SNO 2018: Depatuxizumab Mafodotin + Temozolomide Extends Overall Survival in EGFR-Amplified Recurrent Glioblastoma
November 16, 2018—New Orleans, Louisiana—Depatuxizumab mafodotin + temozolomide has been confirmed to extend overall survival in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-amplified recurrent glioblastoma.
Higher depatuxizumab mafodotin levels during course 1 were associated with improved overall survival, but high levels of EGFR amplification at first diagnosis were not.
This 2-year outcome of the randomized, phase II Intellance 2/European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer was reported at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO), from November 15 – 18.
Martin J. van den Bent, MD, PhD, of the Erasmus Medical College, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and colleagues randomized patients with centrally confirmed EGFR-amplified glioblastoma at first recurrence after temozolomide chemo-irradiation to:
• Depatuxizumab mafodotin 1.0 mg/kg of body weight every 2 weeks intravenously
• The same treatment + temozolomide 150 – 200 mg/m2 of body surface area on days 1 – 5 every 4 weeks
• Either lomustine or temozolomide depending on the time of relapse
The primary endpoint was overall survival. Pharmacokinetic sampling was part of the study design. All samples were used to calculate the average concentration of depatuxizumab mafodotin during course 1. The level of EGFR amplification was reanalyzed using next generation sequencing.
In 2018, an updated comparison of overall survival was performed after 220 observed deaths of depatuxizumab mafodotin + temozolomide vs temozolomide/lomustine using log-rank test and Cox models stratified by stratification factors at randomization.
The comparison showed a hazard ratio of 0.68 (95% confidence interval 0.48, 0.95; P = .024) and 1-year overall survival rates of 40% vs 28%, respectively.
In patients treated with depatuxizumab mafodotin, EGFR status (high- vs low-level amplification) did not correlate with overall survival.
Dr. van den Bent explained that depatuxizumab mafodotin is an antibody drug conjugate consisting of the ABT-806 antibody, specific to activated conformation of EGFR bound to monomethylauristatin-F toxin.
In the primary analysis of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer 1410 trial presented at the SNO 2017 annual meeting, Dr. van den Bent’s team reported a trend (P = .06) toward improved overall survival in patients with EGFR-amplified recurrent glioblastoma treated with depatuxizumab mafodotin + temozolomide.
Depatuxizumab mafodotin is an antibody drug conjugate designed to treat cancer. It is composed of an EGFR immune globulin 1 monoclonal antibody (depatuxizumab) conjugated to the tubulin inhibitor monomethyl auristatin F via a stable maleimidocaproyl link.
The FDA granted the drug orphan drug status in 2014 for glioblastoma multiforme.
EGFR amplification leads to a unique conformation of the EGFR protein that exposes a tumor-specific binding site for depatuxizumab mafodotin. This epitope is also exposed in the EGFRvIII deletion variant. Once depatuxizumab mafodotin enters the cell, monomethyl auristatin F is released, leading to cell death.
Depatuxizumab mafodotin exerts limited binding to EGFR in normal tissues and thus does not lead to other toxicities (usually dermatological) typically associated with other EGFR-targeted therapies.
Depatuxizumab mafodotin is in phase II/III clinical trials for glioblastoma, phase II clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer, and phase I clinical trials for other solid tumors.
Dr. van den Bent concluded that in this updated overall survival analysis of depatuxizumab mafodotin + temozolomide was confirmed to extend overall survival in EGFR-amplified recurrent glioblastoma.
In patients treated with depatuxizumab mafodotin, high levels of EGFR amplification at first diagnosis were not associated with improved overall survival.