Purpose: No effective salvage treatments are available for patients with advanced/recurrent thymoma (T) or thymic carcinoma (TC) who have progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy. This study evaluated the activity of everolimus in patients with advanced/recurrent T or TC previously treated with cisplatin-containing chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: This was a single-arm, single-stage, open-label, multicenter, phase II trial. Patients received oral everolimus 10 mg/d until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or patient refusal. A Fleming phase II trial was designed. The null hypothesis of a true disease control rate (DCR) of 40% was tested against a one-sided alternative of a true DCR of 60% (α = β = 0.10): If disease control were achieved in ≥ 21 of the first 41 evaluable patients, everolimus could be recommended for further evaluation. Progression-free survival, overall survival, and safety were also evaluated. Results: From 2011 to 2013, 51 patients were enrolled (T, n = 32; TC, n = 19). Complete remission was observed in one patient with TC, partial response in five patients (T, n = 3; TC, n = 2), and stable disease in 38 patients (T, n = 27; TC, n=11), with a DCR of 88% (T,: 93.8%; TC, 77.8%). With a median follow up of 25.7 months, median progression-free survival was 10.1 months (T,: 16.6 months; TC, 5.6 months), and median overall survival was 25.7 months (T, not reached; TC, 14.7 months). Fourteen patients had a serious drug-related adverse event; of these patients, nine permanently discontinued treatment. Three patients died of pneumonitis while in the study. Immunohistochemical positivity for p4E-BP1 or insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor was statistically significantly related to a shorter survival. Conclusion: Everolimus may induce durable disease control in a high percentage of patients with T or TC, albeit with a potential high risk of fatal pneumonitis.

Phase II study of everolimus in patients with thymoma and thymic carcinoma previously treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy / Zucali, P. A.; De Pas, T.; Palmieri, G.; Favaretto, A.; Chella, A.; Tiseo, M.; Caruso, M.; Simonelli, M.; Perrino, M.; De Vincenzo, F.; Toffalorio, F.; Damiano, V.; Pasello, G.; Garbella, E.; Ali, M.; Conforti, F.; Ottaviano, M.; Cioffi, A.; De Placido, S.; Giordano, L.; Bertossi, M.; Destro, A.; Di Tommaso, L.; Santoro, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0732-183X. - 36:4(2018), pp. 342-349. [10.1200/JCO.2017.74.4078]

Phase II study of everolimus in patients with thymoma and thymic carcinoma previously treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy

Tiseo M.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Purpose: No effective salvage treatments are available for patients with advanced/recurrent thymoma (T) or thymic carcinoma (TC) who have progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy. This study evaluated the activity of everolimus in patients with advanced/recurrent T or TC previously treated with cisplatin-containing chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: This was a single-arm, single-stage, open-label, multicenter, phase II trial. Patients received oral everolimus 10 mg/d until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or patient refusal. A Fleming phase II trial was designed. The null hypothesis of a true disease control rate (DCR) of 40% was tested against a one-sided alternative of a true DCR of 60% (α = β = 0.10): If disease control were achieved in ≥ 21 of the first 41 evaluable patients, everolimus could be recommended for further evaluation. Progression-free survival, overall survival, and safety were also evaluated. Results: From 2011 to 2013, 51 patients were enrolled (T, n = 32; TC, n = 19). Complete remission was observed in one patient with TC, partial response in five patients (T, n = 3; TC, n = 2), and stable disease in 38 patients (T, n = 27; TC, n=11), with a DCR of 88% (T,: 93.8%; TC, 77.8%). With a median follow up of 25.7 months, median progression-free survival was 10.1 months (T,: 16.6 months; TC, 5.6 months), and median overall survival was 25.7 months (T, not reached; TC, 14.7 months). Fourteen patients had a serious drug-related adverse event; of these patients, nine permanently discontinued treatment. Three patients died of pneumonitis while in the study. Immunohistochemical positivity for p4E-BP1 or insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor was statistically significantly related to a shorter survival. Conclusion: Everolimus may induce durable disease control in a high percentage of patients with T or TC, albeit with a potential high risk of fatal pneumonitis.
2018
Phase II study of everolimus in patients with thymoma and thymic carcinoma previously treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy / Zucali, P. A.; De Pas, T.; Palmieri, G.; Favaretto, A.; Chella, A.; Tiseo, M.; Caruso, M.; Simonelli, M.; Perrino, M.; De Vincenzo, F.; Toffalorio, F.; Damiano, V.; Pasello, G.; Garbella, E.; Ali, M.; Conforti, F.; Ottaviano, M.; Cioffi, A.; De Placido, S.; Giordano, L.; Bertossi, M.; Destro, A.; Di Tommaso, L.; Santoro, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0732-183X. - 36:4(2018), pp. 342-349. [10.1200/JCO.2017.74.4078]
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