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ABSTRACT: Introduction
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway promotes tumor growth and treatment resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of the open-label, two-stage, Phase II study BASALT-1 (NCT01820325) was to investigate the pan-PI3K inhibitor buparlisib (BKM120) in patients with PI3K pathway-activated, relapsed NSCLC.Methods
After prescreening for PI3K pathway activation, patients with PI3K pathway-activated, metastatic, squamous or nonsquamous NSCLC, who had relapsed after prior systemic antineoplastic therapy, were enrolled. In Stage 1, patients received single-agent buparlisib (100 mg/day). A futility analysis was performed independently in each histology group, based on the 12-week progression-free survival rate for the first 30 patients treated in each group being less than 50%. Exploratory biomarker analyses were performed in archival tissue samples and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA).Results
Of 1242 prescreened patients, 13.5% exhibited PI3K pathway activation. As of June 5, 2014, 63 patients (30 squamous and 33 nonsquamous) were treated in Stage 1. The 12-week progression-free survival rates were 23.3% (95% confidence interval: 9.9-42.3) and 20.0% (95% confidence interval: 7.7-38.6) in the squamous and nonsquamous groups, respectively. Stage 2 was therefore not initiated in either group. PI3K pathway mutations in ctDNA were more concordant with metastatic tissue than with primary biopsies.Conclusions
Despite preselecting patients for targeted treatment, BASALT-1 did not meet its primary objective during Stage 1. PI3K pathway activation can be detected using ctDNA, but may not be the main oncogenic driver in NSCLC. Combinations of PI3K inhibitors with other agents may demonstrate greater efficacy than monotherapy.
SUBMITTER: Vansteenkiste JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4646607 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vansteenkiste Johan F JF Canon Jean-Luc JL De Braud Filippo F Grossi Francesco F Grossi Francesco F De Pas Tommaso T Gray Jhanelle E JE Su Wu-Chou WC Felip Enriqueta E Yoshioka Hiroshige H Gridelli Cesare C Dy Grace K GK Thongprasert Sumitra S Reck Martin M Aimone Paola P Vidam Gena Atalla GA Roussou Pantelia P Wang Ying A YA Di Tomaso Emmanuelle E Soria Jean-Charles JC
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 20150901 9
<h4>Introduction</h4>The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway promotes tumor growth and treatment resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of the open-label, two-stage, Phase II study BASALT-1 (NCT01820325) was to investigate the pan-PI3K inhibitor buparlisib (BKM120) in patients with PI3K pathway-activated, relapsed NSCLC.<h4>Methods</h4>After prescreening for PI3K pathway activation, patients with PI3K pathway-activated, metastatic, squamous or nonsquamous NSCLC, who h ...[more]