Long-term results of phase II trial of apatinib for progressive radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer

Author(s):  
Yan-Song Lin ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Chen Wang ◽  
Yan-Qing Liu ◽  
Wen-Min Guan ◽  
...  

Abstract Context Radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RAIR-DTC) has been a global challenge due to its poor prognosis and limited treatment options. Objective To report the long-term results of the phase II clinical trial of apatinib, an anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for RAIR-DTC. Design, Setting, Participants Open-label, exploratory phase II clinical trial among progressive RAIR-DTC patients. Intervention Apatinib treatment once daily until disease progression, unmanageable toxicity, withdrawal, or death. Main Outcome Measures The primary end points were objective response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR). Progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), duration of response, long-term safety and the association between patients with different tumor genotype (BRAF  V600E and TERT promotor mutation) and their PFS were also assessed. Results The ORR was 80%, and the DCR was 95%. The overall median PFS was 18.4 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 9.2-36.8 months) and median OS was 51.6 months (95%CI, 29.2-not reached [NR]). Patients with BRAF  V600E mutation (10 of 18 evaluated) had a longer median PFS compared with patients with BRAF wild-type (NR vs. 9.2 months, P=0.002). The most common adverse events included palmar-plantar erythrodysaesthesia syndrome (19/20), proteinuria (18/20) and hypertension (16/20). Conclusions In this long-term evaluation, apatinib displayed sustainable efficacy and tolerable safety profile, warranting it as a promising treatment option for progressive RAIR-DTC.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS6085-TPS6085
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Taylor ◽  
Rom S. Leidner ◽  
Richard Bryan Bell ◽  
Bernard Fox ◽  
Hong Xiao ◽  
...  

TPS6085 Background: Differentiated thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy and has a high frequency of actionable molecular aberrations including BRAF V600E mutations (45%), RET fusions (10%), and NTRK fusions ( < 2%). FDA approved systemic therapies for metastatic radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RR-DTC) include multikinase inhibitors (Lenvatinib and sorafenib), NTRK inhibitors (larotrectinib and entrectinib for NTRK fusion+ cancers), and RET inhibitors (selpercatinib and pralsetinib for RET fusion+ cancers). Previous phase II clinical trials showed clinical efficacy with first and second generation BRAF inhibitors in patients with BRAF mutant RR-DTC. BRAF inhibitors have not yet been FDA approved for treatment of BRAF mutant RR-DTC. Effective therapeutic options for patients with BRAF mutant RR-DTC remains an important unmet clinical need. BRAF mutant thyroid cancers often show elevated expression of PD-L1. Additionally, BRAF inhibition results in increased expression of PD-L1 in thyroid cancer. This clinical trial seeks to evaluate the safety and efficacy of encorafenib plus binimetinib with or without nivolumab in patients with BRAF mutant metastatic RR-DTC. Encorafenib and binimetinib are highly selective and potent oral inhibitors of BRAF and MEK, respectively. Nivolumab is a potent inhibitor of the immune co-inhibitory receptor programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1). Methods: This is a phase II, single institution, open-label, randomized clinical trial evaluating the combinations of (Arm 1) encorafenib 450 mg/day + binimetinib 45 mg twice daily and (Arm 2) encorafenib 450 mg/day + binimetinib 45 mg twice daily + nivolumab 480 mg I.V. every 4 weeks in patients with metastatic BRAF mutant RR-DTC. The trial will enroll 20 patients in each arm and treatment will be given in 28 day cycles for up to 2 years. Eligible patients must have metastatic/unresectable BRAF mutant RR-DTC, an ECOG performance status of 0-1 and adequate bone marrow, liver and kidney function. Patients with CNS metastases are included if the metastases have been treated and remained stable or are asymptomatic and ≤10 mm in diameter. Patients may be systemic therapy naïve or have previously been treated with multikinase inhibitors. Prior therapy with BRAF, MEK or immune checkpoint inhibitors is exclusionary. The primary endpoint is confirmed objective response rate (ORR) determined by RECIST v1.1 with restaging imaging every 12 weeks. Secondary endpoints include progression free survival, overall survival, and safety/tolerability (CTCAE v5.0). Arms 1 and 2 will be evaluated independently and are not powered for direct comparison. The trial design includes continuous toxicity monitoring with a Pocock-type stopping boundary. This clinical trial is in progress and 3 patients have been enrolled. Clinical trial information: NCT04061980.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (29) ◽  
pp. 3315-3321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria E. Cabanillas ◽  
Jonas A. de Souza ◽  
Susan Geyer ◽  
Lori J. Wirth ◽  
Michael E. Menefee ◽  
...  

Purpose Sorafenib and lenvatinib are oral multikinase inhibitors targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) and approved for radioiodine (RAI)-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). However, there are no approved second- or third-line therapies. MET is implicated in resistance to VEGFR inhibitors. Cabozantinib is an oral multikinase inhibitor targeting MET in addition to VEGFR and is approved for medullary thyroid cancer. In a phase I study of cabozantinib, five of eight patients with DTC previously treated with a VEGFR-targeted therapy had an objective response to cabozantinib. Patients and Methods Patients with RAI-refractory disease with Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST) measurable disease and evidence of progression on prior VEGFR-targeted therapy were enrolled in this single-arm phase II study. The cabozantinib starting dose was 60 mg/day orally but could be escalated to 80 mg if the patient did not experience a response. Patients underwent tumor assessment according to RECIST v1.1 every 8 weeks. In this study, if at least five of 25 response-evaluable patients had an objective response, cabozantinib would be considered a promising agent in this patient population. Results Twenty-five patients were enrolled. The median age was 64 years, and 64% of patients were men. Twenty-one patients had received only one prior VEGFR-targeted therapy (sorafenib, pazopanib, or cediranib), and four patients had received two such therapies. The most common treatment-related adverse events were fatigue, weight loss, diarrhea, palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia, and hypertension. One drug-related death was noted. Of the 25 patients, 10 (40%) had a partial response, 13 (52%) had stable disease, and two (8%) had nonevaluable disease. The median progression-free survival and overall survival were 12.7 months and 34.7 months, respectively. Conclusion Cabozantinib demonstrated clinically significant, durable objective response activity in patients with RAI-refractory DTC who experienced disease progression while taking prior VEGFR-targeted therapy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18094-e18094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Song Lin ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Yanqing Liu ◽  
Chen Wang ◽  
Teng Zhang

2012 ◽  
Vol 167 (5) ◽  
pp. 643-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
T C Schneider ◽  
R M Abdulrahman ◽  
E P Corssmit ◽  
H Morreau ◽  
J W A Smit ◽  
...  

Objective We conducted a prospective phase II clinical trial to determine the efficacy of sorafenib in patients with advanced radio-iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer. In this article, the long-term results are presented. Patients and methods Thirty-one patients with progressive metastatic or locally advanced radioactive iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer received sorafenib 400 mg orally twice daily. The study end points included response rate, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), best response by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors criteria 1.0, and toxicity. Results Median PFS was 18 months (95% confidence interval (95% CI): 7–29 months) and median OS was 34.5 months (95% CI: 19–50 months). Eight patients (31%) achieved a partial response and 11 patients (42%) showed stable disease after a median follow-up of 25 months (range 3.5–39 months). Toxicity mostly included hand foot syndrome, weight loss, diarrhea, and rash. Conclusion Sorafenib has clinically relevant antitumor activity in patients with progressive metastatic or locally advanced radio-iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer. Sorafenib can nowadays be considered as the standard option in these patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6073-6073
Author(s):  
Eric Jeffrey Sherman ◽  
Lori J. Wirth ◽  
Manisha H. Shah ◽  
Maria E. Cabanillas ◽  
Bruce Robinson ◽  
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6073 Background: Selpercatinib, is a first-in-class, highly selective, CNS active and potent RET inhibitor approved in multiple countries for treatment of RET-fusion positive lung or thyroid cancers. Reported is an update of efficacy and safety results in RET-altered thyroid cancer, with a longer follow up (30 Mar 2020 data cutoff vs 16 Dec 2019) and additional enrolment. Methods: Patients (pts) with RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) and RET-fusion positive thyroid cancer (TC) were enrolled in the global (16 countries, 89 sites) Phase 1/2 LIBRETTO-001 trial (NCT03157128). The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) per RECIST 1.1 by independent review committee (IRC). Secondary endpoints included duration of response (DoR), progression-free survival (PFS), clinical benefit rate (CBR; CR+PR+SD ≥16 weeks), and safety. The integrated analysis set (IAS, n = 143) includes efficacy evaluable MTC pts previously treated with cabozantinib and/or vandetanib (cabo/vande). The primary analysis set (PAS), a subset of IAS, is the first 55 enrolled pts. Cabo/vande naïve MTC pts (N = 112) and TC pts with prior systemic treatment (N = 22) were also analyzed. Safety population includes all pts who received ≥1 dose of selpercatinib (MTC N = 315; TC N = 42) by data cutoff. Results: For MTC patients, the ORR for IAS was 69.2%, in the PAS it was 69.1%, and 71.4% for cabo/vande naïve MTC pts. The ORR for TC pts (n = 22) was 77.3% (see table). Most treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were low grade; the most common (≥25% of MTC and/or TC pts treated with selpercatinib) were dry mouth, diarrhea, hypertension, fatigue and constipation for both MTC and TC pts, increased ALT/AST, peripheral edema and headache in MTC pts and nausea in TC pts. 4.8% of MTC and TC pts discontinued selpercatinib due to TEAEs but only 1.9% with MTC and none with TC discontinued due to treatment-related adverse events. Conclusions: In this updated analysis, selpercatinib continued to show marked and durable antitumor activity in pts with RET-altered thyroid cancers. Selpercatinib was well tolerated and no new safety concerns were identified. A global, randomized, phase 3 trial (LIBRETTO-531) evaluating selpercatinib compared to cabo/vande in kinase inhibitor naïve MTC pts is ongoing. Clinical trial information: NCT03157128. [Table: see text]


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