Efficacy of PD-1 monoclonal antibody SHR-1210 plus apatinib in patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC with wild‐type EGFR and ALK.

Abstract

9112 Background: Our preclinical study suggested combination of PD-1 monoclonal antibody SHR-1210 and VEGFR 2 inhibitor apatinib significantly improved antitumor effects. This was an open-label, multi-center, phase 1/2 study of intravenous SHR-1210 plus oral apatinib in patients with advanced NSCLC. Here, we reported preliminary efficacy and safety outcomes of SHR-1210 plus apatinib in patients with wild‐type EGFR and ALK. Methods: In dose-escalation phase, advanced non-squamous NSCLC patients (pts) previously treated with at least 2nd line chemotherapy were enrolled to explore 2 dose levels of apatinib (250, 375mg/d) + SHR-1210 (200mg, q2w). 250mg/d of apatinib was selected to be combined with SHR-1210 in phase II trial. Pts previously treated with 1st line platinum-based chemotherapy were enrolled. Primary endpoint was ORR per RECIST 1.1. Archived or fresh tumor tissues and blood samples were taken before the treatment, PD-L1 expression and tumor mutation burden (TMB) were tested and correlated with efficacy. TMB was detected by Oseq-pan cancer panel (including 636 genes and 1.95Mb), and then calculated by in-house algorithm developed by BGI Genomics Co., Ltd. Results: 96 pts with advanced non-squamous NSCLC harboring wild‐type EGFR and ALK were recruited . 23 had ≥2 prior lines of systemic treatment, and 73 had 1 prior line of treatment. Median age was 57, male 79.8%, adenocarcinoma 93.9%, ex-smokers 56.7%. ORR and DCR in 91evaluable pts were 29.7% and 81.3%, respectively. Blood TMB (bTMB) test was available in 80/91 evaluable patients and the cut-point was 1.54 muts/Mb as determined by receiver operating characteristic curve. ORR in pts with high bTMB was 50% (19/38). At data cutoff of 20 Jan 2019, 20/27 responders were still on treatment (table). Across all 96pts, 54(56.2%) grade ≥3 TRAEs. AEs of grade ≥3 occurring in 2 or more pts included hypertension, hand-foot syndrome, gamma-glutamyl transferase increase, proteinuria, abnormal hepatic function and alkaline phosphatase increase. Conclusions: SHR-1210 plus apatinib demonstrated promising anti-tumor activity with acceptable safety in patients with non-squamous NSCLC, especially in those with high bTMB. Prospective study is needed to validate the clinical outcome and bTMB as a predictor of efficacy. Clinical trial information: NCT03083041. [Table: see text]