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PMID | (35091443) | ||||||||||||
Authors | Chow LQM, Barlesi F, Bertino EM, van den Bent MJ, Wakelee HA, Wen PY, Chiu CH, Orlov S, Chiari R, Majem M, McKeage M, Yu CJ, Garrido P, Hurtado FK, Arratia PC, Song Y, Branle F, Shi M, Kim DW | ||||||||||||
Title | ASCEND-7: Efficacy and Safety of Ceritinib Treatment in Patients with ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Metastatic to the Brain and/or Leptomeninges. | ||||||||||||
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Abstract Text | Central nervous system metastases are a prominent cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with ALK-positive (ALK+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The phase II ASCEND-7 (NCT02336451) study was specifically designed to assess the efficacy and safety of the ALK inhibitor (ALKi) ceritinib in patients with ALK+ NSCLC metastatic to the brain and/or leptomeninges.Patients with active brain metastases were allocated to study arms 1 to 4 based on prior exposure to an ALKi and/or prior brain radiation (arm 1: prior radiotherapy/ALKi-pretreated; arm 2: no radiotherapy/ALKi-pretreated; arm 3: prior radiotherapy/ALKi-naïve; arm 4: no radiotherapy/ALKi-naïve). Arm 5 included patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Patients received ceritinib 750 mg once daily (fasted condition). Primary endpoint was investigator-assessed whole-body overall response rate (ORR) per RECIST v1.1. Secondary endpoints included disease control rate (DCR) and intracranial/extracranial responses.Per investigator assessment, in arms 1 (n = 42), 2 (n = 40), 3 (n = 12), and 4 (n = 44), respectively: whole-body ORRs [95% confidence interval (CI)] were 35.7% (21.6-52.0), 30.0% (16.6-46.5), 50.0% (21.1-78.9), and 59.1% (43.2-73.7); whole-body DCR (95% CI): 66.7% (50.5-80.4), 82.5% (67.2-92.7), 66.7% (34.9-90.1), and 70.5% (54.8-83.2); intracranial ORRs (95% CI): 39.3% (21.5-59.4), 27.6% (12.7-47.2), 28.6% (3.7-71.0), and 51.5% (33.5-69.2). In arm 5 (n = 18), whole-body ORR was 16.7% (95% CI, 3.6-41.4) and DCR was 66.7% (95% CI, 41.0-86.7). Paired cerebrospinal fluid and plasma sampling revealed that ceritinib penetrated the human blood-brain barrier.Ceritinib showed antitumor activity in patients with ALK+ NSCLC with active brain metastases and/or leptomeningeal disease, and could be considered in the management of intracranial disease. See related commentary by Murciano-Goroff et al., p. 2477. |
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ALK rearrange | lung non-small cell carcinoma | sensitive | Ceritinib | Phase II | Actionable | In a Phase II trial (ASCEND-7), Zykadia (ceritinib) demonstrated efficacy in ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer patients with active brain metastasis, resulting in whole-body overall response rate (ORR) of 35.7% (15/42), 30.0% (12/40), 50.0% (6/12), and 59.1% (26/44) in those who received prior radiation/ALK inhibitor (ALKi), ALKi only, radiation only, no prior radiation/ALKi, respectively, and whole-body ORR of 16.7% (3/18) in patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (PMID: 35091443; NCT02336451). | 35091443 |