Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with either treatment-naive or previously treated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (Study 111/KEYNOTE-146): a phase 1b/2 study

Author(s):  
Chung-Han Lee ◽  
Amishi Yogesh Shah ◽  
Drew Rasco ◽  
Arpit Rao ◽  
Matthew H Taylor ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Tucker ◽  
Landon C. Brown ◽  
Yu-Wei Chen ◽  
Chester Kao ◽  
Nathan Hirshman ◽  
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Abstract Background The identification of biomarkers to select patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) most likely to respond to combination immunotherapy (IO) is needed. We sought to investigate an association of the baseline neutrophil-to-eosinophil ratio (NER) with outcomes to nivolumab plus ipilimumab for patients with mRCC. Methods We performed a retrospective review of patients with clear cell mRCC treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Duke Cancer Institute. Patients with prior receipt of immunotherapy and those without available baseline complete blood count with differential were excluded. Patients were divided into groups by the median baseline NER and analyzed for overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS), and objective response rate (ORR). Patients were also divided by median baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and analyzed for clinical outcome. Further analyses of patients above/below the median NER and NLR were performed in subgroups of IMDC intermediate/poor risk, IMDC favorable risk, and treatment naïve patients. Results A total of 110 patients were included: median age was 61 years and 75% were treatment naïve. The median NER (mNER) at baseline was 26.4. The ORR was 40% for patients with <mNER compared to 21.8% among patients with >mNER (OR 2.39, p = 0.04). The median PFS for patients with <mNER was significantly longer at 8.6 months (mo) compared to 3.2 mo for patients with >mNER (HR 0.50, p < 0.01). Median OS was not reached (NR) for patients with <mNER compared with 27.3 mo for patients with >mNER (HR 0.31, p < 0.01). The median NLR (mNLR) was 3.42. While patients with <mNLR showed improvement in OS (HR 0.42, p = 0.02), PFS and ORR did not differ compared with patients in the >mNLR group. Conclusions A lower baseline NER was associated with improved clinical outcomes (PFS, OS, and ORR) in patients with mRCC treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab, and prospective validation of the baseline NER as a predictive biomarker for response to immunotherapy-based combinations in mRCC is warranted.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS2614-TPS2614
Author(s):  
Hans J. Hammers ◽  
Brian I. Rini ◽  
Gary R. Hudes ◽  
Marc S. Ernstoff ◽  
Christian K. Kollmannsberger ◽  
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TPS2614 Background: Standard treatments for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) block the vascular endothelial growth factor pathway (eg, sunitinib, pazopanib) or mammalian target of rapamycin pathway (e.g., temsirolimus, everolimus). However, most patients (pts) develop resistance and complete responses are rare. Upregulation of programmed death-1 (PD-1) in tumor infiltrating lymphoctyes, and its ligand PD-L1 in tumors, is associated with more aggressive disease and poor prognosis. Blocking the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction is a novel immunotherapeutic approach for mRCC. In preliminary results of a phase I trial, the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody BMS-936558 had antitumor activity in pts with advanced tumors, including objective responses (ORs) in 6 of 18 pts with mRCC. Here we describe a phase I study planned to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of BMS-936558, when combined with sunitinib or pazopanib in pts with mRCC. Methods: This open-label study will have two parallel treatment arms (BMS-936558 plus sunitinib and BMS-936558 plus pazopanib) conducted in two parts (dose escalation and dose expansion). Pts must have received ≥1 prior systemic therapy to be eligible for dose escalation. Only treatment-naïve pts will be eligible for dose expansion. Up to 36 pts (18 per arm) will be treated in the dose-escalation phase. After determining the MTD of BMS-936558, treatment-naïve pts will be enrolled to expansion cohorts allowing 24 pts to be treated at the MTD of each arm. Each treatment cycle will be 6 weeks, with BMS-936558 dosed on Days 1 and 22 and sunitinib or pazopanib given according to product label. Adverse events will be graded according to NCI CTCAE v4.0. Disease will be assessed every 6 weeks for the first four assessments and then every 12 weeks until disease progression. Pts will be treated until unacceptable toxicity, disease progression, or withdrawal of consent. The safety profile in pts treated at the MTD will be used to determine the recommended phase II study dose of BMS-936558 in each combination arm. Secondary objectives will include OR rate and duration of response based on RECIST 1.1. Exploratory analyses will investigate predictive biomarkers of BMS-936558.


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