Treatment patterns and survival among patients with extensive disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC).

Abstract

e20026 Background: There has been little change to the ED-SCLC treatment landscape in the past 30 years. Patients with ED-SCLC have limited treatment options after recurrence and poor overall survival (OS). Prior work has described OS in patients with ED-SCLC but did not report OS beyond first-line (1L) therapy. Methods: This study used linked data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program and Medicare claims. Patients aged ≥66 years with a first primary, pathologically confirmed ED-SCLC diagnosis between 01/01/2007 and 12/31/2011 and who had Medicare Parts A and B coverage were included. Patients were followed from diagnosis until death, end of follow-up, second primary cancer diagnosis, or switch to managed care coverage. OS from ED-SCLC diagnosis and from initiation of 1L and second-line (2L) outpatient chemotherapy were estimated. Cox proportional hazards models were used to identify factors associated with OS from diagnosis. Results: Of 5498 patients with ED-SCLC (mean age: 75 years [range: 66, 98]) included in this study, 49% were male, 86% were white, 40% had ≥1 indicator of mobility limitations, and 23% lived in an area with high poverty (≥20%). Median OS for all patients was 4.7 months (untreated [n = 2484]: 1.3 months; treated with outpatient chemotherapy within 90 days of diagnosis [n = 3014]: 8.3 months). Among all patients, factors associated with shorter OS included older age, male sex, ≥1 indicator of mobility limitations, and residence in a high poverty area. In the 3014 patients who received 1L outpatient chemotherapy (86% platinum/etoposide; 4% platinum/irinotecan; 10% other), median OS from initiation of 1L therapy was 7.9 months overall (platinum/etoposide: 8.0 months; platinum/irinotecan: 7.8 months; other: 6.4 months). A total of 1162 patients received 2L chemotherapy (38% topotecan monotherapy; 28% platinum regimens; 34% other). Median OS from initiation of 2L therapy was 4.4 months overall (topotecan: 4.0 months; platinum regimens: 6.4 months; other: 3.7 months). Conclusions: OS was poor in this cohort of real-world patients with ED-SCLC especially in those not treated with outpatient chemotherapy. These findings underscore the need for new treatments for this population.