The use of nusinersen in the “real world”: the UK and Ireland experience with the expanded access program (EAP)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. S25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Scoto ◽  
A. Manzur ◽  
M. Main ◽  
P. Munot ◽  
R. Tillmann ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. viii531
Author(s):  
M. Majem Tarruella ◽  
J. Campillo ◽  
J.F. Grau Béjar ◽  
E. Carcereny ◽  
R. Bernabe Caro ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. S827
Author(s):  
D. Rodríguez-Abreu ◽  
J. Campillo ◽  
F. Grau ◽  
E. Carcereny ◽  
R. Bernabé ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 2893-2903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Bracarda ◽  
Sylvie Rottey ◽  
Amit Bahl ◽  
Christian Eichelberg ◽  
Begoña Mellado ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4604-4604
Author(s):  
Martin S. Auerbach ◽  
Edward M. Wolin ◽  
Val Nassiri ◽  
Per Broberg ◽  
Ghassan El-Haddad

4604 Background: The NETTER-1 clinical trial showed that peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) with 177Lu-DOTATATE increased progression-free survival in patients with somatostatin-receptor-positive advanced midgut neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) compared with high-dose octreotide long-acting repeatable, and was associated with few serious adverse events (AEs). To assess the safety profile of 177Lu-DOTATATE in a real-world population, we analyzed safety data from a US expanded access program (NCT02705313). Methods: Patients had inoperable, histologically proven, somatostatin-receptor-positive, locally advanced or metastatic GEPNETs (Ki-67 index ≤ 20%) that progressed after somatostatin analog therapy. Exclusion criteria were: surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy in the last 12 weeks; treatment with an interferon, mTOR inhibitor, or other systemic therapy in the last 4 weeks; or ongoing octreotide therapy that could not be interrupted for PRRT. Patients with impaired renal function (serum creatinine > 1.7 mg/dL or creatinine clearance < 50 mL/min) or serious coexisting conditions were excluded. The analysis included patients who received ≥ 1 cycle of 177Lu-DOTATATE between July 5, 2016 and December 21, 2018. Data were collected from the first cycle to the latest data collection point (up to October 7, 2019). Results: 299 patients received a mean 177Lu-DOTATATE cumulative dose of 552 mCi (20.4 GBq) (standard deviation [SD]: 220 mCi [8.1 GBq]) over a mean of 2.8 cycles (SD: 1.1). Mean age was 60.8 years (SD: 11.7); 38.5% of patients were men. Over a mean follow-up of 131 days (SD: 87), 48.8% of patients reported treatment-related AEs (TRAEs), with a maximum severity of grade 1, 2 and 3 for 26.8% (n = 80), 18.1% (n = 54) and 4.0% (n = 12) of patients, respectively; there were no grade 4–5 TRAEs. The most common TRAEs of any grade (≥ 5.0% of patients) were nausea (31.1%), vomiting (13.7%), fatigue (9.4%) and thrombocytopenia (6.0%). The most prevalent grade 3 TRAEs were lymphocyte count decrease (1.0%) and thrombocytopenia (0.7%). Serious TRAEs occurred in 1.0% of patients (carcinoid crisis, dehydration, syncope and vomiting). AEs led to dose modification in 1.7% of patients, dose delay in 6.4% (most commonly due to nausea [2.0%] or thrombocytopenia [2.0%]) and discontinuation in 1.3% (due to thrombocytopenia [1.0%] and extravasation [0.3%]). Conclusions: In a real-world population of US patients with advanced GEPNETs, 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment was well tolerated with few TRAEs, consistent with the safety profile in the NETTER-1 trial. Clinical trial information: NCT02705313 .


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 175883592110154
Author(s):  
Fernando Sabino M. Monteiro ◽  
Adriano Gonçalves e Silva ◽  
Andrea Juliana P. de S. Gomes ◽  
Carolina Dutra ◽  
Naira Oliveira Ferreira ◽  
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Background: Erdafitinib is the first targeted therapy approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Approval was based on a phase II single-arm trial that demonstrated significant activity of erdafitinib in patients with tumors harboring FGFR2/3 alterations. In Brazil, an Expanded Access Program (EAP) provided patients with early access to erdafitinib prior to market authorization. The current report describes characteristics and outcomes of patients with mUC on erdafitinib therapy. Methods: Patients with mUC that failed first- and second-line systemic therapies were screened for FGFR2/3 alterations in primary or metastatic tumor tissues. Patients with FGFR2/3 alterations were selected to receive erdafitinib at the standard dosing schedule and were followed prospectively to evaluate the efficacy and safety outcomes. Results: From 19 April 2019, through 13 March 2020, 47 patients with mUC from 10 Brazilian centers were tested for FGFR2/3 alterations. Alterations in FGFR2/3 were found in 12 patients (25.5%) and all of them were eligible for the EAP. Four patients (33%) had partial response, while two patients (17%) had stable disease. Progressive disease, the best response, was observed in five patients (42%). At a median follow-up of 16.2 months, the median time to treatment failure (TTF) was 2.8 months. When considering only patients with objective response, the median TTF was 5.3 months. Adverse events (AEs) were reported for any grade and grade 3 or higher in 10 patients (83%) and 5 patients (42%), respectively. The most common AE was hyperphosphatemia. Conclusion: This first real-world evidence report of heavily treated patients with mUC confirms the efficacy and safety of erdafitinib in a disease setting with a lack of treatment options.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e000313 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W Walker ◽  
Celeste Lebbé ◽  
Giovanni Grignani ◽  
Paul Nathan ◽  
Luc Dirix ◽  
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BackgroundAvelumab, a human anti–programmed death-ligand 1 immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody, showed favorable efficacy and safety in patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (mMCC) in the phase II JAVELIN Merkel 200 trial, leading to approval in multiple countries. We describe real-world experience with avelumab in patients with mMCC from an expanded access program.MethodsEligible patients had mMCC and progressive disease during or after chemotherapy or were ineligible for chemotherapy or clinical trial participation. Patients received an initial 3-month supply of avelumab (administered as 10 mg/kg intravenously every 2 weeks until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity); resupply was allowed following complete response, partial response, stable disease, or clinical benefit per physician assessment.ResultsBetween December 15, 2015, and March 4, 2019, 558 of 620 requests from 38 countries were medically approved, and 494 patients received avelumab. Among 240 evaluable patients, the objective response rate was 46.7% (complete response in 22.9%, including 3 of 16 potentially immunocompromised patients), and the disease control rate was 71.2%. The median duration of treatment in evaluable patients with response was 7.9 months (range, 1.0–41.7) overall and 5.2 months (range, 3.0–13.9) in immunocompromised patients. No new safety signals were identified. The expanded access program closed for new requests on December 31, 2018, as required after regulatory approval; benefitting patients continued to receive avelumab.ConclusionsThe avelumab expanded access program for patients with mMCC demonstrated efficacy and safety in a real-world setting, consistent with the results from JAVELIN Merkel 200, and provided a treatment for patients with limited options.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1169-1179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Cantini ◽  
Robert A. Belderbos ◽  
Cornedine J. Gooijer ◽  
Daphne W. Dumoulin ◽  
Robin Cornelissen ◽  
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