TY - JOUR
T1 - Randomized phase II study of carboplatin and etoposide with or without obatoclax mesylate in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
AU - GEM017 Investigatorsa
AU - Langer, Corey J.
AU - Albert, Istvan
AU - Ross, Helen J.
AU - Kovacs, Peter
AU - Blakely, L. Johnetta
AU - Pajkos, Gabor
AU - Somfay, Attila
AU - Zatloukal, Petr
AU - Kazarnowicz, Andrzej
AU - Moezi, Mehdi M.
AU - Schreeder, Marshall T.
AU - Schnyder, Judy
AU - Ao-Baslock, Ada
AU - Pathak, Ashutosh K.
AU - Berger, Mark S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objective: This randomized phase II study assessed the efficacy and safety of obatoclax mesylate, a small-molecule Bcl-2 inhibitor, added to carboplatin/etoposide chemotherapy as initial treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Materials and methods: Chemotherapy-naïve subjects with ES-SCLC and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) 0-2 received carboplatin/etoposide with (CbEOb) or without (CbE) obatoclax for up to six cycles. Responders to CbEOb could receive maintenance obatoclax until disease progression. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR). Results: 155 subjects (median age 62, 58% male, 10% ECOG PS 2) were treated with CbEOb (n = 77) or CbE (n = 78); 65% and 59% of subjects, respectively, completed six cycles. ORR was 62% with CbEOb versus 53% with CbE (1-sided p = 0.143). Clinical benefit (ORR+ stable disease) trended better with CbEOb (81% versus 68%; p = 0.054). Median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 5.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.3-6.5) and 10.5 months (8.9-13.8) with CbEOb and 5.2 months (95% CI: 4.1-5.7) and 9.8 months (7.2-11.2) with CbE. Median OS was 10.5 months (95% CI: 8.9-13.8) and 9.8 months (7.2-11.2) with a nonsignificant hazard ratio for OS, 0.823; 1-sided p = 0.121. Grade 3/4 adverse events (AEs) were primarily hematologic and similar in frequency between treatment arms. Obatoclax-related somnolence and euphoria were grade 1/2, transient, and did not require treatment discontinuation. Conclusion: Obatoclax was well tolerated when added to carboplatin/etoposide in first-line treatment of ES-SCLC, but failed to significantly improve ORR, PFS, or OS.
AB - Objective: This randomized phase II study assessed the efficacy and safety of obatoclax mesylate, a small-molecule Bcl-2 inhibitor, added to carboplatin/etoposide chemotherapy as initial treatment for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Materials and methods: Chemotherapy-naïve subjects with ES-SCLC and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) 0-2 received carboplatin/etoposide with (CbEOb) or without (CbE) obatoclax for up to six cycles. Responders to CbEOb could receive maintenance obatoclax until disease progression. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR). Results: 155 subjects (median age 62, 58% male, 10% ECOG PS 2) were treated with CbEOb (n = 77) or CbE (n = 78); 65% and 59% of subjects, respectively, completed six cycles. ORR was 62% with CbEOb versus 53% with CbE (1-sided p = 0.143). Clinical benefit (ORR+ stable disease) trended better with CbEOb (81% versus 68%; p = 0.054). Median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 5.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.3-6.5) and 10.5 months (8.9-13.8) with CbEOb and 5.2 months (95% CI: 4.1-5.7) and 9.8 months (7.2-11.2) with CbE. Median OS was 10.5 months (95% CI: 8.9-13.8) and 9.8 months (7.2-11.2) with a nonsignificant hazard ratio for OS, 0.823; 1-sided p = 0.121. Grade 3/4 adverse events (AEs) were primarily hematologic and similar in frequency between treatment arms. Obatoclax-related somnolence and euphoria were grade 1/2, transient, and did not require treatment discontinuation. Conclusion: Obatoclax was well tolerated when added to carboplatin/etoposide in first-line treatment of ES-SCLC, but failed to significantly improve ORR, PFS, or OS.
KW - Bcl-2
KW - Carboplatin
KW - Etoposide
KW - Obatoclax
KW - Randomized
KW - SCLC
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U2 - 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.05.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 24997137
AN - SCOPUS:84926408201
SN - 0169-5002
VL - 85
SP - 420
EP - 428
JO - Lung Cancer
JF - Lung Cancer
IS - 3
ER -