A molecular biomarker for longitudinal monitoring of therapeutic efficacy in a real-world cohort of advanced solid tumors treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
2558 Background: Clinical validation studies have shown that early dynamic changes in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) tumor fraction (TF) can predict clinical outcomes. Yet few studies have evaluated the clinical value of longitudinal monitoring throughout the course of treatment. Here we evaluate longitudinal changes in ctDNA TF and clinical outcomes in an advanced real-world pan-cancer cohort of patients (pts) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Methods: The cohort included deidentified pts from the Tempus clinicogenomic database with stage IIIB or IV solid tumors who underwent ctDNA NGS and were treated with an FDA-approved ICI +/- chemotherapy (CT). Pts had a pre-treatment baseline liquid biopsy (T0) and ≥1 on-treatment sample Ti within 21-180 days of ICI. xM for treatment response monitoring estimates TF via an ensemble algorithm that incorporates variant and copy number information. Response status was determined at each on-treatment timepoint Ti relative to T0. Pts were classified as a Molecular Responder (MR) if TF < 1% at T0 and Ti or if TF decreased by ≥ 50% from T0 to Ti; otherwise, they were classified as a Molecular Non-Responder (nMR). Pts with TF < 0.09% at T0 and Ti were classified as ctDNA not detected. The longitudinal cohort included pts with ≥2 on-treatment timepoints, further classified based on the most frequent classification across each Ti as longitudinal MR, longitudinal nMR and longitudinal ctDNA not detected. If no classification was dominant, the most recent classification was used. Real-world overall survival (rwOS) was defined from T1 to death and assessed by log-rank test. Results: The full cohort of 84 pts with > 10 solid tumors included 34.5% (n = 29) NSCLC and 16.7% (n = 14) SCLC. The majority of pts (59.5%, n = 50) received ICI+CT, (64.0% first-line [1L]), and 40.5% (n = 34) ICI-only (35.3% 1L). rwOS was longer for 53 MRs vs. 18 nMRs (median not reached vs. 7.0 months, P < 0.005); 13 pts had no ctDNA detected. The longitudinal subcohort of 35 pts was 31.4% (n = 11) NSCLC, 20.0% (n = 7) prostate cancer, and 14.3% (n = 5) SCLC; 45.7% (n = 16) ICI+CT (56.3% 1L), 54.3% (n = 19) ICI-only (31.6% 1L). On average, pts had 3 on-treatment liquid biopsies, with a median time between on-treatment samples of 91 days. Twelve pts were longitudinal nMRs (10 MR or ctDNA not detected at T1), 18 longitudinal MRs, and 5 longitudinal no ctDNA detected. There were 6 death events in the longitudinal nMRs, 3 in the longitudinal MRs (all > 18 months after T1), and no death events in the longitudinal no ctDNA detected group. Longitudinal MRs had longer rwOS than longitudinal nMRs (median 37.4 months vs 8.7 months, P < 0.005). Conclusions: Longitudinal nMR was associated with worse survival compared to longitudinal MR. Longitudinal, molecular biomarker dynamics may be a useful clinical treatment decision tool for monitoring treatment response to ICI therapy.
IGNYTE-ESO: A master protocol to assess safety and activity of letetresgene autoleucel (lete-cel; GSK3377794) in HLA-A*02+ patients with synovial sarcoma or myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (Substudies 1 and 2).
TPS11582 Background: Letetresgene autoleucel (lete-cel; GSK3377794) is an autologous T-cell product using a genetically modified T-cell receptor to target cancer cells expressing the cancer testis antigen New-York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 1 (NY-ESO-1). Lete-cel is currently being investigated alone and in combination in multiple tumor types [1,2]. NY-ESO-1 is expressed in 70‒80% of synovial sarcoma (SS) and 80‒90% of myxoid/round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) tumors [3,4], suggesting these tumors may be prime lete-cel targets. This master protocol design (IGNYTE-ESO; NCT03967223) enables evaluation of multiple cell therapies in multiple tumor types and treatment stages in separate substudies, beginning with lete-cel in Substudies 1 and 2 for SS and MRCLS. Methods: Substudy 1 is a single-arm study assessing lete-cel in treatment-naïve patients (pts; ie, anthracycline therapy-naïve for metastatic disease) with advanced (metastatic/unresectable) NY-ESO-1+ SS or MRCLS as a first line of therapy (n=10 planned). Substudy 2 is a pivotal, single-arm study assessing lete-cel in pts with NY-ESO-1+ SS or MRCLS who progressed after anthracycline therapy (n=70 planned). Key eligibility criteria are age ≥10 y and NY-ESO-1 and HLA-A*02 positivity. Exclusion criteria include prior NY-ESO-1–specific/gene therapy, allogeneic stem cell transplant, and central nervous system metastases. Screened pts undergo leukapheresis for lete-cel manufacture, lymphodepletion, lete-cel infusion, and follow-up (FU). Long-term FU (15 y) may be done under a separate protocol. The Substudy 2 primary endpoint is overall response rate (ORR) per RECIST v1.1 assessed by central independent review. Substudy 1 is not testing any formal hypotheses; statistical analysis will be descriptive. Substudy 2 is comparing ORR with the historical control assuming at least 90% power with 0.025 one-sided type I error. Secondary endpoints include efficacy (time to/duration of response, disease control rate, progression-free survival), safety (adverse event [AE] frequency/severity, serious AEs, AEs of special interest), and pharmacokinetic (maximum transgene expansion [Cmax], time to Cmax, area under the time curve from zero to time t as data permit). Enrollment began in December 2019. References: 1. Reckamp KL, et al. Ann Oncol 2019;30(Suppl_5):v602–v660. 2. Rapoport A, et al. J Clin Oncol 2020 38:15_suppl, TPS8555. 3. D’Angelo SP, et al. Cancer Discov 2018;8(8):944–957. 4. D’Angelo SP, et al. J Clin Oncol 2018 36:15_suppl, 3005. Funding: GSK. Editorial support was provided by Eithne Maguire, PhD, of Fishawack Indicia, part of Fishawack Health, and funded by GSK. Previously presented at BSG 2021 (P914542). Clinical trial information: NCT03967223.