A Feasibility Study of EMFerlotinibmethotrexate5-f
A Feasibility Study of EMFerlotinibmethotrexate5-f
A Feasibility Study of EMFerlotinibmethotrexate5-f
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Annie Baa, Raja Pramanik, Atul Sharma, Ahitagni Biswas, Sachidanand JeeBharti, Mayank Singh,
Rajeev Kumar, Aland Gourishankar, Sreeja Jayant, Alain D’Souza, Vikas Jadhav, Jayant Khandare;
All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New-delhi, India; All India Institute of Medical Scien-
ces, New Delhi, India; Actorius Innovations and Research Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India; OneCell Diagnostics,
Pune, India; AIR Pvt Ltd, Pune, India
Background: Head and neck cancer is a huge burden in South East Asia with frequent relapse after cu-
rative therapy while the rest presenting in advanced unresectable stages. Financial constraints for tar-
geted and immunotherapy make it inaccessible for the bulk of population. Thus, low-cost but
efficacious regimen is highly implicated. We assessed if readily available triplet therapy of EMF, is su-
perior in terms of extending life and maintaining quality of life along with evaluation of CTCs as a pre-
dictive biomarker in such patients. Methods: This was a single arm, phase II, investigator initiated
interventional study, wherein 35 patients were enrolled. Platinum resistant/refractory patients of
HNSCC were treated with combination of erlotinib 150mg daily, methotrexate 40 mg/m2 and 5-fluour-
ouracil 500 mg/m2 (d1, d8) q28 days till progression or unacceptable toxicities. The primary endpoint
was overall response rate(ORR) at 3 months; additional endpoints were disease control rate(DCR) at 3
months, overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS) safety and patient reported quality of
life(QOL). The role of CTCs in gauging the responders and non-responders was monitored using anti
Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule antibody based enrichment - OncoDiscover Drug Controller General
of India (DCGI) approved platform. Results: The ORR and DCR at 3 months was 45.7% and 68.5%, re-
spectively. The median PFS was 5 months (95%CI: 3.9-6 months) and median OS was 9 months
(95%CI:7.4 -10.5 months). The 3 and 6 months PFS rates was 86 + 6% and 45 + 9%, respectively,
while OS rates at 3 and 6 months were 91+ 5% and 68+ 8%, respectively. Rash, mucositis and fa-
tigue were common adverse events occurring in 23 (65%), 14 (40%) and 9 (25.7%) respectively. The
grade 3 events seen were rash in 5 (14.2%) and diarrhea in 2 (5.7%). Clinically significant improve-
ment was seen in domains of role functioning, social functioning, fatigue, pain and global health sta-
tus, swallowing, dryness of mouth and feeling ill. The mean CTC count at baseline was 0.90 + 1.1
/1.5ml of blood. Responders showed decline in levels from 1.19 + 0.25 to 0.33 + 0.48, while non-res-
ponders had increasing trend: 0.29 + 0.48 to 1+ 0.10 at 3 months (p = 0.010); with concordance
rates with response being 52.9%. Additionally, CTC clearance at 3 months had numerically better PFS
~ 6 months (95% CI: 4.72-7.72) and OS of 10 months (95% CI: 2.3-5.65) vs 4 months (95% CI:
2.3-5.65), p = 0.258 and 8 months (95% CI: 4.3-11.6), p = 0.203 in those with persistence of CTCs.
Conclusions: The triplet regimen of EMF is a feasible, safe therapeutic option with favourable response
rates and improved QOL in patients with platinum resistant/refractory HNSCC. CTCs have a promising
futuristic role as a predictive biomarker and can be extrapolated in clinical upfront setting too. Clinical
trial information: CTRI/2020/02/023378. Research Sponsor: NATCO PHARMA LTD. ONCOLOGY DI-
VISION, For CTC: ACTORIUS INNOVATIONS & RESEARCH.
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