Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Bexarotene (L1069-49)/Cisplatin/Vinorelbine With Cisplatin/Vinorelbine in Chemotherapy-Naïve Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: SPIRIT I

This study evaluated whether the combination of the synthetic rexinoid bexarotene with first-line cisplatin/vinorelbine therapy provides additional survival benefit in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients with stage IIIB with pleural effusion or stage IV NSCLC and East...

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Published in:Journal of clinical oncology Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 1886 - 1892
Main Authors: Ramlau, Rodryg, Zatloukal, Petr, Jassem, Jacek, Schwarzenberger, Paul, Orlov, Sergei V, Gottfried, Maya, Pereira, Jose Rodrigues, Temperley, Guillermo, Negro-Vilar, Rosa, Rahal, Samia, Zhang, Joseph K, Negro-Vilar, Andres, Dziewanowska, Zofia E
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD American Society of Clinical Oncology 10-04-2008
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Summary:This study evaluated whether the combination of the synthetic rexinoid bexarotene with first-line cisplatin/vinorelbine therapy provides additional survival benefit in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients with stage IIIB with pleural effusion or stage IV NSCLC and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 to 1 were randomly assigned to open-label bexarotene 400 mg/m(2)/d with cisplatin/vinorelbine or to cisplatin/vinorelbine alone. Antilipid agents were initiated on or before day 1 in the bexarotene arm. Primary efficacy end point was overall survival. Primary, secondary and supportive efficacy analyses were conducted. A total of 623 patients (312 control, 311 bexarotene) were enrolled. Overall, no significant difference in survival occurred between the two treatment groups. However, an unplanned retrospective analysis showed that a subpopulation of bexarotene patients (n = 98 of 306) who experienced National Cancer Institute grade 3/4 hypertriglyceridemia had longer median survival compared with control patients (12.3 v 9.9 months; log-rank P = .08). Within that subgroup, those who benefited the most included males, smokers, those with stage IV disease, and those with a 6-month prior weight loss of 5% or more. Incidence, type and severity of grade 3/4 adverse events were comparable between arms, except for leukopenia (higher in chemotherapy arm) and hyperlipemia, hypothyroidism, dyspnea, and headache (higher in chemotherapy/bexarotene arm). The addition of bexarotene to first-line chemotherapy did not increase survival in patients with advanced NSCLC. However, a subgroup (32%) of bexarotene-treated patients developing high-grade hypertriglyceridemia appeared to have better survival (12.3 months) than controls; thus triglyceride response may be a biomarker of survival benefit with bexarotene.
ISSN:0732-183X
1527-7755
DOI:10.1200/JCO.2007.12.2614