On September 26, 2019 Flatiron Health reported 13 abstracts accepted for presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) (Free ESMO Whitepaper) Congress 2019, which will be held September 27 – October 1, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain (Press release, Flatiron Health, SEP 26, 2019, View Source [SID1234539827]). The research, spanning multiple tumor types and areas of study, utilized Flatiron’s high-quality, real-world oncology datasets. Collectively, these research presentations highlight the various applications of real-world evidence, enabling deep clinical insights to better understand the use of biomarkers, comparative effectiveness of therapies and outcomes in routine clinical care.

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Presentations include collaborator research by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Oncology Center of Excellence, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Yale Cancer Center, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Merck, Pfizer, Roche/Genentech and Foundation Medicine.

The presentation schedule and links to abstracts can be found below.

Poster Discussion
Prevalence and prognostic effect of high tumor mutation burden (TMB-H) across multiple less common solid cancers using a real-world dataset
● First Author: Daniel Backenroth (Flatiron Health)
● Date/Time: September 29 — 08:45 – 09:45
● Presentation: #1877PD

Poster Sessions
Second-line (2L) real-world treatment (tx) patterns and outcomes in patients (pts) with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with first-line (1L) immuno-oncology (IO) monotherapy (mono tx)
● First Author: Denis Talbot (University of Oxford)
● Date/Time: September 28 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1497P

Real-world effectiveness of nivolumab monotherapy after prior systemic therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the United States
● First Author: David D. Stenehjem (University of Minnesota)
● Date/Time: September 28 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1498P

Treatment patterns and outcomes for patients (pts) with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in US clinical practice
● First Author: Matthew G. Krebs (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
● Date/Time: September 28 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1546P

Brain metastases, treatment patterns and outcomes in ROS1-positive NSCLC patients from US oncology community centers
● First Author: Matthew G. Krebs (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
● Date/Time: September 28 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1551P

Biomarker status as a mediator of age-related overall survival (OS) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC)
● First Author: Aaron B. Cohen (Flatiron Health)
● Date/Time: September 28 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1558P

Comparison of real-world response rate (rwRR) to RECIST-based response rate in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC)
● First Author: Xinran Ma (Flatiron Health)
● Date/Time: September 28 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1581P

Palbociclib plus an aromatase inhibitor as first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer in US clinical practices: Real-world progression-free survival analysis
● First Author: Mylin Torres (Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine)
● Date/Time: September 28 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #327P

Comparative effectiveness of palbociclib plus letrozole vs letrozole for metastatic breast cancer in US real-world clinical practices
● First Author: Rachel M. Layman (Pfizer)
● Date/Time: September 30 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #329P

Use of trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; K) after pertuzumab + trastuzumab (PH) in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC): Challenges in assessing effectiveness of treatment sequencing in the real world (RW)
● First Author: Thibaut Sanglier (Roche)
● Date/Time: September 30 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #356P

Co-occurrence of NTRK fusions with other genomic biomarkers in cancer patients
● First Author: Xiaolong Jiao (Bayer)
● Date/Time: September 30 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #102P

Association of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor therapy with overall survival (OS) in stage IV melanoma treated with targeted therapies
● First Author: Aracelis Z. Torres (Flatiron Health)
● Date/Time: September 30 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1290P

Comparative-effectiveness of pembrolizumab vs nivolumab for patients with metastatic melanoma
● First Author: Justin Moser (Huntsman Cancer Institute)
● Date/Time: September 30 — 12:00 – 13:00
● Presentation: #1346P