Late-Breaking Abstracts Press Briefing

 

LBA-1 Marie Scully, Spero R Cataland, Flora Peyvandi, Paul Coppo, et al. Results of the Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Hercules Study of Caplacizumab in Patients with Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

The authors of this study conclude that:

Results of the Phase 3 HERCULES study confirm that treatment with caplacizumab reduces the time to platelet count response, resulting in faster resolution of aTTP. Treatment with caplacizumab also resulted in a highly clinically meaningful reduction in aTTP-related death, recurrence of aTTP, or a major thromboembolic event during study drug treatment. The relapses after stop of study drug in patients with ADAMTS13 activity <10% suggest that treatment should be continued until complete resolution of the underlying disease. Caplacizumab has a favorable safety profile, with mucocutaneous bleeding the most frequently reported AE. Caplacizumab, through rapid blocking of vWF-mediated platelet aggregation, represents a novel treatment option for patients with aTTP. (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02553317).

 

LBA-2 John F Seymour, MBBS, Thomas J. Kipps, Barbara F. Eichhorst, Peter Hillmen, et al. Venetoclax Plus Rituximab Is Superior to Bendamustine Plus Rituximab in Patients with Relapsed/ Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Results from Pre-Planned Interim Analysis of the Randomized Phase 3 Murano Study

The authors of this study conclude that:

The primary analysis of MURANO, the first Phase 3 study of V in R/R CLL, shows a profound improvement in PFS vs standard BR chemoimmunotherapy, with consistent effects in all-risk subsets. Key secondary endpoints, including OS, ORR and CR rate, also showed consistent improvements with remarkable rates of peripheral blood MRD– that exceed those previously attained in treatment of R/R CLL. This enhanced disease control was achieved in a multinational setting with an acceptable safety profile, without significant TLS, demonstrating that treatment with VR resulted in outcomes superior to that of BR for pts with R/R CLL.

 

LBA-4 Maria-Victoria Mateos, Meletios A. Dimopoulos, Michele Cavo, Kenshi Suzuki, et al. Phase 3 Randomized Study of Daratumumab Plus Bortezomib, Melphalan, and Prednison-e (D-VMP) Versus Bortezomib, Melphalan, and Prednison-e (VMP) in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (NDMM) Patients (Pts) Ineligible for Transplant (ALCYONE)

The authors of this study conclude that:

The combination of D with VMP in transplant ineligible NDMM pts doubled the PFS (HR 0.50), which was driven by more pts achieving deep responses, including significantly higher ≥CR rate and tripling of the MRD-negativity rate. No new safety signals were observed when combining D with VMP. Three phase 3 studies have now demonstrated a consistent doubling of PFS and more than threefold increase in MRD-negativity rate when combining D with SOC regimens. These results support the use of a D-based combination, D-VMP, in transplant ineligible NDMM.

 

See also the article which appeared simultaneously in the NEJM:

Daratumumab plus Bortezomib, Melphalan, and Prednison-e for Untreated Myeloma  María-Victoria Mateos, M.D., Meletios A. Dimopoulos, M.D., Michele Cavo, M.D., Kenshi Suzuki, M.D., et al.

 

LBA-6 A Gary E. Raskob, Nick Van Es, Peter Verhamme, Marc Carrier, et al. A Randomized, Open-Label, Blinded Outcome Assessment Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of LMWH/Edoxaban Versus Dalteparin for Venous Thromboembolism Associated with Cancer: Hokusai VTE-Cancer Study

Results and conclusion:

The primary outcome occurred in 67 of 522 patients (12.8%) in the edoxaban group compared with 71 of 524 patients (13.5%) in the dalteparin group (hazard ratio with edoxaban, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.70 to 1.36; P = 0.0056 for noninferiority) for a risk difference (edoxaban minus dalteparin) of - 0.7% (95% CI, - 4.8 to 3.4). The difference in risk for recurrent VTE was -3.8 % (95% CI, -7.1 to -0.4), whereas the corresponding difference in risk for major bleeding was 3.1% (95% CI, 0.5 to 5.7). The frequencies of severe major bleeding events (categories 3 and 4) were similar during treatment with edoxaban or dalteparin (12 patients in each group respectively). Survival at 12 months free of recurrent VTE and major bleeding in the edoxaban and dalteparin groups was similar (55.0% and 56.5% respectively). Oral edoxaban for up to 12 months is noninferior to subcutaneous dalteparin for the treatment of cancer-associated VTE.

 

See also the article which appeared simultaneously in the NEJM:

Edoxaban for the Treatment of Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism Gary E. Raskob, Ph.D., Nick van Es, M.D., Peter Verhamme, M.D., Marc Carrier, M.D., et al.