Pralsetinib is an NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®)–recommended treatment option for certain patients with RET+ mNSCLC and RET+ advanced or metastatic thyroid carcinoma2,3*†
*See the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for NSCLC and thyroid carcinoma for detailed recommendations, including other preferred treatment options.
†For select patients with recurrent/persistent locoregional or distantly metastatic RET mutation-positive medullary thyroid carcinoma; for structurally persistent/recurrent locoregional or distantly metastatic RET fusion-positive differentiated thyroid cancer not amenable to RAI therapy; and for metastatic RET fusion-positive anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.
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mNSCLC=metastatic non–small cell lung cancer; RAI=radioactive iodine; RECIST=Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors; RET=rearranged during transfection.
Efficacy and safety with GAVRETO (400 mg orally once daily) were evaluated in patients with RET fusion+ mNSCLC in the ARROW study, a phase 1/2, nonrandomized, open-label, single-arm, multicohort, multicenter clinical trial. Patients with asymptomatic central nervous system metastases, including patients with stable or decreasing steroid use within 2 weeks prior to study entry, were enrolled.
The major efficacy outcome measures were overall response rate (ORR) and duration of response (DoR), as assessed by a blinded independent central review (BICR) according to RECIST v1.1.
Treatment-naïve patients (n=27) | Previously platinum-treated patients (n=87) | |
---|---|---|
Median age (range), years | 65 years (30-87) | 60 years (28-85) |
Gender | 52% female, 48% male | 49% female, 51% male |
Race/ethnicity | 59% White, 33% Asian, 4% Hispanic/Latino | 53% White, 35% Asian, 6% Hispanic/Latino |
ECOG status | 0-1: 96% 2: 4% |
0-1: 94% 2: 6% |
RET fusion partner | 70% KIF5B, 11% CCDC6 | 75% KIF5B, 17% CCDC6 |
History of or current brain metastases at baseline |
37% | 43% |
Prior therapy | - | 45% PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor 25% prior kinase inhibitors |
Patient identification | 67% NGS
|
77% NGS
2% other |
ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; FISH=fluorescence in situ hybridization; NGS=next-generation sequencing; PD-1=programmed cell-death protein 1; PD-L1=programmed death-ligand 1.
Overall Response Rate (n=27)
(95% CI: 50%-86%)
Duration of and Time to Response (n=19)1,33
Patients enrolled by July 11, 2019. Data cutoff: Feb 13, 2020.
‡Based on observed duration of response.
CI=confidence interval; CR=complete response; NE=not estimable; PR=partial response.
U.S. Prescribing Information (USPI)34
Per protocol, all treatment-naïve patients were not eligible for platinum-based chemotherapy based on an investigator assessment
Exploratory Analyses34
In July 2019, the protocol was amended to expand the eligibility criteria to include patients who were eligible for standard therapy
These analyses include treatment-naïve patients enrolled by May 22, 2020, which include the patients from the pivotal analysis in the USPI. Results of these exploratory follow-up analyses are not included in GAVRETO labeling. As these were not pre-specified analyses, data must be interpreted with caution.
Overall Response Rate (n=68)
(95% CI: 68%-88%)
Duration of Response (n=54)
Initially, the ARROW protocol included treatment-naïve patients who were not candidates for standard therapy. In July 2019, the protocol was amended to expand the eligibility criteria to include patients who were eligible for standard therapy.34
Pre-protocol amendment (n=43)
PR=65%, CR=9% (95% CI: 59%-87%)
Median DoR (n=32): 11 months (7.4 months-NR)
Select baseline characteristics
Post-protocol amendment (n=25)
All responses were partial (95% CI: 69%-98%)
Median DoR (n=22): Not Reached (NR-NR)
Select baseline characteristics
All other baseline characteristics were generally balanced between the pivotal data included in the USPI and exploratory follow-up populations.1,33
Patients enrolled by May 22, 2020. Data cutoff: Nov 6, 2020.
CNS=central nervous system; NR=not reached.
Overall Response Rate (n=87)
(95% CI: 46%-68%)
Duration of and Time to Response (n=50)1,33
Patients enrolled by July 11, 2019. Data cutoff: Feb 13, 2020.
‡Based on observed duration of response.
Brain metastases at baseline (n=8)§
DoR at 6 months: 75%
Courtesy of Dr. Kim. Image is from a patient in the ARROW trial who achieved complete CNS response. Image is for illustrative purposes only; individual results may vary. According to the protocol, images were to be performed every 8 weeks (±7 days).33
§No patients received radiation therapy (RT) to the brain within 2 months prior to study entry.
Disease control rate (DCR), a prespecified secondary endpoint, was assessed in the subsets of patients in the efficacy populations with sufficient evidence of a RET fusion and baseline measurable disease confirmed on blinded independent central review. DCR is defined as ORR (CR + PR) + SD.34
Treatment-naïve patients (n=27)
Previously platinum-treated patients (n=87)
Patients enrolled by July 11, 2019. Data cutoff: Feb 13, 2020.
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