1) Bevacizumab is an anti-angiogenic drug that has shown efficacy in improving progression-free survival and overall survival when added to chemotherapy for first-line treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer based on results from phase 3 trials.
2) The IMpower150 trial found that adding atezolizumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, to bevacizumab and chemotherapy further improved progression-free and overall survival compared to bevacizumab and chemotherapy alone in previously untreated non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer.
3) The NEJ026 trial found that adding bevacizumab to erlotinib, an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, significantly improved
2. Estimated Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence in
2018
Incidence Deaths 5 year prevalence
World 20 93 876 17 61 007 21 29 964
India 67 795 63 475 65 805
3. No. 1 cancer across the world in
terms of incidence and death.
4th most common cancer in India in
terms of incidence.
3rd most common cancer causing death in
India.
15. Chemotherapy
Common drugs for NSCLC:
• Cisplatin
• Carboplatin
• Paclitaxel
• Abraxane
• Docetaxel
• Gemcetabine
• Irinotecan
• Etopside
• Vinblastine
• Pemetrexed
Combination of 2 drugs – preferred
3 drugs- more side effects- not too much
benefit
16. Therapeutic plateau reached with chemotherapyin
NS
CLC
Platinum doublets:
8–10 months2
Best supportive care:
2–5 months4
Cisplatin/pemetrexed:
11 months1
6 8 10 12 14
Median OS (months)
1. Scagliotti Oncologist 2009; 2. Schiller NEJM 2002
3. Bunn Clin Cancer Res 1998; 4. Ganz Cancer 1989
0 2 4
1970
s
1990
s
2000
s
1980
s
Single-agent platinum:
6–8 months3
17. Bevacizumabin treatment oflung cancer
• Two positive phase III trials in the first-line setting
• E4599: Significant ORR, PFS and OS benefits: Bevacizumab combined with
paclitaxel
+ carboplatin vs chemotherapy alone1
• AVAiL: Significant ORR and PFS benefits:
Bevacizumab combined with cisplatin + gemcitabine vs chemotherapy alone2
• Efficacy findings substantiated in:
• SAiL, a large non-randomised observational study3
• ARIES, a registry study4
18. • Primary endpoint: OS
• Secondary endpoints: ORR,
PFS
Previous
ly
untreate
d
stage IIIB/IV
non-
squamous
NSCLC
(n=878)
Bevacizuma
b
15 mg/kg
q3w
+ carboplatin
+ paclitaxel
(n=434)
Carboplatin
+
paclitaxela
(n=444)
R
E4599:first line bevacizumabinNSCLC
6 cycles
Sandler NEJM 2006
Bevacizuma
b 15 mg/kg
q3w
Treat
to
PD
aNo crossover to bevacizumab permitted
19. E4599: S
ignificantlyimproved OS (primary
endpoint)
0 6 12 18 30 36 42 48
10.3 12.
3
O
S
Carboplatin
+
paclitaxel
(n=433)
Bevacizuma
b +
carboplatin
+ paclitaxel
(n=417)
10.
3
Median
(months) HR
(95% CI)
1-year rate,
%
4
4
12.3
0.79 (0.67–
0.92)
p=0.003
5
1
24
OS
(months)
Estimated
probability 1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
Sandler NEJM 2006
33. NEJ026:PFSby Investigator Assessment
10
0
8
0
6
0
4
0
2
0
PFS
Probability Erlotinib +
bevacizumab
Erlotinib
The interim analysis: 128
events
Median PFS,
Mos
16.
6
12.
4
HR: 0.563 (95% CI: 0.394-
0.804; P* =
.00057)
*log-rank test 2
sided
Median follow up: 12.5
mos
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
Mos
34. A post-hoc subgroup analysis based on
patient characteristics suggested that
progression-free survival HRs favored the
erlotinib plus bevacizumab group over the
erlotinib alone group in most subgroups,
although these differences were not
statistically significant
35. Safety
• 98 (88%) of 112 patients in the erlotinib plus bevacizumab
group and 53 (46%) of 114 patients in the erlotinib alone group
had grade 3 or worse adverse events.
• The most common grade 3–4 adverse event was rash.
• The adverse events were manageable .
36. Conclusion
promisin
g
strateg
y
to improve PFS
in
patients with EGF
R-
positive NSCLC.
• Interim analysis showed that the median progression-free
survival of patients in the erlotinib plus bevacizumab group
was significantly improved compared with that of
patients in the erlotinib alone
group.
• The additionof bevacizumab to erlotinib therefore
seems to be a
• Multivariate analyses of PFS indicated that
erlotinib and bevacizumab combination therapy
was broadly effective.
37. IMpower150: Addition of Atezolizumab to
Carbo/Pac +Bevacizumab in Advanced NSCLC
• Randomized phase III
study
Stratified by sex, PD-L1 expression, liver
mets
Patients with stage IV or
recurrent,
chemotherapy- naive
nonsquamous NSCLC
(PD on or intolerance to
targeted agents
allowed); available
tumor tissue
(N = 1202)
Atezolizumab 1200 mg IV Q3W +
Carboplatin/Paclitaxel
(n = 510)
Carboplatin/Paclitaxel Q3W
+ Bevacizumab 15 mg/kg
IV Q3W (n = 336; control
arm)
Atezolizumab 1200 mg IV
Q3W +
Carboplatin/Paclitaxel Q3W
+ Bevacizumab 15 mg/kg IV
Q3W (n = 356)
Atezolizumab
until PD or
loss of benefit
and/or
bevacizumab
until PD
Atezolizumab
Bevacizumab
Atezolizumab
+
Bevacizumab
4-6
cycles
Reck. ESMO I-O Congress 2017. Abstr LBA1_PR. Kowanetz. AACR 2018. Abstr CT076. Socinski. NEJM.
2018;378:2288.
Slide credit:
clinicaloptions.com
Maintenance
therapy
(no crossover
allowed)
Primary endpoints: PFS, OS
Secondary endpoints: PFS (IRF), ORR, OS at Yrs 1 and 2, QoL,
safety, PK
39. IMpower150: Landmark OSin ITTPopulation (Including
Patients With EGFR and ALKAberrations)
Mos
• Clinically meaningful OS benefit with atezolizumab + bevacizumab + chemotherapy vs
bevacizumab
+ chemotherapy was observed in all patients
Socinski. ASCO 2018. Abstr
9002.
HR: 0.76
(95% CI: 0.63-0.93)
Median follow-up: ~ 20
mos
10
0
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
OS
(%)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
34
Atezolizumab
+ Carbo/Pac
+ Bev (n =
400)
Carbo/Pa
c
+ Bev
(n =
400)
40. IMpower150: OSbySubgroup
Socinski. ASCO 2018. Abstr
9002.
Carbo/Pac +
Bev
*For prevalence, ITT WT (n = 696) used for
PD-L1, liver metastases groups; ITT (n =
800) for rest.
Median OS,
Mos
20.
3
17.
1
13.
2
19.
8
19.
8
NE
19.
2
16.
4
14.
1
9.1
16.
7
14.
9
17.
5
14.
7
Subgro
up
PD-L1 high (TC3 or IC3)
WT
PD-L1 low (TC1/2 or IC1/2)
WT
PD-L1 negative (TC0 and
IC0)
W
T
Liver metastases
WT
No liver metastases
WT
ITT (including
EGFR/ALK+)
EGFR/ALK+
only ITT WT
n
(%)*
136
(20)
226
(32)
339
(49)
94 (14)
602
(86)
800
(100)
104 (13)
696
(87)
0.
2
2.
0
1.0
HR
Favors
Favor
s Atezolizumab + Carbo/Pac + Bev
H
R
0.7
0
0.8
0
0.8
2
0.5
4
0.8
3
0.7
6
0.5
4
0.7
8
ABC
P
25.2
BC
P
15.
0
41. IMpower150: Safety
Socinski MA, et al. ASCO 2018. Abstract
9002.
Safety Outcome Atezolizuma
b +
Carbo/Pac
(n = 400)
Atezolizumab
+ Bev +
Carbo/Pac (n
= 393)
Bev +
Carbo/Pac
(n = 394)
Median doses received, n (range)
Atezolizumab
Bevacizumab
10 (1-43)
NA
12 (1-44)
10 (1-44)
NA
8 (1-38)
Treatment-related AE, n (%)
Grade 3/4
Grade 5
• Fatal hemorrhagic
377 (94)
172 (43)
4 (1)
2 (< 1)
370 (94)
223 (57)
11 (3)
6 (2)
377 (96)
191 (49)
9 (2)
3 (< 1)
Serious AE, n (%) 157 (39) 174 (44) 135 (34)
AE leading to d/c of any treatment, n
(%)
53 (13) 133 (34) 98 (25)
42. IMpower150: Immune-RelatedAEs
*Grade 5 acute hepatitis, n = 1. †Grade 5 interstitial lung disease,
n = 1.
Socinski MA, et al. ASCO 2018. Abstract 9002.
Immune-Related AEs
Occurring in > 5% of
Patients in Any Arm, n
(%)
Atezolizumab + Atezolizumab + Bev + Bev +
Carbo/Pac Carbo/Pac Carbo/Pac
(n = 394)
(n = 400) (n = 393)
Any
Grade
Grade
3/4
Any
Grade
Grade
3/4
Any
Grade
Grade
3/4
Rash
Hepatitis
Laboratory
abnormalitie
s
Hypothyroidism
Pneumonitis
Hyperthyroidism
Colitis
43. IMpower150: Conclusions
• In patients with untreated advanced nonsquamous NSCLC, addition of atezolizumab to
carboplatin/paclitaxel
+ bevacizumab significantly prolonged survival vs carboplatin/paclitaxel + bevacizumab alone
• Median PFS: 8.3 vs 6.8 mos (HR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.50-0.70; P < .0001)
• Median OS: 19.2 vs 14.7 mos (HR: 0.78; 95% CI: 0.64-0.96; P = .0164)
• Benefit associated with atezolizumab observed in patients with liver metastases or EGFR/ALK
genomic aberrations, across PD-L1 subgroups, and regardless of Teff gene signature
expression
• Combination of anti–PD-L1 and anti-VEGF therapies does not appear to increase the risk of irAEs
• OS data for comparison of atezolizumab + CT vs bevacizumab + CT not yet mature
• Median OS for atezolizumab + carbo/pac vs bev + carbo/pac: 19.4 vs 14.7 mos (HR: 0.88; P = .2041)
• Investigators conclude that atezolizumab + carboplatin/paclitaxel + bevacizumab is a new SoC
option for first-line management of patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC
Socinski MA, et al. ASCO 2018. Abstract
9002.
45. CNSmetastases–response
In 2009, the European Medicines Agency removed a prior contraindication, allowing patients with
untreated CNS metastases to receive bevacizumab
Meta-analysis of safety data across multiple tumour types demonstrated that CNS haemorrhage in
Bevacizumab-treated patients with CNS metastases is rare; these data led to a label update1,2
Since the initial case of CNS haemorrhage, over 1,000,000 patients have been treated with
Bevacizumab, providing a large safety database3
1. Avastin SmPC
2. Besse, et al. Clin Cancer Res 2010
3. Avastin PSUR 2011 [RDR 1041900] submitted to EMA on April
46. CNSmetastases–EUlabel update
Total of
>13,000 patients
across multiple
tumour types
Patients with CNS metastases
can receive bevacizumab-based therapy
Cerebral haemorrhage in bevacizumab-treated patients with CNS metastases is
rare (based on safety data from >13,000 patients across multiple tumour types)
543 patients
had CNS
metastases
Only 7 of the 543
patients (1.3%)
experienced
CNS bleeding;
no grade 5 events
Besse, et al. Clin Cancer Res 2010
25 March 2009:
EMA removed
label restriction
to allow patients
with untreated
CNS metastases
to receive
bevacizumab
EMA = European Medicines Agency
• In 2009, the EMA removed the label restriction to
allow patients with untreated CNS metastases to
receive bevacizumab1
• Decision was based on a meta-analysis of safety
data from 17 studies across multiple tumour
types, which concluded that there was no
increased risk of CNS bleeding in Bevacizumab-
treated patients2
1. Avastin SmPC
2. Besse, et al. Clin Cancer Res
47. Treatment of Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung
Cancer in 2018
Abbreviations: PD-L1, programmed cell death 1 ligand 1; EGFRmt, EGFR mutated.
aIf crizotinib treatment was started prior to FDA approval of alectinib for 1st-line
treatment.
bCarboplatin/pemetrexed/pembrolizumab is also FDA approved in this
setting.
cPembrolizumab use requires PD-L1 >1%.
48. Bevacizumab place in therapy in NSCLC in
2018
Mutation
Yes N
o
EGFR
Erlo, Gefi,
Afa
Osirmatinib
If T790M-
Osirmatinib
Platinum
doublet
±
Bevacizumab
Platinum doublet
± Bevacizumab
Docetaxel ±
ramucirumab/Gemitabin
e
ALK ROS1
Alectinib Crizotinib
Ceritinib or
Platinum doublet ±
Bevacizumab
Alectinib
or
Ceritinib
Platinum doublet ±
Bevacizumab (if not
in 2nd line)
Platinum doublet ±
Bevacizumab (if
not in 2nd
Crizotinib
Platinum doublet
± Bevacizumab
Ramucirumab/Ge
m citabine
49. Bevacizumab place in therapy in NSCLC in
2018
Mutation
Yes No
PD-L1≥50%
Pembrolizuma
b
Platinum doublet
± Bevacizumab
Docetaxel ±
Ramucirumab
or gemcitabine
Platinum doublet with
Pemetrexed
±
Bevacizuma
b
Nivolumab
or
atezolizuma
b
PD-L1≤50%
Carboplatin/pemetrexe
d/pembrolizumab
Docetaxel ±
Ramucirumab
or gemcitabine
Docetaxel ±
Ramucirumab
or gemcitabine