Sacituzumab govitecan (SG) as second-line (2L) treatment for extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC): Preliminary results from the phase II TROPiCS-03 basket trial
Background Treatment options are limited for patients (pts) with ES-SCLC that progresses after anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy and chemotherapy (chemo). SG, a Trop-2-directed antibody-drug conjugate, demonstrated antitumor activity in previously treated ES-SCLC in a phase 1/2 study (Bardia, et al. Ann Oncol. 2021). TROPiCS-03 (NCT03964727) is an open-label, multicohort, phase 2 study evaluating SG in pts with metastatic or locally advanced solid tumors. Here, we report preliminary results from the ES-SCLC cohort. Methods Adult pts with ES-SCLC that progressed after no more than 1 prior line of platinum-based chemo and anti-PD-(L)1 therapy received SG 10 mg/kg on Days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) by investigator assessment (INV) per RECIST v1.1. Key secondary endpoints included clinical benefit rate (CBR), duration of response, progression-free survival, overall survival, and safety. Pts who received ≥1 dose of SG were included in the safety analysis and pts who received ≥1 dose of SG and had ≥13.0 weeks of follow-up were included in the efficacy analysis. Results As of 18 April 2023, 26 pts received ≥1 dose of SG. Median age was 67 years (range, 48-79) and 89% of pts had an ECOG performance status of 1. Median follow-up was 3.5 months (range, 0.6-9.4). Treatment was ongoing for 16 (62%) pts. In the efficacy analysis (n=14), ORR was 29% and CBR was 36% (Table). In the safety analysis (n=26), any-grade treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) occurred in 96% (grade ≥3, 46%) of pts. No TRAEs leading to discontinuation of study treatment were reported to date. No deaths due to AEs were reported to date. Conclusions SG as 2L treatment for ES-SCLC demonstrated promising antitumor activity and manageable safety, with no TRAEs leading to discontinuation reported to date. Additional data with more pts and longer follow-up will be presented.
Dowlati, A., Cervantes, A., Babu, S., Hamilton, E., Wong, S., Tazbirkova, A., Sullivan, I., van Marcke de Lummen, C. J., Italiano, A., Patel, J., Mekan, S., Wu, T., & Chiang, A. (2023). Sacituzumab govitecan (SG) as second-line (2L) treatment for extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC): Preliminary results from the phase II TROPiCS-03 basket trial. Annals of Oncology, 1(b), c. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/26723 (Original work published 2023)