Abstract 4559
Background
BLU667, an investigational agent, is a potent and selective inhibitor of oncogenic rearranged during transfection (RET) alterations and predicted resistance mutations. Up to 90% of advanced medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is characterized by single nucleotide variants and short insertions/deletions in the RET gene. In NSCLC, 1-2% of patients (pts) harbor rearrangements resulting in RET fusions. In the first-in-human ARROW study (NCT03037385), BLU-667 has demonstrated significant clinical activity in RET-altered NSCLC and MTC and has been well tolerated. Previous data has shown that early declines in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) may predict for treatment outcome. We investigated the change in ctDNA levels from baseline following treatment with BLU-667 and whether early changes in ctDNA during treatment were associated with clinical responses and outcomes.
Methods
Blood was collected at baseline and prespecified time points during treatment. Plasma from 111 pts with locally documented RET-altered MTC and NSCLC were profiled with the Personal Genome Diagnostics PlasmaSELECT™ R64 sequencing panel.
Results
RET fusions were detected at baseline in 45/63 (71%) pts with NSCLC and RET mutations in 35/48 (73%) pts with MTC. Baseline ctDNA mutant allele fraction (MAF; MTC) or unique fusion reads (NSCLC) correlated with the sum of target lesions (p<0.01). BLU-667 led to rapid RET ctDNA declines in almost all pts and across all doses (60-600 mg QD, 100-200 mg BID). Eighty-one percent of pts with NSCLC and detectable ctDNA at baseline had undetectable RET ctDNA after 8 weeks of treatment. Clearance of RET fusions in NSCLC was observed for multiple fusion partners including CCDC6 and KIF5B. Forty-one percent of pts with MTC harboring somatic RET mutations also had undetectable RET ctDNA after 8 weeks. The correlation between changes in ctDNA levels and clinical outcomes are currently not mature and will be reported at the meeting.
Conclusions
Treatment with BLU-667 led to a robust and rapid decline in ctDNA in almost all patients regardless of treatment dose or tumor diagnosis and in NSCLC irrespective of fusion partner studied.
Clinical trial identification
NCT03037385.
Editorial acknowledgement
Legal entity responsible for the study
Blueprint Medicines Corporation.
Funding
Blueprint Medicines Corporation.
Disclosure
G. Curigliano: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Seattle Genetics; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony, Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Roche; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Novartis; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Lilly; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: BMS; Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy, Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony, Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Pfizer. V. Subbiah: Advisory / Consultancy: MedImmune; Research grant / Funding (institution): Novartis (Inst), GlaxoSmithKline (Inst), NanoCarrier (Inst), Northwest Biotherapeutics (Inst), Genentech (Inst), Roche (Inst), Berg Pharma (Inst), Bayer AG (Inst), Incyte (Inst), Fujifilm (Inst), PharmaMar (Inst), D3 Oncology Solutions (Inst), Pfizer (Ins; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: PharmaMar, Bayer AG. J.F. Gainor: Honoraria (self): Merck, Incyte, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Pfizer; Advisory / Consultancy: Genentech, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Theravance, Loxo, Takeda, Array BioPharma, Amgen, Merck, Agios, Regeneron, Oncorus, Jounce Therapeutics; Research grant / Funding (institution): Merck (Inst), Novartis (Inst), Genentech (Inst), Bristol-Myers Squibb (Inst), Adaptimmune (Inst), AstraZeneca (Inst), ARIAD Pharmaceuticals (Inst), Jounce Therapeutics (Inst), Blueprint Medicines (Inst), Moderna Therapeutics (Inst), Tesaro (Inst), Alexo T. D.H. Lee: Honoraria (self): AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CJ Healthcare, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck, MSD, Mundipharma, Novartis, Ono, Pfizer, Roche, Samyang Biopharm and ST Cube; Advisory / Consultancy: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Korea, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Korea, National Evidence-based Collaborating Agency, Korea, and National Cancer Control Planning Board, Korea. M.H. Taylor: Honoraria (self), Advisory / Consultancy: BMS, Eisai Inc, Array Biopharma, Bayer, LOXO, Blueprint, Arqule, Novartis; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: BMS, Eisai Inc; Research grant / Funding (institution): BioAtla; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: BMS, Eisai Inc, Array Biopharma, Bayer, Loxo, Blueprint. V. Zhu: Honoraria (self), Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: AstraZeneca, Roche-Foundation Medicine, Roche/Genentech, Takeda; Advisory / Consultancy, Shareholder / Stockholder / Stock options: TP Therapeutics. R.C. Doebele: Honoraria (self): Pfizer, AstraZeneca, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Guardant Health, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Trovagene; Advisory / Consultancy: Pfizer, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Trovagene, Ignyta, GreenPeptide, AstraZeneca; Research grant / Funding (institution): Ignyta (Inst); Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Ignyta, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Guardant Health; Shareholder / Stockholder / Stock options: Rain Therapeutics; Licensing / Royalties: Other Intellectual Property: Licensing fees from Abbott Molecular for patent PCT/US2013/057495, licensing fees from Ignyta for biologic materials (Inst). G. Lopes: Advisory / Consultancy: Pfizer; Research grant / Funding (self): AstraZeneca; Research grant / Funding (institution): Merck Sharp & Dohme (Inst); EMD Serono (Inst), AstraZeneca (Inst), AstraZeneca, Blueprint Medicines (Inst), Tesaro (Inst), Bavarian Nordic (Inst), Novartis (Inst), G1 Therapeutics (Inst). E. Garralda: Research grant / Funding (self), Research grant / Funding (institution): Novartis; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: BMS, Menarini, Glycotope; Licensing / Royalties: MSD. S.M. Gadgeel: Advisory / Consultancy: Pfizer, Genentech, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AbbVie; Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: AstraZeneca; Research grant / Funding (self), Research grant / Funding (institution): Merck; Research grant / Funding (institution): Pfizer (Inst), Merck, Genentech (Inst), Blueprint Medicines (Inst), ARIAD Pharmaceuticals (Inst), Takeda (Inst); Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Takeda. C.D. Turner: Full / Part-time employment: Blueprint Medicines Corporation. M. Palmer: Full / Part-time employment: Blueprint Medicines Corporation. S. Miller: Full / Part-time employment: Blueprint Medicines Corporation. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
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