There is limited evidence of RW outcomes for pts with A/R EC. This descriptive, noninterventional, retrospective study reports RW pt characteristics and survival outcomes in a cohort of pts with A/R EC in England who received first-line (1L) therapy and could have been eligible for a clinical trial of an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) in EC.
This study used routine population-level data, available through the National Disease Registration Service in England. Pts diagnosed with A/R EC (recurrences identified via a defined algorithm) between 1 Jan 2013 and 31 Dec 2019 were included (follow-up until 23 Aug 2021). Patients in the ICI cohort had received any 1L therapy for A/R EC and met the key eligibility criteria of the RUBY trial (A Study to Evaluate Dostarlimab Plus Carboplatin-paclitaxel Versus Placebo Plus Carboplatin-paclitaxel in Participants With Recurrent or Primary Advanced Endometrial Cancer; NCT03981796). Demographics, baseline characteristics, and therapy received were reported. Overall survival (OS), time to next treatment (TTNT; a proxy for progression-free survival), and time to treatment discontinuation (TTD) from 1L chemotherapy initiation (index date) were assessed using Kaplan-Meier methodology.
Of 9629 identified pts with A/R EC who received any 1L therapy, 24.7% (N=2376) were in the ICI cohort (demographics in table). Median TTNT, median TTD, and median OS in months from 1L chemotherapy initiation were 16.9 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 15.8–18.5), 3.4 (95% CI: 3.4–3.4), and 27.2 (95% CI: 24.7–30.2), respectively.
| Characteristic | N=2376 |
| Median age, years (range) | 67.9 (26.7–94.0) |
| Disease stage at primary diagnosis, n (%) FIGO I/II FIGO III/IV | 401 (16.9) 1975 (83.1) |
| Histology, n (%) Endometrioid Serous Carcinosarcoma Nonspecific carcinoma Clear cell carcinoma Other | 1049 (44.1) 667 (28.1) 309 (13.0) 105 (4.4) 103 (4.3) 143 (6.0) |
| 1L systemic anticancer therapy received, n (%) Carboplatin+paclitaxel Carboplatin Cisplatin Doxorubicin Other None | 1824 (77.8) 302 (12.9) 49 (2.1) 16 (0.7) 154 (6.6) 31 (1.3) |
This RW study in England demonstrates that 1L survival outcomes are poor for pts with A/R EC who received 1L therapy, highlighting the critical unmet need for more effective therapies to delay EC relapse and prolong pt survival.
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Editorial support provided by Hayley Butler, PhD, of Fishawack Health, funded by GSK.