Abstract 13P
Background
The phase II ALTER1202 trial demonstrated that patients who received anlotinib after failing at least two systemic chemotherapy regimens exhibited improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) compared to the placebo group. In an effort to further enhance outcomes for small-cell lung cancer patients who have exhausted first-line platinum-based chemotherapy options, researchers are investigating the combination of anlotinib and penpulimab, a novel PD-1 inhibitor.
Methods
This open-label, single-arm, multi-center, phase II exploratory study enrolled patients with small-cell lung cancer who had previously undergone platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients received a combination therapy consisting of penpulimab (200mg every three weeks) and anlotinib (10mg daily), following a 2-week on and 1-week off schedule, until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or study discontinuation. The primary objective was to assess antitumor activity using the RECIST v1.1 criteria, focusing on the objective response rate (ORR). Secondary objectives included evaluating antitumor activity through the disease control rate (DCR), duration of response (DOR), PFS, OS, and assessing the safety and tolerability of this combination therapy.
Results
As of September 17, 2023, 38 patients were enrolled in the study and had received treatment. Of these 38 patients, 38 were evaluable using RECIST criteria, revealing an ORR of 26.30% (10 out of 38) and a DCR of 68.42% (26 out of 38). The median PFS was 4.36 months, with 6-month and 12-month PFS rates of 21.05% and 10.53%, respectively. The median DOR was 8.03 months, and the median OS was 15.71 months. Among the patients, 26 out of 38 (68.42%) experienced treatment-related adverse events, with 10 patients (26.32%) reporting grade 3 or higher adverse events. The most common adverse events related to anlotinib were hepatic injury, hematoxicity, and hypertension.
Conclusions
The combination of penpulimab and anlotinib showed promising clinical benefits and a favorable safety profile in small-cell lung cancer patients after platinum-based chemotherapy.
Clinical trial identification
NCT05001971.
Legal entity responsible for the study
Hunan Provincial Cancer Hospital.
Funding
Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
Resources from the same session
112P - Close cardiovascular monitoring during the early stages of treatment for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors
Presenter: Danielle Delombaerde
Session: Poster Display
113P - A multidisciplinary management of immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-related pneumonitis to improve its clinical management
Presenter: Monica Valente
Session: Poster Display
114P - Real-World Insights on Pan-Cancer Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment: Initial Findings of a Belgian Multicenter Study
Presenter: Annelies Verbiest
Session: Poster Display
115TiP - MDT-BRIDGE: A phase 2 study of neoadjuvant durvalumab (D) + chemotherapy (CT) followed by either surgery and adjuvant D or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and consolidation D in patients (pts) with resectable or borderline resectable stage IIB-IIIB NSCLC
Presenter: Martin Reck
Session: Poster Display
117TiP - BGB-HNSCC-201 (NCT05909904): Phase 2, Open-Label, Multi-Arm, Global Study of Tislelizumab (TIS) + Investigational Agents as First-Line (1L) Treatment in Patients (Pts) With Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (R/M HNSCC)
Presenter: Kevin Harrington
Session: Poster Display
121P - MK-7684A (Vibostolimab [Vibo] Plus Pembrolizumab [Pembro] Coformulation) With/Without Docetaxel in Metastatic NSCLC After Platinum-Chemotherapy (Chemo) and Immunotherapy
Presenter: Nir Peled
Session: Poster Display
123P - A phase II study of nivolumab (N) plus ipilimumab (I) and ASTX727 or N plus I in PD-1/PD-L1 resistant melanoma or NSCLC patients: the run-in phase of the NIBIT Foundation ML1 Study
Presenter: Anna Di Giacomo
Session: Poster Display
124P - Surufatinib plus toripalimab combined with etoposide (E) and cisplatin (P) in patients (pts) with advanced naive small cell lung cancer (SCLC) -Updated results of a phase ?b/? trial
Presenter: Wen Feng Fang
Session: Poster Display
126P - Evaluation of Myeloid Targeting Agents, PY159 and PY314, in Two Dose Expansion Phase 1b Trials in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
Presenter: Oladapo Yeku
Session: Poster Display