scholarly journals Phase Ib/II Study of Pembrolizumab and Pegylated-Interferon Alfa-2b in Advanced Melanoma

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (35) ◽  
pp. 3450-3458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diwakar Davar ◽  
Hong Wang ◽  
Joe-Marc Chauvin ◽  
Ornella Pagliano ◽  
Julien J. Fourcade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Pegylated Interferon ◽  
Gene Signature ◽  
Advanced Melanoma ◽  
Phase Ib

Purpose Objective responses are reported in 34% to 37% of patients with programmed death-1 (PD-1)–naïve advanced melanoma treated with PD-1 inhibitors. Pre-existing CD8+ T-cell infiltrate and interferon (IFN) gene signature correlate with response to PD-1 blockade. Here, we report a phase Ib/II study of pembrolizumab/pegylated (PEG)-IFN combination in PD-1–naïve advanced melanoma. Patients and Methods PEG-IFN (1, 2, and 3 μg/kg per week) was dose escalated using a modified toxicity probability interval design in three cohorts of four patients each, whereas pembrolizumab was dosed at 2 mg/kg every 3 weeks in the phase Ib portion. Thirty-one patients were enrolled in the phase II portion. Primary objectives were safety and incidence of dose-limiting toxicities. Secondary objectives included objective response rate, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival. Results Forty-three patients with stage IV melanoma were enrolled in the phase Ib and II portions of the study and included in the analysis. At the data cutoff date (December 31, 2017), median follow-up duration was 25 months (range, 1 to 38 months). All 43 patients experienced at least one adverse event; grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 21 of 43 patients (48.8%). Objective responses were seen at all three dose levels among 43 evaluable patients. The objective response rate was 60.5%, with 46.5% of patients exhibiting ongoing response. Median PFS was 11.0 months in all patients and unreached in responders, whereas median overall survival remained unreached in all patients. The 2-year PFS rate was 46%. Conclusion Pembrolizumab/PEG-IFN demonstrated an acceptable toxicity profile with promising evidence of clinical efficacy in PD-1–naïve metastatic melanoma. These results support the rationale to further investigate this pembrolizumab/PEG-IFN combination in this disease.

Effects of adding necitumumab to first-line chemotherapy in patients with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer: Meta-analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1331-1342
Author(s):  
Irena Ilic ◽  
Sandra Sipetic ◽  
Jovan Grujicic ◽  
Milena Ilic
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Advanced Nsclc ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
First Line ◽  
Free Survival

Introduction Almost half of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Our aim was to assess the effects of adding necitumumab to chemotherapy in patients with stage IV NSCLC. Material and methods A comprehensive literature search was performed according to pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data on overall survival, progression-free survival, objective response rate and adverse events were extracted. A meta-analysis was performed to obtain pooled hazard ratios (HR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) for time-to-event data and pooled odds ratio (OR) with 95% CI for dichotomous outcomes. Results The meta-analysis included four randomized clinical trials with 2074 patients. The pooled results showed significant improvement for overall survival (HR = 0.87 (95% CI 0.79–0.95), p = 0.004) when necitumumab was added to chemotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC. No statistically significant improvement was noted for progression-free survival and objective response rate (HR = 0.83 (95% CI 0.69–1.01), p = 0.06 and OR = 1.46 (95% CI 0.90–2.38), p = 0.13, respectively). Subgroup analysis showed that in patients with non-squamous NSCLC, there was no benefit in overall survival and objective response rate. Patients with advanced NSCLC who received necitumumab were at the highest odds of developing a skin rash (OR = 14.50 (95% CI 3.16–66.43), p = 0.0006) and hypomagnesaemia (OR = 2.77 (95% CI 2.23–3.45), p < 0.00001), while the OR for any grade ≥3 adverse event was 1.55 (95% CI 1.28–1.87, p < 0.00001). Conclusions The addition of necitumumab to standard chemotherapy in a first-line setting in patients with stage IV NSCLC results in a statistically significant improvement in overall survival, while the results were not significant for progression-free survival and objective response rate.

HALO 202: Randomized Phase II Study of PEGPH20 Plus Nab-Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine Versus Nab-Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine in Patients With Untreated, Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil R. Hingorani ◽  
Lei Zheng ◽  
Andrea J. Bullock ◽  
Tara E. Seery ◽  
William P. Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Event Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Ductal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
End Points ◽  
Grade 3

Purpose Metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is characterized by excessive hyaluronan (HA) accumulation in the tumor microenvironment, elevating interstitial pressure and impairing perfusion. Preclinical studies demonstrated pegvorhyaluronidase alfa (PEGPH20) degrades HA, thereby increasing drug delivery. Patients and Methods Patients with previously untreated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma were randomly assigned to treatment with PEGPH20 plus nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine (PAG) or nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine (AG). Tumor HA levels were measured retrospectively using a novel affinity histochemistry assay. Primary end points were progression-free survival (PFS; overall) and thromboembolic (TE) event rate. Secondary end points included overall survival, PFS by HA level, and objective response rate. An early imbalance in TE events in the PAG arm led to a clinical hold; thereafter, patients with TE events were excluded and enoxaparin prophylaxis was initiated. Results A total of 279 patients were randomly assigned; 246 had HA data; 231 were evaluable for efficacy; 84 (34%) had HA-high tumors (ie, extracellular matrix HA staining ≥ 50% of tumor surface at any intensity). PFS was significantly improved with PAG treatment overall (hazard ratio [HR], 0.73; 95% CI, 0.53 to 1.00; P = .049) and for patients with HA-high tumors (HR, 0.51; 95% CI, 0.26 to 1.00; P = .048). In patients with HA-high tumors (PAG v AG), the objective response rate was 45% versus 31%, and median overall survival was 11.5 versus 8.5 months (HR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.57 to 1.61). The most common treatment-related grade 3/4 adverse events with significant differences between arms (PAG v AG) included muscle spasms (13% v 1%), neutropenia (29% v 18%), and myalgia (5% v 0%). TE events were comparable after enoxaparin initiation (14% PAG v 10% AG). Conclusion This study met its primary end points of PFS and TE event rate. The largest improvement in PFS was observed in patients with HA-high tumors who received PAG. A similar TE event rate was observed between the treatment groups in stage 2 of the trial.

Clinical effectiveness of bevacizumab in patients with recurrent brain tumours: A population-based evaluation

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mário L de Lemos ◽  
Adeline Markarian ◽  
Esther Chan ◽  
Kimberly Schaff ◽  
Susan Walisser
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Disease Progression ◽  
Brain Tumour ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
The United States ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Recurrent Brain Tumour

Background Bevacizumab is an antiangiogenic agent active in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas. However, evidence for its clinical efficacy is relatively limited so that bevacizumab is approved for this indication in Canada and the United States, but not in the European Union. We reviewed the effectiveness of bevacizumab in patients with recurrent brain tumour using a large population database. Methods This was a retrospective, multicentre, study conducted at the BC Cancer Agency, a public cancer care organisation for the residents of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Cases were identified from the provincial registry and drug database. Patients were eligible if they were treated with bevacizumab with or without lomustine or etoposide for recurrent brain tumour between April 2011 and March 2014. The primary end points were progression-free survival. Secondary endpoints were overall survival and objective response rate. Results A total of 160 patients were included, with a median age of 55 years. The most common diagnosis was glioblastoma multiforme (70.6%), followed by oligodendroglioma (10.6%). Half of the patients had prior metronomic dosing of temozolomide. The median duration of therapy was 3 months. The median progression-free survival was 4.0 months and the 6-month progression-free survival was 29.4%. The median overall survival was 7 months and the 9-month and 12-month overall survival was 28.1% and 20.6%, respectively. The objective response rate was 23.1%. The most common documented reason for bevacizumab discontinuation was disease progression (66.9%), followed by toxicity (6.9%). Conclusions Bevacizumab therapy seems to be effective in delaying disease progression in patients with recurrent brain tumour, but with limited benefits on the overall survival, when used outside the clinical trial setting.

A phase II, multicenter, open-label study of YM155 plus docetaxel in subjects with stage III (unresectable) or stage IV melanoma.

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 8587-8587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Leta Steinberg ◽  
Agop Y. Bedikian ◽  
D. Scott Ernst ◽  
Bartosz Chmielowski ◽  
Bruce Redman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Continuous Infusion ◽  
Primary Endpoint ◽  
Clinical Benefit ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Clinical Benefit Rate

8587 Background: Survivin is a microtubule-associated protein implicated in both preservation of cell viability and regulation of mitosis in tumor cells. It is over-expressed in melanoma, breast, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. YM155 is a first in class survivin inhibitor. Methods: The study had 2 parts: Part 1 established the dose of docetaxel that was tolerable in combination withYM155 at 5 mg/m2/day continuous infusion over 168 hours q 3 weeks. Part 2 utilized the dose of docetaxel established in Part 1 to further evaluate the tolerability and activity of the combination. The primary endpoint was 6-month progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints were overall response rate, 1-year overall survival (OS), time from first response to progression, clinical benefit rate, time to response, and safety. Results: 64 patients with metastatic melanoma were treated with docetaxel followed by continuous infusion YM155. 7 patients were treated with 100mg/m2 of docetaxel and 57 patients were treated with 75mg/m2 of docetaxel. Median age was 59, with 44 men and 20 women treated. 6-month PFS per Independent Review Committee (IRC) was 34.8% (95% CI 21.3 – 48.6%). Overall objective response rate per IRC was 12.5%, with no complete responses (CR) and 8 patients with partial responses (PR). The Stable disease (SD) rate was 51.6%, leading to a clinical benefit rate (CR + PR + SD) of 64.1%. Estimated 1-year overall survival is 50.5%. 87.5% of patients experienced a Grade 3 (G3) or Grade 4 (G4) event attributable to either YM155 or docetaxel. The clinically pertinent G3 or 4 toxicities occurring in greater than 5% of patients treated included neutropenia (59.4%), febrile neutropenia (12.5%), mucositis (9.4%), fatigue (7.8%), diarrhea (6.3%), and dehydration (6.3%). There were 3 deaths on study, all attributable to disease progression. Conclusions: YM155 is a novel agent that shows modest activity when combined with docetaxel in patients with melanoma. YM155 was generally well tolerated, but the pre-determined primary endpoint for efficacy was not achieved.

scholarly journals Pembrolizumab Monotherapy for Recurrent or Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Single-Arm Phase II Trial (KEYNOTE-629)

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (25) ◽  
pp. 2916-2925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Jacques Grob ◽  
Rene Gonzalez ◽  
Nicole Basset-Seguin ◽  
Olga Vornicova ◽  
Jacob Schachter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Squamous Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Duration Of Response

PURPOSE Treatment options are limited for patients with recurrent and/or metastatic (R/M) cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC); mortality rates exceed 70% in patients with distant metastases. Here, we present the first interim analysis of the R/M cSCC cohort from the 2-cohort—locally advanced and R/M—phase II KEYNOTE-629 study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with R/M cSCC not amenable to surgery or radiation received pembrolizumab 200 mg every 3 weeks. The primary end point was objective response rate per RECIST v1.1. Secondary end points were duration of response, disease control rate, progression-free survival, overall survival, and safety. RESULTS At data cutoff (April 8, 2019), median follow-up of 105 enrolled patients in the R/M cohort was 11.4 months (range, 0.4 to 16.3 months). Objective response rate was 34.3% (95% CI, 25.3% to 44.2%; 4 complete responses, 32 partial responses), and disease control rate was 52.4% (95% CI, 42.4% to 62.2%). Median duration of response was not reached (range, 2.7 to 13.1+ months; ‘+’ refers to ongoing response at data cutoff). Median progression-free survival was 6.9 months (95% CI, 3.1 months to 8.5 months). Median overall survival was not reached (95% CI, 10.7 months to not reached). Treatment-related adverse events occurred in 66.7% of patients (n = 70), the most common of which were pruritus (n = 15; 14.3%), asthenia (n = 14; 13.3%), and fatigue (n = 13; 12.4%). Grade 3 to 5 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 5.7% (n = 6) of patients. One patient died of treatment-related cranial nerve neuropathy. CONCLUSION Pembrolizumab demonstrated effective antitumor activity; clinically meaningful, durable responses; and acceptable safety in primarily elderly patients with R/M cSCC, supporting its use in clinical practice. Pembrolizumab adverse events in this study were consistent with its established safety profile.

Results of a phase II study of capecitabine-based doublets in the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC).

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e11538-e11538
Author(s):  
Ying Fan ◽  
Binghe Xu ◽  
Yuqian Liao ◽  
Fei Ma ◽  
Peng Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Cytotoxic Agents ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Metastatic Setting ◽  
Secondary Endpoints

e11538 Background: It is extremely important to identify proper cytotoxic agents for TNBC which had limited choices except chemotherapy. Capecitabine are well established as a major chemotherapeutic agent in metastatic setting. The efficacy of capecitabine-based chemotherapy has not been prospectively studied in TNBC and data remains scant. This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of capecitabine-based doublets in the treatment of metastatic TNBC. Methods: Eligible metastatic TNBC women with measurable diseases were recruited to receive either TX regimen (docetaxel 75mg/m2 iv d1 plus capecitabine 1000mg/m2 bid, d1-14,q3w) or NX regimen (vinorelbine 25mg/m2 iv d1, 8 plus capecitabine 1000mg/m2 bid, d1-14, q3w) at the discretion of physicians for up to 6 cycles, until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The primary endpoint was objective response rate and secondary endpoints included progression free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS). Results: 45 mTNBC patients, 27 in TX and 18 in NX were recruited, mostly (73.3%) as 1st line and the remaining as the 2nd line. The total objective response rate was 20.0% and clinical benefit rate was 62.2%. After a median follow-up of 28 months, PFS was 5.2 months (95%CI, 4.1-6.3mons) and OS was 18.2months (95%CI, 8.7-27.7mons). Almost half of the patients (22/45) progressed during treatment or within one month of the treatment discontinuation. PFS was significantly longer if patients got CR/PR (9.6 vs 4.3mons, P=0.015). When comparing two doublets, the response rate was numerically but not statistically lower in TX group than in NX group (14.8% vs 27.8%, P=0.449). Similarly, no difference was found in either PFS (4.9 vs 5.2 mons, P=0.483) or OS (21.5 vs 18.3 mons, P=0.964) between two regimens. Conclusions: Although the overall survival seems to be reasonable, efficacy of capecitabine-contained TX or NX regimen was relatively poor in terms of tumor remission and progression free survival in mTNBC patients, suggesting capecitabine may have limited potency in this subtype. These two combinations may be considered to be acceptable but may not be recommended as prior choice for mTNBC patients.

Objective response rate and progression-free survival as surrogate endpoints for overall survival and the impact of crossover and unbalanced post-progression treatments: A systematic review and meta-analysis in second- and further-line therapy of advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e20609-e20609
Author(s):  
Boris Pfeiffer ◽  
Mahmoud Hashim ◽  
Robert Bartsch ◽  
Maarten Postma ◽  
Bart Heeg
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Absolute Difference ◽  
Surrogate Endpoints ◽  
Free Survival ◽  
Line Therapy ◽  
The Impact

e20609 Background: Correlations between overall survival (OS) and objective response rate (ORR) or progression-free survival (PFS) are poor. We aimed to evaluate the impact of crossover and unbalanced subsequent treatments on ORR and PFS as surrogate endpoints for OS in patients with advanced NSCLC receiving second- and further-line therapy. Methods: A systematic literature review of randomized clinical trials of systemic treatment for patients with stage IIIB/IV NSCLC receiving second- and further-line therapy was performed. Weighted (by trial size) linear regression models were fitted with the absolute difference in ORR or median PFS as an independent variable and the absolute difference in median OS as a dependent variable. The analysis was repeated in predefined subsets based on crossover and balance of post-progression therapies. Surrogate threshold effect (STE) was estimated using prediction intervals. Results: 146 trials (43,061 patients) fulfilled the eligibility criteria. In all treatment arms, the mean ORR, median PFS, and median OS were 12.2% (standard deviation [SD] 11.2%), 3.2 months (SD 1.3), and 9.6 months (SD 4.1), respectively. ORR and PFS had very weak (R = 0.181; 95% CI: 0.016-0.337) and weak (R = 0.254; 95% CI: 0.074-0.418) relationships, respectively, with OS. However, within trials that did not allow crossover and reported balanced post-progression treatments, ORR and PFS had moderate (R = 0.528; 95% CI: 0.081-0.798) and strong (R = 0.778; 95% CI: 0.475-0.916) relationships, respectively, with OS. STE estimation indicated that trials that show statistically significant treatment effect size of ≥41.0% ORR or ≥4.15 median PFS months can be expected to show significant OS benefit with sufficient certainty. Conclusions: Surrogacy of ORR and PFS for OS might be better estimated in trials that do not allow crossover and report balanced post-progression treatments. Presented STE calculation can be used to estimate the expected effect on OS when either ORR or PFS are used as primary endpoints.

Efficacy of immunotherapy with PD-1 inhibitor in colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 1285-1292
Author(s):  
Shengqi He ◽  
Dongqing Hu ◽  
Haixia Feng ◽  
Ye Xue ◽  
Jin Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Overall Survival ◽  
Survival Rate ◽  
Objective Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Overall Survival Rate ◽  
Free Survival

Aim: PD-1 inhibitors have a leading role among immunotherapy while its efficacy on colorectal cancer (CRC) patients did not reach consensus and the small sample size remains as a limitation. Therefore, we undertook a meta-analysis on the effects of the monotherapy anti-PD-1 inhibitors in treating metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Materials & methods: We searched databases to identify studies on efficacy of anti-PD-1 inhibitor on CRC. Objectives were objective response rate, progression-free survival rate, disease control rate and overall survival rate with their 95% CI. Results: The overall survival rate at 1-year was 64.2% (95% CI: 0.46–0.83). Disease control rate was 56.5% (CI: 0.27–0.86) and the objective response rate as 19.7% (CI: 0.08–0.32). The 1-year-progression-free survival rate was 38.4% (CI: 0.12–0.66). Sensitivity analysis and subgroup analysis were also conducted. Conclusion: The monotherapy anti-PD-1 inhibitors are effective in treating mCRC and could be a new option for dMMR mCRC patient in first-line treatment.

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