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adjuvant immunotherapy in
early stage NSCLC
Are we there yet?
Honoraria or consultation fees: Advisory boards BMS, Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim, Lilly, Takeda,
Amgen, Pfizer (institution)
Participation in a company NA
sponsored bureau:
Stock shareholder: NA
Spouse / partner: NA
Other support / potential conflict of Interviews for Roche (institution), mentorship program with key
interest: opinion leaders funded by AstraZeneca, PI pharma studies
AstraZeneca, GSK, Novartis, Merck Serono, Roche, Takeda,
Blueprint Medicines, (all institution), travel support Roche, BMS
(self), speaker bureau MSD (institution) webinars Medtalks (self)
Outline
+4% OS @5year with chemo TNM8: <70% 5year OS from stage ≥IB
Arriagada NEJM 2004 *Goldstraw JTO 2015 *Goss JCO 2013 * Wakelee Lancet Oncol 2017
First attempt with immunotherapeutical compound
MAGRIT
MAGE-A3 vs placebo
N=2312 Possible reasons no benefit
- Low level CD8 response
- Immunosuppression post surgery:
loss of benefit of MAGE-A3
WE NEED TO DO
BETTER
KN024 5 year OS
PACIFIC 4 year OS
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
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20
10
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Years
O N Number of patients at risk
264 475 283 217 77184 161
Ipilimumab 10 mg/kg vs nivolumab Ipilimumab 10 mg/kg
323 476 261 199 65
vs1317 placebo
154
1
133
0
Ipilimumab
Placebo Pembrolizumab vs placebo
Stage IIIB-C + IV Stage IIIA-C Stage IIIA-C
RFS HR 0.68 RFS HR: 0.76 RFS HR 0.57
OS HR: 0.72
Weber – ESMO 2019 * Long - NEJM 2018 * Weber - NEJM 2018 * Eggermont -NEJM 2018 (slide courtesy of prof Besse, modified)
Overview ongoing adjuvant ICI trials in NSCLC
Patience needed!
Is neoadjuvant better?
Reviewed in Benitez CCR 2020, Uprety JTO 2020 *Reuss JITC 2020 * Besse ESMO 2020 * Wislez ESMO 2020
Overview neoadjuvant ICI-(ICI) trials
Reuss Safety, feasibility No delay / 33% no surgery / 10% gr≥3 TRAE / 1 death
Reviewed in Benitez CCR 2020, Uprety JTO 2020 *Reuss JITC 2020 * Besse ESMO 2020 * Wislez ESMO 2020
How to improve: rationale for neoadjuvant chemo & ICI
Tumor
growth
Reviewed in Benitez CCR 2020, Uprety JTO 2020 *Rothschild ESMO 2020 *
Zinner ASCO 2020 * Provencio Lancet Oncol 2020 * Shu Lancet Oncol 2020
Surgical outcomes – feasibility – response rate - MPR
CT+nivo JS001-028-III
CheckMate 816 CT+toripalimab Toripali^^
EFS NCT04158440 EFS
NCT02998528 R R
N=350
Nivo + ipi S pCR N=406 S MPR
Stage IB-IIIA Stage IIIA CT+placebo Placebo^^
CT
Why could immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) work in early stage NSCLC?
Travis JTO 2020 *Stein Ann Oncol 2019 *Cottrell Ann Oncol 2019 * Pataer JTO 2012
Nodal immune flare and surgical challenges
Cascone ASCO 2019 *Sepesi WCLC 2019 * Bott J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2019 *Stiles AATS 2019
Challenge: timing neoadjuvant ICI and role adjuvant ICI
Jordi Remon
Biomarkers needed!
Jessica Menis
Benjamin Besse