6074 Background: Selpercatinib is a first-in-class, CNS active, highly selective, and potent RET kinase inhibitor which has demonstrated durable antitumor activity in patients (pts) with RET altered thyroid cancer and is approved in multiple countries for the treatment of RET fusion+ lung or thyroid cancers. As response rates to cancer therapy usually decline on subsequent lines of therapy, the efficacy of selpercatinib was examined in the context of the last prior therapy received before trial enrollment. Methods: Pts with RET mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) previously treated with multikinase inhibitors (cabozantinib and/or vandetanib) were enrolled in the global LIBRETTO-001 trial (NCT03157128). This post-hoc exploratory intrapatient analysis, based on March 30, 2020 data cutoff date, was performed to compare the retrospective physician-reported objective response rate (ORR) from the last systemic therapy prior to enrollment, as reported in pts case reports, to ORR by independent review committee per RECIST 1.1 with selpercatinib treatment, with each patient serving as his/her own control. Results: Efficacy-evaluable pts, 64% male, 90% white with a median age of 58 years, received prior therapy for MTC (n = 143). Pts had a median of 2 (range 1-8) prior systemic regimens. The ORR on selpercatinib (69%) was markedly higher than for the last prior therapy (10%) received before enrollment. ORR improvements with selpercatinib were observed regardless of prior therapy: cabozantinib (66% vs 14%) or vandetanib (71% vs 12%). Fewer pts had progressive disease as their best overall response with selpercatinib (2/143; 1.4%) compared to last prior therapy (33/143; 23.1%). Notably selpercatinib achieved 62% ORR in pts that did not respond to their previous line of therapy prior to enrolment. This shift from non-responder to responder on selpercatinib therapy was consistent regardless of prior cabozantinib or vandetanib treatment, where pts achieved 57% and 61% ORR respectively when subsequently treated with selpercatinib. In contrast, only 3% of patients did not respond to selpercatinib after a previous response to the immediate prior therapy. Similarly, 5% and 2% of patients were non-responders on selpercatinib after a prior response with cabozantinib and vandetanib therapy respectively. Conclusions: Prior to selpercatinib, response with previous multikinase therapy was rare. By contrast, selpercatinib demonstrated robust efficacy regardless of response to or specific prior therapy in pts with RET mutant MTC. Clinical trial information: NCT03157128.
The RET Kinase Inhibitor NVP-AST487 Blocks Growth and Calcitonin Gene Expression through Distinct Mechanisms in Medullary Thyroid Cancer Cells
