1486P - Treatment patterns and real-world clinical outcomes of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients in the immunotherapy era

Background

We describe PDL1 testing, treatment utilization and clinical outcomes in a real-world cohort of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) patients in a 2.5-million-member state-mandated health services database in Israel.

Methods

Newly diagnosed mNSCLC patients initiating systemic anti-cancer treatment between 01-Jan-2017-31-Dec-2020 were identified from the National Cancer Registry and Maccabi Healthcare Services database. Overall survival (OS) was estimated using Kaplan Meier analysis. The data cut-off date was 30-June-2021.

Results

Among 843 patients, 85% and 15% had adenocarcinoma (NSQ) and squamous cell carcinoma (SQ) histologies: of these 43% and 26% were female, median age was 67 and 69 years, 73% and 92% ever-smokers, 55% and 48% with 0-1 performance status (PS) respectively. Most patients with NSQ and SQ were tested for PD-L1(83.4% and 89.9% respectively), mostly within 30 days of diagnosis and prior to first-line (1L) treatment initiation. PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor monotherapy (PDM) or combination (PDC) was the most common 1L therapy for NSQ and SQ histology (49% and 69%). For NSQ patients with no known EGFR/ALK/ROS1 and receiving PDM, PDC and platinum doublet therapy (PDT), the median OS from initiation of 1L was 12.5 (9.9-17.9), 14.8 (10.5-19.4) and 7.5 (6.4-12.2) months respectively, and for a subgroup of patients with PS 0-1, the median OS was 25.1 [4.9-NR], 17.6 [14.3-NR] and 12.7 [9.6-15.1] months respectively.

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1L systemic anti-cancer treatment patterns in mNSCLC by PD-L1 status, N=843

Drug class “other” for NSQ and SQ and SQ patients with “missing” PDL1 status – not presented here due to n<20. Missing includes patients who were never tested or had an inconclusive test result

Conclusions

Our real-world data supports the benefit of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in patients with mNSCLC.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Merck and Co.

Disclosure

A. Arunachalam: Financial Interests, Institutional, Full or part-time Employment: Merck & Co. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.