Kurative und potentiell kurative Therapie von HNO-Tumoren aus der Sicht des medizinischen Onkologen. Gabriela KORNEK Adjuvante Therapie nach radikaler Resektion Adjuvante Radiochemotherapie Warum ? Radikale Resektion plus Radiotherapie (60 Gy)… …70-75% nach 2 Jahren rezidivfrei, aber 5-Jahresüberleben < 30% 15-20% entwickeln Fernmetastasen Analyse der RTOG von >2500 Patienten: enge Korrelation zwischen lokaler Tumorkontrolle und Inzidenz von Fernmetastasen und (38% versus 21%) aggressivere Lokaltherapie besser? Adjuvant CRT: Phase III-Studien R1, Kapselruptur, perineurale Invasion, > 2 positive LKN „RTOG“ Cooper JS et al, NEJM 2004 „EORTC“ Bernier J et al, NEJM 2004 459 Pat. randomisiert RT: 231 RCT: 228 N 2 oder 3 in 94% 334 Pat. randomisiert RT: 167 RCT: 167 N 2 oder 3 in 57% Hochrisikokonstellation Hochrisikokonstellation Positive Ränder 17% (vs 19%) > 2 LKN or ECS 81% (vs 83%) Positive Ränder 31% (vs 26%) Positive LKN 0-1 :43% (vs 44%) > 2: 53% (vs 56%) Unknown 4% (vs 1%) ECS 61% (vs 53%) Perineurale Invasion 13% (vs 14%) Therapieprotokoll konventionell fraktionierte Radiotherapie (Gesamtdosis: 60-66 Gy) Cisplatin 100mg/m2, Tag 1, 22, 43 Adjuvant CRT: Phase III-Studien R1, Kapselruptur, perineurale Invasion, > 2 positive LKN „RTOG“ Cooper JS et al, NEJM 2004 DFS: HR 0.74; OS: HR 0.84 „EORTC“ Bernier J et al, NEJM 2004 PFS: HR 0.75; OS: HR 0.70 Adjuvant CRT: Phase III-Studien R1, Kapselruptur, perineurale Invasion, > 2 positive LKN 72 71 124 Bernier J, NEJM 2004 Cooper JS, NEJM 2004 Fietkau R, ASCO 2006 Adjuvante Therapie aus der Sicht des medizinischen Onkologen Adjuvante Radiochemotherapie ist Standard (Level 1a) Gesicherter Benefit: Kapselruptur Positive Resektionsränder Möglicher Benefit: Stadium III und IV perineurale Invasion Vaskuläre Tumoremboli und/oder klinisch vergrößerte LKN im Level IV-V Therapieprotokoll konventionell fraktionierte Radiotherapie (Gesamtdosis: 60-66 Gy) Cisplatin 100mg/m2, Tag 1, 22, 43 Bernier J, Cooper JS et al, Head Neck 2005 Therapieoptionen bei potentiell resektablen Larynx-und Hypopahrynxkarzinom: Organerhalt Induction CT plus definitive RT vs laryngectomy plus postoperative RT: VALSG study • • Multi-centered, prospective study 332 pts enrolled with stage 3 or 4 laryngeal cancer Induction cisplatin and 5-FU (2 cycles) Complete or partial response PR and CR assessed Cisplatin and 5-FU (1 cycle) followed by definitive RT No tumor response to CT R Surgery and RT therapy The Department of Veterans Affairs Laryngeal Cancer Study Group. N Engl J Med 1991;324:1685–1690 Effective larynx preservation with induction CT and RT without effecting overall survival Overall population Surgery arm Patients requiring total laryngectomy CT arm 36% Laryngeal preservation rate 64% Estimated 2-year survival 68% (p=0.9846) Tumor response to CT (after 2 cycles) 85% 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percentage of patients • • 2-year and 10-year follow up show significant difference in survival More local recurrences (p=0.0005) but fewer distant metastases (p=0.0016) in experimental arm The Department of Veterans Affairs Laryngeal Cancer Study Group. N Engl J Med 1991;324:1685–1690 Concomitant CT and RT in advanced laryngeal cancer: RTOG 91–11 • 547 pts enrolled with stage 3 or 4 laryngeal cancer Induction cisplatin and 5-FU (2 cycles) R PR and CR assessed Complete or partial response Concurrent cisplatin + RT No tumor response Cisplatin and 5-FU (1 cycle) followed by definitive RT Laryngectomy followed by RT RT alone Forastiere AA, et al. N Engl J Med 2003;349:2091–2098 Improved locoregional control: RT plus concurrent cisplatin • 2-year and 5-year overall survival did not differ significantly between treatment arms Both CT arms suppressed distant metastasis and resulted in better DFS 100 Laryngeal preservation (% of patients) • 75 RT with concurrent cisplatin 50 Chemotherapy followed by RT RT alone 25 0 0.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Years after randomization Forastiere AA, et al. N Engl J Med 2003;349:2091–2098 Concomitant CT and RT in advanced laryngeal cancer: 5-year-update of RTOG 91–11 Forastiere AA, et al. N Engl J Med 2003;349:2091–2098 Locally advanced tumor of the head and neck: randomized phase III trials - DPF versus PF Author Tumor n CR/PR % DPF CR/PR% PF p-value (pro DPF) survival (pro DPF) Taxane Hitt (JCO 2005) III-IV 382 80 68 .001 n.s. 36.8 vs. 42.9 mos Paclitaxel Vermorken (Tax 323) Nonresectable 358 68 54 .007 0.007 18.8 vs. 14.5 mos Docetaxel Posner (Tax 324) III-IV 501 72 64 .007 0.006 71 vs. 31 mos Docetaxel 205 82 60 .0013 n.e. Docetaxel Forastiere, Larynx GORTEC resectable (ASCO 2006) DPF: Docetaxel + Platin + 5-Fluorouracil, PF: Platin + 5-Fluorouracil n.s. not significant, n.e. not evaluable, mos months, TAX 323/EORTC 24971 Vermorken JB; NEJM 357: 1695, 2007 TAX 324 Posner MR; NEJM 357: 1705, 2007 Therapieoptionen bei lokalfortgeschrittenen, nicht-resektablen HNO-Tumoren Induction PF CRT vs DPF CRT vs CRT Phase III Trial Unresectable locally-advanced HNC CRT (Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 d1,22, 43) PF 3 cycles q3w N=439 CRT (Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 d1,22, 43) Surgery Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 d1, 5-FU 1000 mg/m2/d d1-5 (CIV) TPF 3 cycles q3w Neck dissection CRT (Cisplatin 100 mg/m2 d1,22, 43) Docetaxel 75 mg/m2 d1, Cisplatin 75 mg/m2 d1, 5-FU 750 mg/m2/d d1-5 (CIV) + primary G-CSF after protocol am endment Primary endpoint: TTF (Time from randomization to progression, recurrence, surgery, death, withdrawal due to adverse events or no locoregional control) Secondary endpoints: locoregional control, TTP, OS, safety Hitt et al. ASCO 2009. Abstract 6009 Induction PF CRT vs DPF CRT vs CRT Phase III Trial Unresectable locally-advanced HNC CRT (N=128) PF plus CRT (N=156) DPF plus CRT (N=155) 56 (25-80) 57 (35-85) 58 (36-78) Male/female, % 90/10 93/7 94/6 ECOG PS 0/1, % 26/74 31/66 29/70 42 18 20 20 43 18 17 22 43 17 19 21 15 20 34 5 17 13 44 6 17 14 44 1 74 80 76 Characteristic Median age, years (range) Primary tumor site, % Oropharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Oral cavity TN stage (primary), % T4 N0 T4 N1 T4 N2 T4 N3 Total T4 (N0/1/2/3), % Hitt et al. ASCO 2009. Abstract 6009 Induction PF CRT vs DPF CRT vs CRT Phase III Trial Unresectable locally-advanced HNC CRT (N=119) Total ICT (DPF + PF) (N=309) Neutropenia 20 36 Febrile neutropenia 1 10 Thrombocytopenia 4 10 Asthenia 3 11 Mucositis 31 44 Radiation dermatitis 8 7 Grade 3/4 AEs, % patients * FN: 22% before (n=97) and 11% after (n=56) primary G-CSF amendment. Hitt et al. ASCO 2009. Abstract 6009 Induction PF CRT vs TPF CRT vs CRT Phase III Trial Unresectable locally-advanced HNC 1.0 0.9 HR = 0.57; 95% CI, 0.45-0.74 p<0.0001 0.8 Primary endpoint: TTF 0.7 0.6 ICT + CRT median 12.5 months 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 CRT median 5.0 months 0.1 0.0 0 12 24 36 48 60 72 (months) E Number of patients at risk 157 96 N 234 119 120 36 78 26 48 17 26 11 10 4 Hitt et al. ASCO 2009. Abstract 6009 Induction PF CRT vs TPF CRT vs CRT Phase III Trial Unresectable locally-advanced HNC Median HR (95% CI) vs CRT TTF (Months) TTP (Months) OS (Months) CRT (N=119) Total ICT (TPF + PF) (N=234) 5.0 12.5 0.57 (0.45-0.74) 13.1 18.5 0.79 (0.60-1.03) 27.1 37.1 0.85 (0.63-1.15) Hitt et al. ASCO 2009. Abstract 6009 Induktionschemotherapie: Patientenselektion Patienten mit sehr gutem AZ sehr guter Compliance symptomatischer Tumorerkrankung wenn unmittelbare Remission erforderlich ist wenn Start der Radiotherapie verzögert ist Risk factors for HPV HPV pos HPV neg Total tonsil 117 (48%) 37 (34%) 242 oropharynx 157 (45%) 118 (76%) 345 age HPV pos HPV neg OR < 55 yrs 21 (55%) 125 (52%) 3.4 > 55 yrs 17 (45%) 188 (54%) 1.0 Sexual partners HPV pos HPV neg OR 0-1 3 (10%) 40 (36%) 1.0 2-6 12 (41%) 38 (35%) 4.2 <6 14 (48%) 29 (26%) 6.4 Fakhry et al., ASCO 2007, Abstract 6000 Prognostic significance of HPV for patients with HNSCC in a prospective, phase II trial (ECOG 2399) Induction chemotherapy R E G I S T E R Paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 Carboplatin AUC 6 q 21 days 2 cycles Concurrent chemoradiation R E S P O N S E RT 70 Gy / 35 fx / 7 weeks Paclitaxel 30 mg/m2/week R E S P O N S E Fakhry et al., ASCO 2007, Abstract 6000 Prognostic significance of HPV for patients with HNSCC in a prospective, phase II trial (ECOG 2399) HPV-pos HPV-neg P Value Response • Induction • Protocol 82% 84% 55% 57% .01 .07 2-Year PFS 86% 53% .02 2-Year OS 95% 62% .005 Survival, OP cancers • 2-Year PFS • 2-Year OS 85% 94% 50% 58% .05 .004 Fakhry et al., ASCO 2007, Abstract 6000 Ergebnisse von Radiochemotherapie (RCT) oder Induktionschemotherapie (IC) in Abhängigkeit von HVP trial patients regimen 2 yrs OS 2 yrs OS 2 yrs LCR 2 yrs LCR HPV + HPV - HPV + HPV - ECOG 2399 62 IC+RCT 95% 62% - - TAX 324 119 IC+RCT 90% 45% - - RTOG 0129 323 RCT 88% 66% 86% 75% RTOG 0202 185 RCT 91% 74% 93% 86% Radiotherapy plus cetuximab for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck RT (n=213) Stage III and IV non-metastatic SCCHN (n=424) R Stratified by • Karnofsky PS • Nodal involvement • Tumor stage • RT regimena a Investigators’ choice Bonner et al. N Eng J Med 2006;354:567-578 ERBITUX + RT (n=211) ERBITUX initial dose (400 mg/m2) 1 week before RT ERBITUX (250 mg/m2) + RT (weeks 2–8) ERBITUX + RT improves locoregional control over RT alone in locally advanced SCCHN Locoregional control (%) Log-rank p=0.005 Hazard ratio 0.68 (CI: 0.52, 0.89) 100 80 60 40 +64% 20 locoregionäre Kontrolle 14.9 24.4 20 30 0 0 10 40 50 60 Months Bonner et al. N Eng J Med 2006;354:567-578 70 ERBITUX + RT (n=211) RT alone (n=213) ERBITUX + RT prolongs survival over RT alone in locally advanced SCCHN Probability of overall survival ERBITUX + RT significantly improved long-term survival, with nearly half of the patients alive at 5 years 1.0 0.9 5-year survival rate RT ERBITUX + RT 36% 46% 0.8 0.7 0.6 49.0 0.5 29.3 0.4 0.3 +67% Gesamtüberleben RT ERBITUX + RT 0.2 p=0.018, HR=0.73 (0.56-0.95) 0.1 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Time (months) Bonner et al. N Eng J Med 2006;354:567-578; Bonner et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008;72(Suppl.1):e1–e4. Updated information presented at ASTRO 2008 70 ERBITUX + RT in locally advanced SCCHN: 5-year update Erbitux + RT improved survival independently of the tumor site Primary tumor site Oropharynx (n=253) Larynx (n=108) Hypopharynx (n=63) 0.0 0.6 1.2 1.8 Hazard ratio Favors RT + ERBITUX Favors RT alone Erbitux + RT: Impact of skin rash on survival Development of skin rash is associated with an additional survival benefit 1.00 Prominent rash, grade 2–4 (n=127) 0.90 Mild rash, grade 0/1 (n=81) Overall survival 0.80 >68.8 months 0.70 0.60 0.50 25.6 months 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 p=0.002, HR=0.49 (0.34–0.72) 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Time (months) Bonner J et al. Lancet Oncology published online Nov 2009 Erbitux + RT: Relevant grade > 3 adverse events Bonner J et al. N Engl J Med 2006;354:567–578 Non-resectable SCCHN stage III & IV ESMO guidelines 2009 Clinical recommendations for treatment ESMO guidelines: recommendations for locally advanced non resectable Level of evidence Grade of recommendation Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy I A Erbitux + radiotherapy I A sequential chemoradiotherapy I A Treatment Levels of evidence: from I to V, Level I being the highest level of evidence Grades of recommendation: from A to D, Grade A being the highest grade of recommendation L. Licitra & E. Felip On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group, Annals of Oncology 20 (Supplement 4): iv121–iv122, 2009