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3254 Initiating First-Line (1L) Fixed-Duration (FD) Ibrutinib and Venetoclax (Ibr+Ven) in Patients (Pts) with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Improves Overall Survival (OS) Outcomes to Rates Approximating an Age-Matched General European Population

Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Session: 642. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Clinical and Epidemiological: Poster II
Hematology Disease Topics & Pathways:
Research, Clinical trials, Clinical Research
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Paolo Ghia, MD, PhD1, Loic Ysebaert, MD, PhD2*, Ann Janssens, MD, PhD3*, Mohamed Fouad4*, Claudio Schioppa5*, Jose-Angel Hernandez Rivas, MD, PhD6* and Alessandra Tedeschi, MD7*

1Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
2Hematology Department, Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France
3UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
4Johnson & Johnson Middle East FZ-LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
5Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium
6Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
7Department of Hematology, Niguarda Cancer Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy

Introduction: Ibr+Ven is an all-oral, chemotherapy-free, FD treatment option that provides a deep and durable response for treatment-naive (TN) pts with CLL. In the phase 3 GLOW trial, FD Ibr+Ven significantly prolonged OS versus chemoimmunotherapy in pts with TN CLL. With a median follow-up (FU) of up to 5 years, updated results showed a 54-month (mo) OS rate of 84.5% for FD Ibr+Ven compared with 63.7% for chlorambucil plus obinutuzumab, with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.453 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.261-0.785). Additionally, in the FD cohort of the phase 2 CAPTIVATE (CAPTIVATE-FD) trial, OS rates at 61.2 mo FU were consistently over 90%, regardless of high-risk features. Here we report OS estimates in pts with CLL treated with 1L FD Ibr+Ven from GLOW and CAPTIVATE-FD versus an age-matched general European population.

Aim: OS was assessed for pts with TN CLL receiving FD Ibr+Ven versus a respective age-matched general European population for the following study populations 1) pooled Ibr+Ven-treated pts across GLOW and CAPTIVATE-FD clinical trials; 2) subpopulation of pts aged ≥ 65 years; 3) subpopulation of pts aged < 65 years; 4) subpopulation of pts with mutated IGHV; and 5) subpopulation of pts with unmutated IGHV.

Methods: Ibr+Ven data were pooled from 2 clinical trials in pts with TN CLL/small lymphocytic lymphoma: GLOW (NCT03462719; median FU, 55.1 mo) and CAPTIVATE-FD (NCT02910583; median FU, 55.7 mo). Individual trial descriptions and eligibility criteria were reported previously. Post-hoc analysis of IGHV was used for baseline IGHV status for the GLOW study.

The OS of pooled pts treated with Ibr+Ven was compared with age-matched simulated survival rates of a general European population using age at randomization. Survival probabilities for the general population by 5-year age intervals from the 2019 World Health Organization life tables were used. To avoid immortal time bias within each age interval, available probabilities were converted to a daily scale. Kaplan-Meier methodology was used for OS analysis, with HRs derived from a Cox proportional-hazards model using trial and simulated data.

Results: A total of 265 pts (GLOW, n = 106; CAPTIVATE-FD, n = 159) were treated with FD Ibr+Ven in the 1L setting. Median (range) age at randomization was 65 (33-93) years; 135 (50.9%) pts were aged ≥ 65 years. Most (n = 165; 62.3%) pts were male; 248 (93.6%) were White. 145 (54.7%) pts had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 and 107 (40.4%) pts had an ECOG PS of 1. Among pts treated with Ibr+Ven, 156 (58.9%) had unmutated IGHV, 98 (37.0%) had mutated IGHV, and 11 (4.2%) had an unknown IGHV status. Pts with unknown/missing IGHV were excluded in subpopulation analysis based on IGHV status. Median FU time from randomization was 55.7 mo.

OS estimates were compared across Ibr+Ven-treated pts and an age-matched European general population; HRs < 1 favored Ibr+Ven. The OS estimate was comparable in the overall population of 265 FD Ibr+Ven-treated pts (HR 0.999; 95% CI, 0.567-1.761; p = 0.998). The estimated OS rates for the overall Ibr+Ven-treated population were 95%, 93%, and 91% at 36, 48, and 60 mo, respectively. The estimated OS was also comparable for 135 Ibr+Ven-treated pts aged ≥ 65 years (HR 0.828; 95% CI, 0.422-1.623; p = 0.582); the estimated 36-, 48-, and 60-mo OS rates were 92%, 90%, and 88%, respectively. For 130 pts aged < 65 years, the estimated OS was similar to their respective age-matched European population (HR 1.636; 95% CI, 0.549-4.875; p = 0.377), with estimated OS rates of 97%, 96%, and 93% at 36, 48, and 60 mo, respectively. The OS estimate for pts with unmutated IGHV was also similar to an age-matched European population (HR 1.182; 95% CI, 0.594-2.351; p = 0.633). Although the HR estimate was numerically favorable for pts with mutated IGHV treated with Ibr+Ven versus an age-matched general European population (HR 0.396; 95% CI, 0.106-1.489; p = 0.171), there were only 3 observed OS events in the FD Ibr+Ven cohort, and the results were not statistically significant.

Conclusion: This pooled analysis demonstrates that OS for pts with CLL treated with Ibr+Ven in the 1L setting was comparable to an age-matched general European population, including in the subpopulations of pts aged ≥ 65 years and < 65 years. This study also showed that estimated OS was similar to an age-matched European population, regardless of IGHV mutational status.

Disclosures: Ghia: AbbvVie: Consultancy, Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Research Funding; BeiGen: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Research Funding; Johnson&Johnson: Consultancy, Research Funding; Galapagos: Consultancy; Loxo@Lilly: Consultancy; MSD: Consultancy; Galapagos: Consultancy; Roche: Consultancy. Ysebaert: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Janssen, Roche, Beigene, BMS/Celgene, Gilead/Kite: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Janssens: MSD: Consultancy; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Speaker; AbbVie, AstraZeneca: Other: Travel; Amgen, Beigene, Janssen, Takeda: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Speaker; AbbVie, AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Speaker; Argenx: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Eli lilly, Sobi: Other: Speaker. Fouad: Janssen: Current Employment. Schioppa: Janssen: Current Employment. Hernandez Rivas: Janssen, Roche, Abbvie, AstraZeneca, Beigene, Lilly, Gilead, BMS-Celgene, Amgen, Takeda, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Rovi, Incyte, MSD: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; BMS-Celgene: Research Funding; Janssen, Roche, Abbvie, AstraZeneca, Gilead, BMS-Celgene, Amgen, Takeda, Astra Zeneca, Lilly, Beigene: Other: Scientific Talks. Tedeschi: AstraZeneca, AbbVie, BeiGene, Janssen, Lilly: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau.

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