Afatinib as second-line treatment in patients with recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Subgroup analyses of treatment adherence, safety and mode of afatinib administration in the LUX-Head and Neck 1 trial.

Haddad, Robert; Guigay, Joel; Keilholz, Ulrich; Clement, Paul M; Fayette, Jérôme; de Souza Viana, Luciano; Rolland, Frédéric; Cupissol, Didier; Geoffrois, Lionnel; Kornek, Gabriela; Licitra, Lisa; Melichar, Bohuslav; Ribaldo Nicolau, Ulisses; Rauch, Daniel; Zanetta-Devauges, Sylvie; Cohen, Ezra E W; Machiels, Jean-Pascal; Tahara, Makoto; Vermorken, Jan; Geng, Yuan; ... (2019). Afatinib as second-line treatment in patients with recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Subgroup analyses of treatment adherence, safety and mode of afatinib administration in the LUX-Head and Neck 1 trial. Oral oncology, 97, pp. 82-91. Elsevier 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.08.004

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OBJECTIVES

Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) can experience severe symptom burden and/or difficulty swallowing, leading to problems with treatment adherence/administration. In LUX-Head and Neck 1 (LH&N1; NCT01345682), second-line afatinib improved progression-free survival (PFS) versus methotrexate in patients with recurrent/metastatic HNSCC. We report adherence and safety across pre-specified and additional subgroups potentially linked to afatinib PFS benefit in LH&N1 (p16 status, smoking history), and afatinib adherence, safety and efficacy by administration (oral versus feeding tube; post-hoc analysis).

METHODS

Patients were randomized (2:1) to afatinib (40 mg/day) or intravenous methotrexate (40 mg/m2/week).

RESULTS

Among 320 afatinib-treated and 160 methotrexate-treated patients, 83-92% and 76-92% (of patients with data available) across all subgroups took ≥80% of treatment. Across p16 status and smoking history subgroups, the most common treatment-related adverse events (AEs) were diarrhea (70-91%), rash/acne (72-84%), stomatitis (34-73%) with afatinib; and included stomatitis (39-100%), fatigue (22-50%), nausea (19-36%) with methotrexate. Dose reduction decreased AE incidence/severity. Baseline characteristics were generally similar between oral/feeding tube (n = 276/n = 46) groups. 89%/89% (of patients with data available) took ≥80% of assigned afatinib. Median PFS was 2.6 versus 2.7 months (hazard ratio: 0.997; 95% confidence interval: 0.72-1.38). The most common afatinib-related AEs were: rash/acne (74% versus 74%), diarrhea (73% versus 65%), stomatitis (40% versus 30%).

CONCLUSION

Subgroup analyses of LH&N1 demonstrate that afatinib has predictable and manageable safety across patient subgroups, with high treatment adherence, and is effective via oral and feeding tube administration.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Medical Oncology

UniBE Contributor:

Rauch, Daniel

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1368-8375

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Rebeka Gerber

Date Deposited:

07 Jan 2020 09:02

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.08.004

PubMed ID:

31450171

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Adherence Afatinib Feeding tube HNSCC Methotrexate Recurrent/metastatic Safety

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.137514

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/137514

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