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Sommer, Nicolas

Mayo Clinic

Genentech

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Randomized trial of standard chemotherapy alone or combined with atezolizumab as adjuvant therapy for patients with stage III colon cancer and deficient mismatch repair (ATOMIC, Alliance A021502).
Mody, Kabir , Levasseur, Alexandra, Dhanarajan, Asha , Innocenti, Federico , Behrens, Robert J. , Peters, Walter R., Sommer, Nicolas, Sinicrope, Frank A. , Ou, Fang‐Shu , Zemla, Tyler , Nixon, Andrew B. , Dueck, Amylou C. , Lieu, Christopher H. , Cohen, Deirdre J , O’Reilly, Eileen M. , Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | May 27, 2019 | Volume: 37 | Issue: 15_suppl | Pages: e15169-e15169

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e15169 Background: In metastatic colorectal cancer with deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR), anti-PD-1 antibody monotherapy produced high tumor response rates and extended progression-free survival compared to lack of benefit for cancers with proficient MMR. In an ongoing phase III randomized trial, we will determine if the addition of the anti-PD-L1 antibody, atezolizumab (Genentech), to adjuvant FOLFOX can improve patient disease-free survival (DFS) vs FOLFOX alone in patients with stage III colon cancers with dMMR. By blocking the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction, atezolizumab may activate T cells, thereby, restoring their ability to detect and attack tumor cells. Limited data suggest that FOLFOX may increase intratumoral cytotoxic CD8+ T cells that could serve as ‘immune priming'. Methods: Patients with curatively resected stage III colon carcinomas with evidence of dMMR are randomized to modified FOLFOX6 for 6 months (12 cycles) alone (control arm) or combined with atezolizumab (840 mg IV q2 wk) with continuation of the antibody as monotherapy for an additional 6 months (total duration of 12 months) [experimental arm]. Patients will be stratified by T, N stage and tumor sidedness. Local testing for MMR proteins is allowed. Atezolizumab must begin by/with cycle 2. One cycle of FOLFOX is allowed pre-registration. The targeted accrual goal of 700 patients and 165 disease-free survival (DFS) events will provide 90% power to detect an effect size expressed as hazard ratio of 0.6 for the primary endpoint of DFS at two-sided alpha of 0.05. Interim analyses are planned at 50% and 75% of events. Secondary endpoints include overall survival, treatment tolerability, and quality of life. Results: This study is being conducted by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, was approved by NCI CTEP and activated in 09/2017. The study is actively accruing and, as of 02/11/2019, 152 patients are enrolled. We are actively exploring an international collaboration. Conclusions: This is a current clinical trial in progress. Clinical trial information: NCT02912559.
Patients' and physicians' risk-benefit trade-off preferences for metastatic colorectacl cancer treatments.
González, Juan Marcos , Morlock, Robert , Ogale, Sarika, Sommer, Nicolas, Posner, Joshua, Grothey, Axel, Gonzalez Sepulveda, Juan Marcos

Journal of Clinical Oncology | March 7, 2019 | Volume: 33 | Issue: 15_suppl | Pages: 3591-3591

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Overall survival in patients with glioblastoma before and after bevacizumab approval.
Ravelo, Arliene , Sommer, Nicolas, Guérin, Annie , Ionescu‐Ittu, Raluca , Macalalad, Alexander R. , Shi, Sherry, Uhm, Joon H. , Johnson, Derek R. , Omuro, Antonio

Journal of Clinical Oncology | September 6, 2018 | Volume: 34 | Issue: 15_suppl | Pages: 2062-2062

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Randomized trial of FOLFOX alone or combined with atezolizumab as adjuvant therapy for patients with stage III colon cancer and deficient DNA mismatch repair or microsatellite instability (ATOMIC, Alliance A021502).
Mody, Kabir , Levasseur, Alexandra, Dhanarajan, Asha , Innocenti, Federico , Behrens, Robert J. , Peters, Walter R., Sommer, Nicolas, Sinicrope, Frank A. , Ou, Fang‐Shu , Shi, Qian , Nixon, Andrew B. , Dueck, Amylou C. , Lieu, Christopher H. , Cohen, Deirdre J , Sargent, Daniel J. , O’Reilly, Eileen M. , Meyerhardt, Jeffrey A.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | September 6, 2018 | Volume: 35 | Issue: 15_suppl | Pages: TPS3630-TPS3630

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TPS3630 Background: In metastatic colorectal cancer with deficient DNA mismatch repair (MMR), anti-PD-1 antibody monotherapy produced high tumor response rates and extended progression-free survival compared to lack of benefit for proficient MMR tumors (Le, M, et al, NEJM 2016). We propose a phase III randomized trial to determine if the addition of the anti-PD-L1 antibody, atezolizumab (Genentech™), to adjuvant FOLFOX can improve patient disease-free survival (DFS) vs FOLFOX alone in patients with stage III colon cancers with dMMR or microsatellite instability (MSI). By blocking the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction, atezolizumab may activate T cells, thereby, restoring their ability to detect and attack tumor cells. Limited data suggest that FOLFOX may increase intratumoral cytotoxic CD8+ T cells that may serve as ‘immune priming.’ Methods: Patients with curatively resected stage III colon carcinomas with evidence of dMMR or MSI will be randomized to modified FOLFOX6 for 6 months (12 cycles) alone or combined with atezolizumab (840 mg IV q2 wk) continued as monotherapy for an additional 6 months (total duration of 12 months). Patients will be stratified by T, N stage and tumor sidedness. Local testing for MSI or MMR proteins is allowed. Atezolizumab must begin by/with cycle 2. The targeted accrual goal of 700 patients provides 90% power to detect an effect size expressed as hazard ratio of 0.6 for the primary endpoint DFS at two-sided alpha of 0.05. Interim analyses are planned at 50% and 75% of events. Secondary endpoints include overall survival, treatment tolerability, and quality of life. This study will be conducted by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. The protocol has been approved by NCI CTEP and is expected to be activated in mid 2017. Clinical trial information: NCT02912559.
Overall survival in patients with glioblastoma before and after bevacizumab approval
Ravelo, Arliene , Sommer, Nicolas, Guérin, Annie , Ionescu‐Ittu, Raluca , Shi, Sherry, Macalalad, Alex, Uhm, Joon H. , Guerin, Annie , Johnson, Derek R. , Omuro, Antonio

Current Medical Research and Opinion | October 13, 2017 | Volume: 34 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 813-820

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Characteristics of long- versus short-surviving patients (Pts): An analysis of the ARIES Observational Cohort Study (OCS) of bevacizumab (BV)-treated pts with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).
Kozloff, Mark, Bendell, Johanna C. , Cohn, Allen Lee, Roach, Nancy, Flick, E. Dawn, Mun, Yong, Fish, Susan, Laeufle, R., Sommer, Nicolas, Hurwitz, Herbert I. , Grothey, Axel , Bekaii‐Saab, Tanios

Journal of Clinical Oncology | February 24, 2017 | Volume: 33 | Issue: 3_suppl | Pages: 702-702

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702 Background: Median overall survival (OS) in mCRC has significantly improved over the past 20 yrs, but the observed range of OS in pts remains wide; a large percentage of pts have OS <1 yr or >4 yrs. ARIES was a prospective OCS conducted from 2006–2012 that evaluated outcomes in pts receiving BV + chemotherapy (CT) for mCRC in general clinical practice. The objective of this analysis is to examine clinical characteristics of pts with long vs short OS. Methods: This analysis included 1,417/1,550 first-line (1L) BV-treated mCRC pts who died or had complete follow-up on study. Long OS was defined as OS within the upper quartile of the analysis population (range 42–67 mos); short OS was defined as OS within the lower quartile (range 0.3–12 mos). Progression-free survival (PFS) was estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods. Pt and disease characteristics and treatment patterns were described using summary statistics. Results: Pt and disease characteristics are shown in the Table. Median PFS was 22.3 mos (95% CI, 19.9–23.3) vs. 4.9 mos (95% CI, 4.6–5.4), in the long-OS vs. short-OS groups. More pts with long OS received any second-line (2L) therapy (71% vs. 46%), and were exposed to 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan throughout the course of their disease (53% vs. 32%) compared with pts with short OS. KRAS/BRAF mutation status was not collected. Conclusions: Pts with long OS had better baseline performance status, primary tumors more likely to have been resected, and were more likely to have received 2L CT. Additional analyses of detailed treatment patterns and safety are ongoing. Clinical trial information: NCT00388206. [Table: see text]