (continued) Check mutation testing referring hospital tested for EGFR in: exon 19 exon 21 NGS testing EGFR mutation positivity: exon 18 NGS, next-generation sequencing. Courtesy of J. Aerts.
Case (continued) 2014 started on erlotinib (150 mg/day) with a partial response 2016 progressive disease in liver and lung Courtesy of J. Aerts.
Question 3 What would your next step be? 1. Start on immunotherapy with PD-L1 inhibitors 2. Restart chemotherapy 3. BSC 4. Perform new mutation testing
Case (continued) Additional liver biopsy and cfdna (liquid biopsy) testing T790M positivity Started on osimertinib (80 mg/day) partial response up to present cfdna, cell-free DNA. Courtesy of J. Aerts.
Probability of PFS Osimertinib vs platinum + pemetrexed in T790M-positive advanced NSCLC: PFS 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 Osimertinib Platinum + pemetrexed Patients, n Median PFS, months (95% CI) Osimertinib 116 8.2 (6.8 9.7) Platinum + pemetrexed 56 4.2 (4.1 5.1) HR for disease progression or death 0.42 (95% CI 0.29 0.61) 0 3 6 9 12 15 Time (months) Number at risk: Osimertinib 95 63 35 20 5 Platinum + pemetrexed 39 13 5 2 1 Duration of PFS among patients with T790M-positive status after first-line EGFR-TKI therapy EGFR-TKI, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Mok TS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2017;376:629-40.
Probability of survival Follow up targeted therapy: gefitinib in EGFR-positive patients 1 0.8 Gefitinib (n = 132) Carboplatin + paclitaxel (n = 129) 0.6 HR (95% CI) 1.00 (0.76 1.33) 0.4 0.2 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 Time since random assignment (months) Number at risk: Gefitinib 126 121 103 88 70 58 46 38 24 11 6 Carboplatin + paclitaxel 123 112 95 80 68 55 48 40 26 15 7 No difference in OS for gefitinib vs carboplatin + paclitaxel in patients with EGFR mutation status OS, overall survival. Fukuoka M, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2011;29:2866-74.
Acquired resistance also develops Patient example with resistance to ALK mutation and subsequent treatments can be found: Shaw AT, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016;374:54-61 (Figure 1)
Frequency of molecular alterations (%) Frequency of molecular alterations (%) Performing NGS for a more comprehensive molecular screening 50 40 30 20 10 0 Overall 35% 29% 15% 11% 2% 1% 2% 5% EGFR KRAS BRAF HER2 PIK3CA ALK Unknown Full WT 50 40 30 20 10 0 Adenocarcinoma 31% 32% 12% 15% 2% 1% 2% 5% EGFR KRAS BRAF HER2 PIK3CA ALK Unknown Full WT 50 40 30 20 10 0 Women 27% 28% 21% 12% 2% 1% 3% 6% EGFR KRAS BRAF HER2 PIK3CA ALK Unknown Full WT 50 40 30 20 10 0 44% 9% Never smokers 14% 13% 9% 3% 4% 4% EGFR KRAS BRAF HER2 PIK3CA ALK Unknown Full WT WT, wild type. Barlesi F, et al. Lancet. 2016;387:1415-26.
Survival probability Survival of patients with drivers: targeted therapy versus no targeted therapy 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 Log-rank p < 0.001 Targeted therapy No targeted therapy No driver 0 1 2 3 4 5 Time (years) Number at risk: Patients with oncogenic driver No targeted therapy 205 110 64 43 20 Targeted therapy 225 143 72 36 23 Patients with no driver 250 122 59 36 23 Kris MG, et al. JAMA. 2014;311:1998-2006.
Oncogenic drivers in NSCLC Sometimes it s best just to jump in! Potts M, et al. BMJ. 2006;333:701-3.
Question 3 (continued) What is your next step? 1. Start on immunotherapy with PD-L1 inhibitors 2. Restart chemotherapy 3. BSC 4. New mutation testing
Question 3 (continued) What is your next step? 1. Start on immunotherapy with PD-L1 inhibitors 2. Restart chemotherapy 3. BSC 4. New mutation testing
Second-line nivolumab in non-squamous NSCLC: OS by subgroup Immunotherapy may not be an effective treatment option in patients with an EGFR mutation Subgroup Patients, n Unstratified hazard ratio (95% CI) EGFR mutation status Positive 82 1.18 (0.69 2.00) Not detected 340 0.66 (0.51 0.86) Not reported 160 0.74 (0.51 1.06) 0.25 0.50 1.00 2.00 4.00 Nivolumab better Docetaxel better Borghaei H, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015;373:1627-39.
What about squamous cell carcinoma? EGFR + or ALK + < 5% Squamous NSCLC 1 3 Unknown oncogenic drivers or oncogenic drivers without proven treatments The IASLC SqCLC education program 4 IASLC, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer; SqCLC, squamous cell lung cancer. 1. Kim HS, et al. Lung Cancer. 2013;80:249-55. 2. Pao W, Girard N. Lancet Oncol. 2011;12:175-80. 3. Perez-Moreno P, et al. Clin Cancer Res. 2012;18:2443-51. 4. SqCLC Resources. Available from: https://www.iaslc.org/squamous-lung-cancer-resources. Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Education Program, www.iaslc.org.
ESMO Guidelines 2016 Stage IV SCC Squamous Never or former-light smoker (< 15 pack/year) Molecular test (ALK/EGFR) Molecular test negative Molecular test positive Targeted therapy Age and PS SCC, squamous cell carcinoma. Based on Novello S, et al. Ann Oncol. 2016;27 Suppl 5:v1-v27.
Conclusion Molecular profiling has increased the therapeutic potential in advanced NSCLC For the majority of patients, certainly for those with squamous cell NSCLC, targetable drivers are lacking
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