International, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blindphase III study of motesanib plus carboplatin/paclitaxel in patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer: MONET1

  • Giorgio V. Scagliotti
  • , Ihor Vynnychenko
  • , Keunchil Park
  • , Yukito Ichinose
  • , Kaoru Kubota
  • , Fiona Blackhall
  • , Robert Pirker
  • , Rinat Galiulin
  • , Tudor Eliade Ciuleanu
  • , Oleksandr Sydorenko
  • , Mircea Dediu
  • , Zsolt Papai-Szekely
  • , Natividad Martinez Banaclocha
  • , Sheryl McCoy
  • , Bin Yao
  • , Yong Jiang Hei
  • , Francesco Galimi
  • , David R. Spigel

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Abstract

Purpose: We evaluated whether motesanib (a selective oral inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1, 2, and 3; platelet-derived growth factor receptor; and Kit) combined with carboplatin/ paclitaxel improved overall survival (OS) versus chemotherapy alone in patients with nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and in the subset of patients with adenocarcinoma. Patients and Methods: Patients with stage IIIB/IV or recurrent nonsquamous NSCLC (no prior systemic therapy for advanced disease) were randomly assigned 1:1 to carboplatin (area under the curve, 6 mg/ml · min) and paclitaxel (200 mg/m2) intravenously for up to six 3-week cycles plus either motesanib 125 mg (arm A) or placebo (arm B) once daily orally. OS was the primary end point. Secondary end points included progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), adverse events (AEs), and association between placental growth factor (PLGF) change and OS. Results: A total of 1,090 patients with nonsquamous NSCLC were randomly assigned (arms A/B, n = 541 of 549); of those, 890 had adenocarcinoma (n = 448 of 442). Median OS in arms A and B was 13.0 and 11.0 months, respectively (hazard ratio [HR], 0.90; 95% CI, 0.78 to 1.04; P = .14); median OS for the adenocarcinoma subset was 13.5 and 11.0 months, respectively (HR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.03; P = .11). In descriptive analyses (arms A v B), median PFS was 5.6 months versus 5.4 months (P = < .001); ORR was 40% versus 26% (P < .001). There was no association between PLGF change and OS in arm A. The incidence of grade ≥ 3 AEs (arms A and B, 73% and 59%, respectively) and grade 5 AEs (14% and 9%, respectively) was higher with motesanib treatment. Conclusion: Motesanib plus carboplatin/paclitaxel did not significantly improve OS over carboplatin/paclitaxel alone in patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC or in the adenocarcinoma subset.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2829-2836
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume30
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

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