Choice of Oral Presentations

Danny Rischin, Kevin J. Harrington, Richard Greil, Denis Soulieres, et al.

Protocol-specified final analysis of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-048 trial of pembrolizumab (pembro) as first-line therapy for recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC).

Conclusion:Overall, KEYNOTE-048 showed that compared with E, P+C had superior OS in the PD-L1 CPS ≥20, CPS ≥1, and total populations with comparable safety and P had superior OS in the CPS ≥20 and ≥1 populations, noninferior OS in the total population, and favorable safety. These results support pembrolizumab and pembrolizumab + platinum + 5-FU as new 1L standards of care for R/M HNSCC. Clinical trial information: NCT02358031

 

Bob T. Li, Ronglai Shen, Michael Offin, Darren J. Buonocore, Mackenzie L. Myers, et al.

Ado-trastuzumab emtansine in patients with HER2 amplified salivary gland cancers (SGCs): Results from a phase II basket trial.

Conclusions: Ado-trastuzumab emtansine is highly efficacious in patients with HER2 amplified SGCs as identified by NGS. This study has met its primary endpoint, and cohort expansion is warranted to confirm these results. Clinical trial information: NCT02675829

 

Joel Guigay, Jerome Fayette, Ricard Mesia, Cedrik Lafond, et al.

TPExtreme randomized trial: TPEx versus Extreme regimen in 1st line recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC).

Conclusions: This large randomized trial confirmed the encouraging survival results of the TPEx regimen observed in the first phase II. OS in both arms was higher than observed in previous randomized CT or immunotherapy combination trials. Despite lack of significant OS increase, taxane based TPEx regimen appears to be a new option in 1st line R/M HNSCC, with a shorter time on CT and significantly lower toxicity than the EXTREME regimen. Clinical trial information: NCT02268695