Project description:PurposeSelpercatinib, a first-in-class, highly selective, and potent CNS-active RET kinase inhibitor, is currently approved for the treatment of patients with RET fusion-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We provide a registrational data set update in more than double (n = 316) of the original reported population (n = 144) and better characterization of long-term efficacy and safety.MethodsPatients were enrolled to LIBRETTO-001, a phase I/II, single-arm, open-label study of selpercatinib in patients with RET-altered cancers. An analysis of patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC, including 69 treatment-naive and 247 with prior platinum-based chemotherapy, was performed. The primary end point was objective response rate (ORR; RECIST v1.1, independent review committee). Secondary end points included duration of response (DoR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival, and safety.ResultsIn treatment-naive patients, the ORR was 84% (95% CI, 73 to 92); 6% achieved complete responses (CRs). The median DoR was 20.2 months (95% CI, 13.0 to could not be evaluated); 40% of responses were ongoing at the data cutoff (median follow-up of 20.3 months). The median PFS was 22.0 months; 35% of patients were alive and progression-free at the data cutoff (median follow-up of 21.9 months). In platinum-based chemotherapy pretreated patients, the ORR was 61% (95% CI, 55 to 67); 7% achieved CRs. The median DoR was 28.6 months (95% CI, 20.4 to could not be evaluated); 49% of responses were ongoing (median follow-up of 21.2 months). The median PFS was 24.9 months; 38% of patients were alive and progression-free (median follow-up of 24.7 months). Of 26 patients with measurable baseline CNS metastasis by the independent review committee, the intracranial ORR was 85% (95% CI, 65 to 96); 27% were CRs. In the full safety population (n = 796), the median treatment duration was 36.1 months. The safety profile of selpercatinib was consistent with previous reports.ConclusionIn a large cohort with extended follow-up, selpercatinib continued to demonstrate durable and robust responses, including intracranial activity, in previously treated and treatment-naive patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC.
Project description:PurposeWe report the intracranial efficacy of selpercatinib, a highly potent and selective RET inhibitor, approved in the United States for RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC).Patients and methodsIn the global phase 1/2 LIBRETTO-001 trial (NCT03157128) in advanced RET-altered solid tumors, selpercatinib was dosed orally (160 mg twice every day) in 28-day cycles. Patients with baseline intracranial metastases had MRI/CT scans every 8 weeks for 1 year (12 weeks thereafter). In this pre-planned analysis of patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC with baseline intracranial metastases, the primary endpoint was independently assessed intracranial objective response rate (ORR) per RECIST 1.1. Secondary endpoints included intracranial disease control rate, intracranial duration of response, and intracranial progression-free survival (PFS) independently reviewed.ResultsEighty patients with NSCLC had brain metastases at baseline. Patients were heavily pretreated (median = 2 systemic therapies, range = 0-10); 56% of patients received ≥1 course of intracranial radiation (14% whole brain radiotherapy, 45% stereotactic radiosurgery). Among 22 patients with measurable intracranial disease at baseline, intracranial ORR was 82% [95% confidence interval (CI), 60-95], including 23% with complete responses. Among all intracranial responders (measurable and nonmeasurable, n = 38), median duration of intracranial response was not reached (95% CI, 9.3-NE) at a median duration of follow-up of 9.5 months (IQR = 5.7, 12.0). At 12 months, 55% of intracranial responses were ongoing. In all 80 patients, median intracranial PFS was 13.7 months (95% CI, 10.9-NE) at a median duration of follow-up of 11.0 months (IQR = 7.4, 16.5). No new safety signals were revealed in patients with brain metastases compared with the full NSCLC trial population.ConclusionsSelpercatinib has robust and durable intracranial efficacy in patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC.
Project description:BackgroundLIBRETTO-001 is an ongoing, global, open-label, phase I/II study of selpercatinib in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors. We report interim patient-reported outcomes in patients with RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Patients and methodsPatients completed the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) version 3.0 at baseline (cycle 1, day 1), approximately every other 28-day cycle until cycle 13, and every 12 weeks thereafter. Data were evaluated through cycle 13 as few patients had reached later time points. A change of ≥10 points from baseline in domain scores was considered clinically meaningful.ResultsAmong 253 selpercatinib-treated patients, 239 were categorized into subgroups by prior therapy: treatment-naïve (n = 39), one prior line of therapy (n = 64), or two or more prior lines of therapy (n = 136). The QLQ-C30 was completed by >85% of patients at each time point. Most patients overall and in each subgroup maintained or improved in all health-related quality of life (HRQoL) domains during treatment. The percentage of patients who experienced clinically meaningful improvements ranged from 61.1% to 66.7% for global health status, 33.3% to 61.1% for dyspnea, and 46.2% to 63.0% for pain. The 61.1% of patients with improved dyspnea had two or more prior lines of therapy; median time to first improvement was 3.4 months. At the first postbaseline evaluation (cycle 3), 45.9% of all patients reported a ≥10-point reduction in pain.ConclusionIn this interim analysis, the majority of patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC remained stable or improved on all QLQ-C30 subscales at each study visit, demonstrating favorable HRQoL as measured by the QLQ-C30 during treatment with selpercatinib.
Project description:BackgroundMedullary thyroid cancer (MTC) standard of care includes multikinase inhibitors (MKIs), which can exacerbate disease-related diarrhea, primarily because of non-RET kinase inhibition. We report diarrhea and other patient-reported outcomes (PROs) with selpercatinib, a highly selective RET inhibitor, among patients with RET-mutant MTC in the ongoing, phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial.Materials and methodsInstrument completion time points were baseline (cycle 1, day 1) and approximately every other 28-day cycle until cycle 13 (every 12 weeks thereafter) for the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30, and baseline, weekly during cycle 1, and day 1 of every cycle for the modified Systemic Therapy-Induced Diarrhea Assessment Tool (mSTIDAT). A ≥10-point change from baseline in domain score was considered clinically meaningful. PROs were summarized through cycle 13 in all patients and by subgroups with or without prior exposure to MKIs vandetanib and/or cabozantinib (V/C).ResultsAmong the overall MTC population (n = 226), 88 (39%) and 124 (55%) patients comprised the V/C-naïve and previous V/C subgroups, respectively. Compliance was >85% for both instruments at each time point. Most patients maintained/improved in all health-related quality of life (HRQoL) subscales throughout treatment. Improvements in diarrhea were clinically meaningful in 43.5% of patients overall and in 36.8% and 51.3% of V/C-naïve and previous V/C subgroups, respectively. At baseline, 80.4% of all patients reported diarrhea on mSTIDAT. The percentage of patients who reported diarrhea was reduced to less than half of all patients (range: 33.3%-48.3%) after cycle 2.ConclusionThese interim results demonstrate that patients with RET-mutant MTC improved/remained stable on all domains of HRQoL during treatment with selpercatinib. Future analyses will be conducted as the data mature.
Project description:PurposeSelpercatinib, a highly selective, potent RET inhibitor with CNS activity, demonstrated sustained antitumor responses and intracranial activity in patients with RET-altered advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the global LIBRETTO-001 and Chinese LIBRETTO-321 trials. We report a prospective case series based on updated data from patients with brain metastases at baseline in LIBRETTO-321.Materials and methodsWe included patients with advanced NSCLC and brain metastasis with a centrally confirmed KIF5B/CCDC6/NCOA4-RET fusion. Patients with previously treated or untreated CNS metastases were included if asymptomatic or neurologically stable. Patients received oral selpercatinib 160 mg, twice daily, until progression. Objective systemic and intracranial response was independently assessed per RECIST v1.1. The data cutoff (DCO) was March 31, 2022.ResultsIn total, 8/26 (31%) patients were included: 1/8 (13%) had previous brain surgery but no previous systemic therapy and 3/8 (38%) had received brain radiotherapy. Best overall systemic response was partial response (PR) in 6/8 patients (75%) and stable disease (SD) in 2/8 (25%). Among patients with measurable baseline CNS lesions, 4/5 (80%) achieved a confirmed intracranial response (3/5 PRs and 1/5 complete response [CR]). The best overall intracranial response was CR in 3/8 (38%), PR in 3/8 (38%), and SD in 1/8 (13%) and nonprogressive disease/non-CR in 1/8 (13%); 2/8 patients (25%) had CNS-only disease progression. The duration of treatment was 2.8-24.0 months, and 5/8 patients (63%) had treatment ongoing at DCO. Of 8 patients, 5 (63%) had grade ≥3 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) requiring dose modification. There were no treatment discontinuations because of TRAEs.ConclusionSelpercatinib demonstrated clinically meaningful and durable intracranial activity in Chinese patients with brain metastases from RET-altered NSCLC, consistent with the global LIBRETTO-001 trial.
Project description:BackgroundData for selpercatinib [a selective REarranged during Transfection (RET) inhibitor] from a single-arm trial (LIBRETTO-001, NCT03157128) in RET-fusion-positive advanced/metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were used in combination with external data sources to estimate comparative efficacy [objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival, and overall survival (OS)] in first- and second-line treatment settings.MethodsPatient-level data were obtained from a de-identified real-world database. Patients diagnosed with advanced/metastatic NSCLC with no prior exposure to a RET inhibitor and one or more prior line of therapy were eligible. Additionally, individual patient-level data (IPD) were obtained from the pemetrexed + platinum arm of KEYNOTE-189 (NCT03950674, first line) and the docetaxel arm of REVEL (NCT01168973, post-progression). Patients were matched using entropy balancing, doubly robust method, and propensity score approaches. For patients with unknown/negative RET status, adjustment was made using a model fitted to IPD from a real-world database.ResultsIn first-line unadjusted analyses of the real-world control, ORR was 87.2% for LIBRETTO-001 versus 66.7% for those with RET-positive NSCLC (P = 0.06). After adjustment for unknown RET status and other patient characteristics, selpercatinib remained significantly superior versus the real-world control for all outcomes (all P < 0.001 except unadjusted RET-fusion-positive cohort). Similarly, outcomes were significantly improved versus clinical trial controls (all P < 0.05).ConclusionsFindings suggest improvement in outcomes associated with selpercatinib treatment versus the multiple external control cohorts, but should be interpreted with caution. Data were limited by the rarity of RET, lack of mature OS data, and uncertainty from assumptions to create control arms from external data.
Project description:BackgroundSelpercatinib is a first-in-class, highly selective RET kinase inhibitor with CNS activity that has shown efficacy in RET fusion-positive lung and thyroid cancers. RET fusions occur rarely in other tumour types. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of selpercatinib in a diverse group of patients with RET fusion-positive non-lung or thyroid advanced solid tumours (ie, a tumour-agnostic population).MethodsLIBRETTO-001 is an ongoing phase 1/2, single-group, open-label, basket trial of selpercatinib in patients aged 18 years and older (or ≥12 years, where permitted by regulatory authorities) with RET-altered cancers. The trial is being conducted at 89 sites in 16 countries; the tumour-agnostic population was enrolled at 30 sites (outpatient and inpatient medical facilities) across eight countries. A prespecified interim analysis of LIBRETTO-001 was planned to investigate the efficacy and safety of selpercatinib in a tumour-agnostic population of patients with RET fusion-positive advanced solid tumours; the data cutoff date was Sept 24, 2021. Eligible patients had disease progression on or after previous systemic therapies or no satisfactory therapeutic options and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-2. Selpercatinib was orally administered in a continuous 28-day cycle. Patients enrolled in the phase 1 dose-escalation portion received between 20 mg once daily or 20-240 mg twice daily; the phase 2 recommended dose was 160 mg twice daily. The primary endpoint was the objective response rate as determined by the independent review committee. The efficacy-evaluable tumour-agnostic population was defined as patients with RET fusion-positive cancer, other than non-small-cell lung cancer and thyroid cancer, who had at least 6 months of follow-up from the first study dose at the time of data cutoff (all responders at the time of data cutoff were followed up for at least 6 months from the onset of response unless they progressed or died earlier). Safety was analysed in the tumour-agnostic population of patients who had been enrolled and received selpercatinib on or before the data cutoff date. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03157128) and is still recruiting participants.FindingsBetween Dec 4, 2017, and Aug 4, 2021, 45 patients with RET fusion-positive tumour-agnostic cancers were enrolled from the phase 1 dose-escalation and phase 2 dose-expansion cohorts of the trial. 43 (96%) of 45 patients received a starting dose of selpercatinib at the recommended dose of 160 mg twice daily. Of the two patients who did not, one received a dose of 160 mg twice daily via intra-patient dose escalation (as allowed per protocol for patients enrolled in the phase 1 portion of the study at lower doses) and the other patient's starting dose of 120 mg twice daily was never escalated. Of the 41 efficacy-evaluable patients, the objective response rate as per the independent review committee was 43·9% (95% CI 28·5-60·3; 18 of 41 patients). The most common grade 3 or worse treatment-emergent adverse events were hypertension (ten [22%] of 45 patients), increased alanine aminotransferase (seven [16%]), and increased aspartate aminotransferase (six [13%]). Treatment-emergent serious adverse events occurred in 18 (40%) of 45 patients. No treatment-related deaths occurred.InterpretationSelpercatinib showed clinically meaningful activity in the RET fusion-positive tumour-agnostic population, with a safety profile consistent with that observed in other indications. Comprehensive genomic testing that includes RET fusions will be crucial for identifying patients who might benefit from selpercatinib.FundingLoxo Oncology.
Project description:IntroductionOncogenic alterations in RET occur in 1-2% of non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs). The efficacy and safety of the first-in-class, highly selective, and potent RET inhibitor selpercatinib in Chinese patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC remains unknown.MethodsIn this open-label, multicenter, phase II study (NCT04280081), patients with advanced RET-altered solid tumors received selpercatinib (160 mg orally twice daily) in a 28-day cycle. The primary endpoint was independent review committee (IRC)-assessed objective response rate (ORR; Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.1). Secondary endpoints included duration of response, central nervous system (CNS) response, and safety. Efficacy against NSCLC was assessed in the primary analysis set (PAS; centrally confirmed RET status) and in all enrolled patients with NSCLC.ResultsOf 77 enrolled patients, 47 had RET fusion-positive NSCLC. After 9.7 months of median follow-up, IRC-assessed ORR in the PAS (n = 26) was 69.2% [95% confidence interval (CI), 48.2-85.7] and 94.4% of responses were ongoing; the ORR was 87.5% and 61.1% in treatment-naïve and pre-treated patients, respectively. IRC-assessed ORR in all patients with NSCLC (n = 47) was 66.0% (95% CI, 50.7-79.1). Among five patients with measurable CNS metastases at baseline, four (80%) achieved an IRC-assessed intracranial response. In the safety population (n = 77), most treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were grade 1 or 2. The most common grade ⩾3 TEAE was hypertension (19.5%). Three (3.9%) patients discontinued therapy due to treatment-related AEs; no deaths occurred due to treatment-related AEs.ConclusionSelpercatinib, with potent and durable antitumor activity including intracranial activity, was well tolerated in Chinese patients with RET fusion-positive NSCLC, consistent with LIBRETTO-001 (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04280081).