05/26/2023

Real-World Outcomes of First-Line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With or Without Chemotherapy in KRAS G12C Altered NSCLC According to PD-L1 Status

ASCO 2023 PRESENTATION
Authors Charu Aggarwal, Lamisa Parkar, Iker Huerga, Kate Sasser, Halla Nimeiri, Beata Korytowsky, Jyoti D. Patel

Background: There is a considerable debate whether treatment approaches should be tailored in advanced KRAS G12C-mutated NSCLC. Increasing evidence suggests that KRAS G12C-mutated NSCLC is associated with genomic heterogeneity that may impact clinical outcomes. Herein, we report a multimodal, real world outcomes analysis of 1L patients with advanced KRAS G12C-mutated NSCLC stratified by treatment type and PD-L1 status.

Methods: Deidentified multimodal real-world data (RWD) of 1576 advanced, 1L NSCLC patients across the US were retrospectively analyzed from the Tempus database. Selection criteria included: Tempus xT targeted NGS, known PD-L1 status, absence of EGFRALK and ROS1 mutations, and treatment with chemotherapy (CT) + pembrolizumab (P), or P only. Patients were stratified by the presence or absence (wt) of KRAS G12C alterations. Median OS (mOS) was estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods. Subgroup analyses were performed using Cox model stratified by KRAS G12C status, PD-L1 status, and pathogenic alterations of STK11 and KEAP1.

Results:In this study, two cohorts were assessed, KRAS G12C (n = 201) and KRAS G12C wt (n = 1375). Characteristics and demographics were balanced between both cohorts. Among TPS < 50 patients treated with CT + P, KRAS G12C (n = 109, 54%) had a mOS of 11.64 months (m) versus 16.81m (HR = 1.32, p = 0.06) for KRAS G12C wt (n = 864, 62.8%). Among TPS < 1 patients treated with CT + P, KRAS G12C (n = 46, 22%) had a mOS of 11.18 m versus 16.44 m (HR = 1.67, p = 0.01) for KRAS G12C wt (n = 489, 35%). Among TPS ≥50 patients treated with P only, KRAS G12C (n = 45, 22.3%) had a mOS of 30.03m compared to 25.03m (HR = 0.94, p = 0.83) in KRAS G12Cwt (n = 236,17.1%). TPS < 50 subgroup was enriched for select co-mutations with KRAS G12C (STK11, 24.5%; KEAP1, 10.7%) vs. TPS ≥50 (STK11, 3.8%; KEAP1, 5.1%). When evaluating the impact of co-mutations in the KRAS G12C with TPS < 50, STK11 (n = 30) mOS was 10.59m (HR = 1.01, p = 0.81) and KEAP1 (n = 13) mOS was 7.63m (HR = 2.14, p = 0.03).

Conclusions:This largest RWD analysis to date demonstrates that 1L KRAS G12C NSCLC patients with TPS < 1% and < 50% receiving standard CT + P have the shortest survival among all evaluated sub-groups. Novel KRAS G12C targeted combination therapies in development for this patient population may offer the promise of better outcomes.

CT + P CT + P P P
PD-L1 Status KRAS G12C KRAS G12Cwt KRAS G12C KRAS G12Cwt
TPS < 1 mOS (m) 11.18
(n = 46)
16.44
(n = 489)
16.31
(n = 3)
15.71
(n = 38)
HR [95% CI] p-value 1.67 [1.12 – 2.50] p = 0.01 1.57 [0.34 – 7.06]
p = 0.56
TPS 1-49 mOS (m) 16.91
(n = 63)
19.58
(n = 375)
NA
(n = 10)
23.70
(n = 66)
HR [95% CI] p-value 1.12 [0.73 – 1.73] p = 0.59 0.35 [0.05 – 2.69]
p = 0.32
TPS < 50 mOS (m) 11.64
(n = 109)
16.81
(n = 864)
16.31
(n = 13)
15.72
(n = 104)
HR [95% CI] p-value 1.32 [0.99 – 1.77] p = 0.06 0.72 [0.22 – 2.35]
p = 0.58
TPS ≥50 mOS (m) NA
(n = 34)
18.02
(n = 171)
30.03
(n = 45)
25.03
(n = 236)
HR [95% CI] p-value 0.60 [0.29 – 1.22] p = 0.16 0.94 [0.54 – 1.64]
p = 0.83

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