Frontline therapy for multiple myeloma (MM) in real-world clinical practice: Results from the third interim analysis of the multinational, non-interventional, observational EMMOS study

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. e127-e128 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mohty ◽  
E. Terpos ◽  
M.V. Mateos ◽  
A. Palumbo ◽  
S. Lejniece ◽  
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Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 5765-5765
Author(s):  
R. Donald Harvey ◽  
Ze Cong ◽  
Winifred Werther ◽  
Jan L. Lethen ◽  
Sagar Lonial

Abstract Background: Single-agent carfilzomib (CFZ), a selective proteasome inhibitor, received accelerated approval in the US (July 2012) for the treatment of patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (MM). The approved dosing schedule is a 2–10 minute intravenous infusion on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16 of a 28-day cycle. The starting dose is 20 mg/m2 during cycle 1; if well tolerated, it should be escalated to a target dose of 27 mg/m2 during cycles 2 and beyond, as CFZ dose-escalation may be associated with improved responses. To date, adherence to this schedule in a real-world setting has not been evaluated. We present results from a retrospective analysis that assessed the frequency of CFZ dose escalation in routine clinical practice and its association with patient demographics, clinical characteristics, concomitant medications, and duration of therapy (DOT). Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of clinical practice data with CFZ in the US. Data were obtained from the OSCER electronic medical record (EMR) database, which collates information on patient demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment from multiple hematology/oncology practices. Patients were included if they were diagnosed after January 1, 2005 and received CFZ between July 20, 2012 and March 1, 2014 after previous exposure to bortezomib and an immunomodulatory agent. In the primary analysis, patients were classified as escalators if they received an increased dose of CFZ within 29 days (start of cycle 2) of initiation and non-escalators if they did not receive an increased dose of CFZ within 29 days. The Kaplan-Meier method with death as a competing risk and end of follow-up as right censored was used to compare DOT between escalators and non-escalators. To test the sensitivity of the analysis to the criteria for classifying patients by presence of dose escalation, calculations were repeated with patients classified as escalators if they received an increased dose of CFZ by the third cycle of treatment and non-escalators if they did not receive an increased dose of CFZ by the third cycle. Results: A total of 281 patients in the OSCER EMR database met inclusion criteria. Data regarding dose escalation within 29 days or 3 cycles of starting treatment with CFZ was obtained for 244 and 153 patients, respectively; the majority (75%) were treated in practices in the southern region of the US. Fifty-five percent of patients received an increased dose of CFZ within 29 days of initiating treatment and 80% received an increased dose by the third cycle. Demographics (age and sex) and clinical characteristics (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status and presence of renal failure or chronic kidney disease) were similar between escalators and non-escalators (p>0.08). Although a greater proportion of non-escalators received granulocyte-colony stimulating factors (G-CSF) compared with escalators (<29 days: 16% vs 4%, respectively; <3 cycles: 19% vs 10%), a significant proportion of patients who did not receive G-CSF were also non-escalators (<29 days: 42%; <3 cycles: 18%). The median DOT was significantly higher in patients who were escalated within 29 days compared with patients who were not (160 vs 114 days, respectively; p=0.02; Fig. 1). Patients who were escalated within 3 cycles had a trend for increased median DOT compared to those who were not (184 vs 163 days, respectively; p=0.07; Fig. 2). Among patients who did not receive G-CSF, escalators had a longer DOT compared with non-escalators, consistent with results in the overall population. Conclusion: A non-trivial proportion of patients (20%) who received CFZ were not dose-escalated by the third cycle of treatment. The demographics and clinical characteristics examined did not appear to distinguish escalators from non-escalators, and concomitant use of G-CSF did not fully explain why some patients were not escalated. As escalators had a longer DOT compared with non-escalators, there may be consequent differences in disease progression outcomes between escalators and non-escalators. Further investigation of demographics and disease characteristics (e.g. high-risk disease) in escalators and non-escalators is needed to understand the reasons behind the practice of continuing the starting dose, but not escalating, in those patients who do not receive target doses of CFZ, and what effect this practice has on disease progression outcomes. Figure 1 Figure 1. Figure 2 Figure 2. Disclosures Harvey: Onyx: Consultancy, Research Funding; Millennium: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding; Acetylon: Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding. Cong:Onyx Pharmaceuticals: Employment. Werther:Onyx Pharmaceuticals: Employment, Equity Ownership. Lethen:Amgen. Inc.: Employment. Lonial:Millennium: Consultancy, Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Onyx: Consultancy, Research Funding.


Cancer ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 124 (9) ◽  
pp. 1946-1953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Tarín-Arzaga ◽  
Daniela Arredondo-Campos ◽  
Victor Martínez-Pacheco ◽  
Odra Martínez-González ◽  
Alba Ramírez-López ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Dimitrios A. Tsakiris ◽  
Johannes Oldenburg ◽  
Robert Klamroth ◽  
Benoît Guillet ◽  
Kate Khair ◽  
...  

Introduction: Long-term effectiveness and safety data in patients treated in routine clinical practice settings can be captured from real-world studies. The international (INT) and German (GER) Antihemophilic factor (recombinant; rAHF) Hemophilia A (HA) outcome Database (AHEAD) studies assess long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes in patients with moderate HA (factor VIII level 1-5%) or severe HA (factor VIII &lt;1%) receiving rAHF (ADVATE®; Baxalta US Inc., a Takeda company, Lexington, MA, USA) in routine clinical practice. Methods: These are non-interventional, prospective, long-term, multicenter studies (INT: NCT02078427; GER: DRKS 00000556). Key outcomes include Gilbert scores (primary endpoint; pain scored 0-3; bleeding scored 0-3, and physical exam scored 0-12), annualized bleeding rates (ABRs) by disease severity, and adverse events (AEs). Findings reported here are from the 6-year interim analysis (data cut-off: July 15, 2019), and focus on patients who have received rAHF prophylaxis or on-demand (OD) treatment for ≥5 years in the studies. All data are reported for the safety analysis set (SAS), which comprised patients who passed screening and were assigned to a treatment group or regimen in the INT study, or were enrolled and have received ≥1 dose of rAHF since study enrollment in the GER study. Results: At the time of analysis, the INT study SAS comprised 707 patients, 156 of whom had received ≥5 years of rAHF treatment during the study. The GER study SAS comprised 382 patients, 231 of whom had received ≥5 years of rAHF treatment. Average Gilbert scores (all joints) were consistently low (years 1-6: median 0-1.0; mean 0-1.3) for both children aged 2 to &lt;12 years and adolescents aged 12 to &lt;18 years receiving rAHF prophylaxis within both studies. In the INT study, average Gilbert scores were lower with prophylaxis than with OD therapy in adults (aged ≥18 years) throughout the observation period (years 1-6: median: 0.9-1.4 [n=8-25] vs 1.4-6.3 [n=2-8], respectively; mean: 1.4-2.2 vs 2.1-6.3; respectively); significant differences (P&lt;0.05) between mean values were observed for years 3, 4, and 6. In the GER study, average Gilbert scores were slightly higher with prophylaxis than with OD in adults (years 1-6: median: 0.7-2.2 [n=12-37] vs 0.3-1.4 [n=2-15], respectively; mean: 1.0-2.7 vs 0.5-2.2, respectively; P-values not available). In the INT study, ABRs were consistently lower in patients receiving rAHF prophylaxis than in those receiving rAHF OD, irrespective of disease severity (Table). A similar trend was observed in the GER study in patients with severe HA, whereas ABRs were similar for both treatment regimens in patients with moderate HA. In both studies, greater proportions of patients with moderate or severe HA receiving rAHF prophylaxis had 0 bleeds than those receiving rAHF OD (Table). In the INT study, 842 AEs were reported in 116/156 (74.4%) patients, including 2 treatment-related serious AEs in 2 (1.3%) patients. In the GER study, 1321 AEs were reported in 197/231 (85.3%) patients, including 29 treatment-related serious AEs in 14 (6.1%) patients. Conclusions: These findings in patients receiving rAHF for ≥5 years in a real-world setting corroborate previous data on the long-term efficacy and tolerability of rAHF in patients with moderate or severe HA. rAHF demonstrated effectiveness in maintaining joint health (as measured by Gilbert scores) in adult patients. Table Disclosures Tsakiris: Roche: Research Funding; Shire, a Takeda company: Research Funding; Sobi: Research Funding; Bayer: Research Funding; CSL Behring: Research Funding; Novo Nordisk: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; Octapharma: Research Funding. Oldenburg:Sobi: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Bayer: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Biotest: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; CSL Behring: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Novo Nordisk: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Octapharma: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Shire, a Takeda company: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Biogen: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Chugai: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Grifols: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau. Klamroth:Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Biotest: Speakers Bureau; Grifols: Speakers Bureau; Takeda/Shire: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Octapharma: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Novo Nordisk: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Biomarin: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; CSL Behring: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Sobi: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Bayer: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Guillet:CSL Behring: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Octapharma: Research Funding; Bayer: Consultancy; Novo Nordisk: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Shire, a Takeda company: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Roche-Chugai: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau. Khair:Shire, a Takeda company: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Novo Nordisk: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Sobi: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Bayer: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Baxalta/Shire, Takeda companies: Research Funding. Huth-Kühne:Bayer: Consultancy; CSL Behring: Consultancy; Shire, a Takeda company: Consultancy; Sobi: Consultancy. Kurnik:Sobi: Consultancy, Research Funding; Biotest: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Bayer: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; CSL Behring: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Novo Nordisk: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Research Funding; Roche: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Shire, a Takeda company: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Regensburger:Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company. Botha:Takeda Pharmaceutical International AG: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company. Fernandez:Takeda Pharmaceutical International AG: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company. Tang:Takeda Pharmaceutical International AG: Current Employment, Current equity holder in publicly-traded company. Ozelo:Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding; Shire/Takeda: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Bioverativ/Sanofi: Consultancy, Research Funding; BioMarin: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Novo Nordisk: Consultancy, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau.


Blood ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 5662-5662
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Knauf ◽  
Andreas Ammon ◽  
Jens Uhlig ◽  
Marie Merling ◽  
Hans-Juergen Hurtz ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction: Poor adherence and persistence to anticancer treatment are serious issues in the management of cancer patients since nonadherence has been shown to lead to higher treatment failure rates, worse outcome and higher total costs of care. The combination of the proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib (Kyprolis®) with lenalidomide (Revlimid®) and dexamethasone (CAR/LEN/DEX) or with dexamethasone alone (CAR/DEX) is approved for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy. According to the current approved schedule, carfilzomib has to be given twice weekly in both regimens. Real-world data on the implementation of this treatment recommendation are still limited. Methods: The prospective, multicenter, non-interventional, observational CARO study was designed to collect data on 300 patients with multiple myeloma (CAR/LEN/DEX: 200, CAR/DEX: 100) from 90 sites across Germany. Primary objective is patients' adherence and persistence to carfilzomib therapy as prescribed by the treating physician according to current Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC). Secondary objectives are patients' adherence and persistence to lenalidomide and dexamethasone as well as the real-world implementation of the recommended CAR/LEN/DEX or CAR/DEX dosing regimen in clinical routine (i.e., the comparison of actually administered medication versus recommended medication according to current SmPC). Exploratory objectives are effectiveness, safety and health-related quality of life. The first interim analysis of the CARO study was scheduled to assess the primary and secondary endpoints 12 months after the recruitment of the first patient. Results: Between October 2016 and October 2017, 102 patients had been enrolled, thereof 68 patients into the CAR/LEN/DEX cohort and 32 patients into the CAR/DEX cohort at the time of the pre-specified interim analysis (database cut: 25 October 2017). Here, the focus is on the adherence of the twice weekly carfilzomib schedule in evaluable patients who received CAR/LEN/DEX (N=64) and on the implementation of the SmPC in terms of timing, dosing and frequency. Median age of patients was 72.3 years (range 43.4-84.3), 45.3% were female and 70.3% of the patients had a good performance status (PS) with a Karnofsky PS score of 80 to 100. The relative mean dose intensity of carfilzomib was 88.1%. 1368 of the scheduled 1591 carfilzomib administrations (86.0%) were given in time. 7.9% (n=125) of administrations were omitted, 5.0% (n=80) of administrations were delayed and 1.1% (n=18) of doses were administered earlier. Carfilzomib was omitted at least once in 43.8% of patients (n=28). 62.5% (n=40) and 18.8% (n=12) of patients, respectively, had a delayed or earlier carfilzomib administration documented at least once during their course of treatment. Reasons for deviations from the recommended carfilzomib dosing schedule concerning timing are depicted in Table 1. 1328 of 1466 carfilzomib administrations (90.6%) were given at the recommended dose. 6.2% (n=91) of doses were reduced. The main reason for dose reduction was the occurrence of adverse events (4.0%, n=58). Other reasons were: nonadherence (1.2%, n=18), organizational reasons (0.1%, n=2) and others (0.9%, n=13). 23.4% (n=15) of patients received at least one reduced carfilzomib dose during their course of treatment. The mean adherence to the carfilzomib dosing regimen (i.e., the percentage of doses administered as scheduled by the treating physician and not modified for adherence reasons) was 94.8%. Conclusion: According to our interim results, 86% of carfilzomib administrations were given in time and more than 90% of administrations were given at the recommended dose. Deviations from the recommended carfilzomib regimen were mainly due to safety issues or organizational reasons, but not due to nonadherence. Carfilzomib treatment adherence was almost 95%. Though, despite the required twice weekly dosing schedule, the carfilzomib regimen seems to be a convenient treatment option for multiple myeloma patients. Results have to be confirmed at final analysis. Disclosures Knauf: Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Mundipharma: Consultancy; Gilead Sciences: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy. Marschner:Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria; IOMEDICO: Employment, Equity Ownership; Sandoz: Honoraria.


Blood ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1836-1836
Author(s):  
Olivier Decaux ◽  
Margaret Macro ◽  
Sophie Gourgou ◽  
Florence Lachenal ◽  
Caroline Bureau Lenoir ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND Real-world data on the use of pomalidomide (POM) for the treatment (Tx) of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) are limited. The MIROIR study was designed to evaluate POM Tx in routine clinical practice in France. Here, we present results from a prespecified 4-year interim analysis. METHODS MIROIR is a multicenter, observational, ambispective, non-interventional study of POM in routine clinical practice. Adult patients (pts) with MM who initiated POM Tx in France between October 1, 2014, and September 30, 2018, were included. All pts were required to be enrolled in the French IMNOVID® registry. Data were collected from medical records of consenting pts. Key exclusion criteria included previous treatment with POM or simultaneous participation in a clinical trial. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS) at 6 months. Key secondary endpoints include time to next Tx (TTNT), overall survival (OS), and safety. This study is ongoing; targeted enrollment is 3000 pts (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02902900). RESULTS A total of 2099 pts were included in this analysis (median follow-up: 23.3 months; data cutoff: February 1, 2019). Median age was 70.0 years, and 655 pts (31.2%) were aged ≥ 75 years; 1134 pts (54.0%) were male. Median time from start of first-line Tx to POM initiation was 51.4 months. Pts had received a median of 3 prior lines of therapy (range: 0-9), with 914 (43.5%), 644 (30.7%), 312 (14.9%) and 229 pts (10.9%) receiving ≤ 2, 3, 4, and ≥ 5 prior lines, respectively. From 2014 to 2016, the median number of prior lines of therapy before POM initiation was 3, and from 2016 to 2018, the median was 2. Nearly all pts received prior lenalidomide (LEN; 97.0%) and bortezomib (96.7%). POM was initiated at 4 mg/day in 1635 pts (77.9%) overall and in 1216 pts (84.2%) aged < 75 years and in 419 pts (64.0%) aged ≥ 75 years. Dexamethasone was prescribed at 20 mg/day and 40 mg/day in 507 (35.1%) and 732 pts (50.7%) aged < 75 years and in 405 (61.8%) and 62 pts (9.5%) aged ≥ 75 years. Overall, the 6-month PFS rate was 51.7% (95% CI, 49.4%-54.1%). Other key PFS data in pt subgroups are reported in the Table. In the overall population, median TTNT, 12-month OS rate, and median OS were 10.4 months (95% CI, 9.7-11.2), 70.6% (95% CI, 68.5-72.6), and 24.6 months (95% CI, 22.9-not reached), respectively. Among 1164 pts (55.5%) with ≥ 1 adverse event (AE), the most common AEs were neutropenia (290 pts; 24.9%), infections (263 pts; 22.6%), thrombocytopenia (99 pts; 8.5%), and asthenia (87 pts; 7.5%). POM dose was reduced due to an AE in 20.7% of pts; POM Tx was interrupted or discontinued due to an AE in 36.2% and 15.2% of pts, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The results of this interim analysis confirm the efficacy of POM reported in clinical trials and underscore its role in Tx of RRMM, including after LEN Tx. Median PFS in pts with ≤ 2 prior Tx lines was numerically longer than in pts who had more Tx lines, supporting earlier Tx with POM. PFS outcomes were similar regardless of the duration of LEN Tx (< or ≥ 6 months) before initiation of POM and whether pts had received LEN or another Tx as their most recent therapy. The latter finding suggests that POM can be used after relapse or resistance to LEN and that there is no need to replace an IMiD agent with another class of treatment. Disclosures Decaux: Celgene Corporation, Janssen, Takeda, Amgen: Honoraria. Macro:Celgene, Janssen, Amgen, Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Financial Support. Gourgou:Celgene: Employment, Equity Ownership. Lachenal:Celgene: Other: Scientific Comittee's. Stoppa:Celgene: Honoraria. Jaccard:Abbvie: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Pfizer: Honoraria. Moreau:Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria. Perrot:jannsen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; takeda: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sanofi: Honoraria. Mohty:Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria, Research Funding. Karlin:AMGEN: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Travel Support; Celgene: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Janssen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Travel Support; Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Fohrer:Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria. Leleu:Carsgen: Honoraria; Incyte: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria; Janssen: Honoraria; BMS: Honoraria; Merck: Honoraria; Oncopeptide: Honoraria; Karyopharm: Honoraria; Sanofi: Honoraria; Takeda: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria. Hulin:celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Janssen, AbbVie, Celgene, Amgen: Honoraria.


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