scholarly journals Current Systemic Treatment Options in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma after Progression on Checkpoint Inhibition Therapy—A Systemic Review Combined with Single-Group Meta-Analysis of Three Studies Testing Enfortumab Vedotin

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 3206
Author(s):  
Susanne Deininger ◽  
Peter Törzsök ◽  
David Oswald ◽  
Lukas Lusuardi

Background: In the first and second-line therapy of metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC), checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) such as Pembrolizumab and Atezolizumab have been widely implemented. Little is currently known about what therapeutic options are effective after therapy with CPI. This article presents a systemic review of current treatment options in this setting. Methods: From August 2020 to 15 April 2021, a literature search was performed through the PubMed/Medline. Subsequently, a single-group meta-analysis of three studies testing Enfortumab vedotin (EV) was conducted. Results: Five therapy regimens tested in the post-CPI setting with adequate data were identified: Chemotherapy (CT), Ramucirumab plus Docetaxel, Erdafitinib (Erd), EV, and Sacituzumab govitecan (SG). In n = 74 + 125 + 288 patients, the single-group meta-analysis showed an objective response rate of 42.1% for EV compared to 17.9% for CT in a similar setting. EV was also ahead in progression free survival (5.9 months with EV vs. 3.7 months with CT) and overall survival (12.8 months with EV vs. 9.0 months with CT). Conclusion: Most data are currently available for EV. Further research is needed on the question of which patients’ subcollectives particularly benefit from which therapeutic approach.

Author(s):  
Chunhui Jin ◽  
Xiaodan Zhu ◽  
Xiaona Huang ◽  
Tingjie Gong ◽  
Zhipeng Wei ◽  
...  

Aims: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of PD-1/PD-L1 and/or CTLA-4 inhibitors in the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) by meta-analysis. Methods: Electronic databases were searched. Eligible studies included investigations of efficacy and safety of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 or anti-CTLA-4 agents in patients with CRC. Corresponding indicators were calculated. Results: A total of 15 articles were included. The pooled objective response rate, overall survival rate, progression-free survival rate and adverse event rate were 33, 56, 46 and 59%, respectively. The objective response rates for CRC with deficient mismatch repair and CRC with proficient mismatch repair were 43 and 3%, respectively, in patients treated with PD-1 inhibitors. Conclusion: The authors' study indicates that PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors manifest promising clinical responses in the treatment of CRC with deficient mismatch repair with acceptable treatment-related adverse events.


Immunotherapy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 541-555
Author(s):  
Lingrong Tang ◽  
Tingting Liu ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Jun Dang ◽  
Guang Li

Aim: We assessed the efficiency of immune checkpoint inhibitors relative to other systemic therapies in previously treated recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer. Materials & methods: Relative treatment effects were assessed from eligible randomized controlled trials using Bayesian network meta-analyses. Results: Among 15 trials evaluating 14 treatments, nivolumab achieved the best overall survival (OS) benefit; zalutumumab and buparlisib + paclitaxel provided the best progression-free survival benefit and objective response rate. Buparlisib + paclitaxel and zalutumumab were associated with the best OS rate at 6 and 12 months, respectively; nivolumab yielded the best OS rate at 18–24 months. Conclusion: Nivolumab was the most favorable treatment. Zalutumumab and buparlisib + paclitaxel had better efficiency, and might be a better selection for patients with programmed death-ligand 1-low/negative tumors than other treatments.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (29) ◽  
pp. 2682-2688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarmad Sadeghi ◽  
Susan G. Groshen ◽  
Denice D. Tsao-Wei ◽  
Rahul Parikh ◽  
Amir Mortazavi ◽  
...  

PURPOSE Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma are often ineligible for cisplatin-based treatments. A National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program–sponsored trial assessed the tolerability and efficacy of a gemcitabine-eribulin combination in this population. METHODS Patients with treatment-naïve advanced or recurrent metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, ureter, or urethra not amenable to curative surgery and not candidates for cisplatin-based therapy were eligible. Cisplatin ineligibility was defined as creatinine clearance less than 60 mL/min (but ≥ 30 mL/min), grade 2 neuropathy, or grade 2 hearing loss. Treatment was gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m2 intravenously followed by eribulin 1.4 mg/m2, both on days 1 and 8, repeated in 21-day cycles until progression or unacceptable toxicity. A Simon two-stage phase II trial design was used to distinguish between Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, version 1.1 objective response rates of 20% versus 50%. RESULTS Between June 2015 and March 2017, 24 eligible patients with a median age of 73 years (range, 62 to 88 years) underwent therapy. Performance status of 0, 1, or 2 was seen in 11, 11, and two patients, respectively. Sites of disease included: lymph nodes, 16; lungs, nine; liver, seven; bladder, five; bones, two. Median number of cycles received was four (range, one to 16). Of 24 patients, 12 were confirmed responders; the observed objective response rate was 50% (95% CI, 29% to 71%). Median overall survival was 11.9 months (95% CI, 5.6 to 20.4 months), and median progression-free survival was 5.3 months (95% CI, 4.5 to 6.7 months). The most common treatment-related any-grade toxicities were fatigue (83% of patients), neutropenia (79%), anemia (63%), alopecia (50%), elevated AST (50%), and constipation, nausea, and thrombocytopenia (42% each). CONCLUSION Gemcitabine-eribulin treatment response and survival for cisplatin-ineligible patients compare favorably to other regimens. Additional research is needed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Huang ◽  
X. Teng

Background We conducted this meta-analysis and systematic literature review to study the ability of PD-L1 to predict objective response in patients with urothelial cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. Methods Relevant studies of PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors in urothelial cancer that reported objective response rate (orr) based on PD-L1 expression status in PubMed, embase, and the Cochrane Library were retrieved. Efficacy of PD-L1 expression status in predicting orr and the efficacy, safety of PD-1 and PD-L1 drugs were analyzed. Results Studies were divided into ≥1%, ≥5%, and ≥25% based on PD-L1 positivity threshold, and the patients were grouped into PD-L1 positive and negative. In all 3 expression thresholds, patients with positive PD-L1 expression were more likely to experience an objective response [≥1% threshold odds ratio (or): 1.74; 95% confidence interval (ci): 1.20 to 2.53; ≥5% threshold or: 2.74; 95% ci: 2.01 to 3.724; ≥25% threshold or: 7.13; 95% ci: 2.38 to 21.40] in compar­ison with patients with negative PD-L1 expression. Of the 3 thresholds, the ≥25% threshold was better in predicting orr (1.74 vs. 2.93 vs. 7.13; p < 0.0001). The ≥1% PD-L1 threshold had a relatively high sensitivity in predicting orr; the ≥5% PD-L1 threshold was better for specificity. Sensitivity was higher at the ≥25% threshold than at the other two thresholds, but specificity was lower. Further, we found that there is no statistically significant difference in efficacy between PD-1 and PD-L1 drugs. Conclusions Urothelial cancer patients with PD-L1 positive expression responded better than PD-L1 negative patients did, and a threshold of ≥5% or greater for PD-L1 expression might predict positive clinical response.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 451-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Russell Pond ◽  
Guru Sonpavde ◽  
Matt D. Galsky ◽  
Padmanee Sharma ◽  
Jonathan E. Rosenberg ◽  
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451 Background: Intermediate endpoints of benefit in metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) nonrandomized trials are necessary to identify promising drugs, particularly for checkpoint inhibitors, where response and progression-free survival remain suboptimal. We previously reported a nomogram (Pond GR et al, 2017 GU Cancers Symposium) using 5 prognostic factors (hemoglobin < 10 g/dL, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≥1, presence of liver metastasis, time from last treatment ≤3 months, and albumin < lower limit of normal) from phase 2 trials of historical agents (eg, taxanes) to estimate 12-month overall survival (OS), against which observed survival could be compared. Nivolumab was granted approval as salvage therapy for patients with mUC, based on the CheckMate (CM) 275 trial; it is thus of interest to compare the nivolumab observed survival versus nomogram-predicted survival results. Methods: Data were obtained from CM 275, including survival and all 5 prognostic factors. Nomogram points were calculated and the expected 12-month OS was estimated. Bootstrap analyses based on 2000 replications were used to estimate 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the median expected, observed, and difference between the expected and observed 12-month OS values. All tests were 2-sided, with statistical significance defined as P≤0.05. Results: Data were available from 270 patients from CM 275. Fifteen patients did not have albumin recorded and were excluded. Among the 255 evaluable patients, 46 (18.0%) patients had 0 adverse prognostic factors, 85 (33.3%) had 1, and 124 (48.6%) had 2 or more. The observed nivolumab 12-month OS from CM 275 (43.3% [95% CI, 37.0%-50.5%]) was 19.8% higher (95% CI, 13.6%-26.4%) when compared with the nomogram-predicted 12-month OS (23.5%; [95% CI, 22.5%-25.5%]) if patients received historical chemotherapy. Across all 2000 bootstrap samples, the observed nivolumab 12-month OS exceeded the nomogram-predicted 12-month OS. Conclusions: Nivolumab was associated with a significantly improved 12-month OS compared with historical chemotherapy based on the value predicted by the validated nomogram incorporating baseline prognostic factors. Clinical trial information: NCT02387996.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 393-393
Author(s):  
Thomas Powles ◽  
Jonathan E. Rosenberg ◽  
Guru Sonpavde ◽  
Yohann Loriot ◽  
Ignacio Duran ◽  
...  

393 Background: Patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) have poor survival following progression after platinum-containing chemotherapy and PD-1/L1 inhibitor regimens. Enfortumab vedotin (EV) is an antibody-drug conjugate directed to Nectin-4, a cell adhesion molecule highly expressed in urothelial carcinoma, with remarkable efficacy observed in a single-arm trial in this setting. This randomized phase III study (EV-301) was performed to confirm these findings. Methods: EV-301 (NCT03474107) is a global, open-label phase III study of EV vs chemotherapy conducted in patients with la/mUC who had received a prior platinum-containing chemotherapy and had disease progression during or after PD-1/L1 inhibitor treatment. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive EV (1.25 mg/kg) on Days 1, 8, and 15 of each 28-day cycle or investigator choice of standard docetaxel, paclitaxel, or vinflunine chemotherapy. The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS); secondary endpoints included investigator-assessed progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and disease control rate (DCR) per RECIST v1.1, as well as safety/tolerability. A prespecified interim analysis, which tested OS at an adjusted 1-sided significance level of P = 0.00679, was performed when ≥285 deaths had occurred. The results of this interim analysis are presented here. Results: Overall, 608 patients with la/mUC were randomly assigned to EV (n=301) or chemotherapy (n=307). As of July 15, 2020, 301 deaths had occurred (EV, n=134; chemotherapy, n=167). After an 11.1 mo follow-up, median OS was significantly prolonged by 3.9 mo with EV compared with chemotherapy (median OS: 12.9 vs 9.0 mo, respectively; HR=0.70 [95% CI: 0.56-0.89], 1-sided P =0.001). Additionally, the OS benefit of EV was retained in the majority of prespecified subgroups. Progression-free survival also was improved with EV (5.6 mo) vs chemotherapy (3.7 mo) (HR=0.61 [95% CI: 0.50-0.75]; 1-sided P <0.00001). Both ORR and DCR were significantly higher with EV vs chemotherapy (40.6% vs 17.9% and 71.9% vs 53.4%, respectively; 1-sided P <0.001 each). Rates of treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs; 93.9% vs 91.8%), including serious TRAEs (22.6% vs 23.4%), were comparable between the EV and chemotherapy groups. Rates of grade ≥3 TRAEs were ~50% in both groups; decreased neutrophil count (13.4%) and white blood cell count (6.9%) were more common in the chemotherapy group, and maculo-papular rash (7.4%) was more common in the EV group. Conclusions: EV is the first therapy to show significant survival advantage over standard chemotherapy in patients with treatment-experienced la/mUC. With robust clinical benefit and a tolerable safety profile, EV is a new standard of care for this aggressive disease. Clinical trial information: NCT03474107.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS4589-TPS4589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Borghese Apolo ◽  
Howard L. Parnes ◽  
Ravi Amrit Madan ◽  
James L. Gulley ◽  
John Joseph Wright ◽  
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TPS4589 Background: Accumulating evidence supports MET as a therapeutic target in urothelial carcinoma. Activated MET can promote angiogenesis and tumor growth by upregulating VEGF and may play a role in urothelial carcinoma pathogenesis. Cabozantinib inhibits primarily VEGFR2 and MET pathways. Cabozantinib has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of progressive metastatic medullary thyroid cancer, is in Phase 3 trials for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and has demonstrated clinical activity in multiple solid tumors. We previously reported that shed MET levels in serum and urine of patients with urothelial carcinoma correlate with stage, presence of visceral metastases and urinary source and that cabozantinib is effective in reversing HGF-driven urothelial carcinoma cell growth and invasion. These data support the evaluation of cabozantinib in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Methods: This is a phase II study of oral cabozantinib 60mg daily given continuously in 28-day cycles. There are three study cohorts: [1] metastatic urothelial carcinoma [2] bone only metastatic urothelial carcinoma [3] metastatic non-urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, urethra, ureter, or renal pelvis. A maximum of 55 subjects will be enrolled. Up to 45 patients will be accrued to cohort 1.The remainder will be enrolled on exploratory cohorts 2 & 3. A two-stage single-arm phase II design will be employed. The primary objective is to determine the objective response rate in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who have progressed on prior chemotherapy. Secondary objectives include progression free survival, safety and toxicity, and overall survival. Exploratory objectives include tumor tissue Met expression, shed MET levels in serum and urine, immune subsets, genetic biomarkers, molecular markers of angiogenesis and circulating tumor cells, correlation with clinical response parameters. Finally we will explore treatment evaluation with FDG and NaF PET/CT compared to standard imaging. This study is supported by the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP). NCT01688999 Clinical trial information: NCT01688999.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 330-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish R. Patel ◽  
John Allan Ellerton ◽  
Jeffrey R. Infante ◽  
Manish Agrawal ◽  
Michael S. Gordon ◽  
...  

330 Background: Avelumab is a fully human anti‒PD-L1 IgG1 antibody with promising efficacy and safety in patients (pts) with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). To further characterize the clinical activity of avelumab in mUC, we report a planned interim pooled analysis of 2 cohorts from a large phase 1b trial (NCT01772004). Methods: Pts with mUC progressed after platinum-based therapy or cisplatin-ineligible, and unselected for tumor PD-L1 expression, received avelumab 10 mg/kg (1 h IV) Q2W. Response was assessed every 6 wks by independent review per RECIST v1.1. Endpoints included objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DOR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), safety (NCI CTCAE v4.0), and tumor PD-L1 expression (clone 73-10). Results: As of Mar 19, 2016, 241 pts received avelumab for a median of 8 wks (range 2-80); median follow-up was 7.3 mos (range 0-18.2). Primary tumor sites were upper tract (renal pelvis/ureter [23.7%]) and lower tract (bladder/urethra [76.3%]). 95.4% of pts had progressed on prior platinum therapy, and 63.4% had received ≥ 2 prior lines for advanced disease (range 0-6). In 153 pts with ≥ 6 mos follow-up, confirmed ORR was 17.6% (95% CI 12.0-24.6) with 9 complete responses and 18 partial responses; 24/27 (88.9%) were ongoing. Median DOR was not reached, and the 24-wk DOR rate was 92.0% (95% CI 71.6, 97.9). 36 pts had stable disease as best response (disease control rate 41.2%). Median PFS was 6.4 wks (95% CI 6.1-11.4), and median OS was 7.0 mos (95% CI 5.6-11.1). Based on a ≥ 5% PD-L1 staining cutoff in evaluable pts with PD-L1+ (n = 56) and PD-L1– (n = 75) tumors, ORR was 25.0% (95% CI 14.4-38.4) vs 14.7% (95% CI 7.6-24.7; p = 0.178). Treatment-related adverse events (TRAE) of any grade occurring in ≥ 10% of pts were infusion-related reaction (22.8%) and fatigue (12.0%). 7.5% had a grade ≥ 3 TRAE; fatigue (1.2%)/asthenia (0.8%) occurred in > 1 pt. 28 pts (11.6%) had an immune-related TRAE (grade ≥ 3 in 2.5%). There was 1 treatment-related death (pneumonitis). Conclusions: Avelumab is well tolerated and shows promising clinical activity, including durable responses, in pts with mUC, regardless of tumor PD-L1 expression status. Follow-up is ongoing. Clinical trial information: NCT01772004.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 428-428
Author(s):  
Andrea B. Apolo ◽  
Manish R. Patel ◽  
John Allan Ellerton ◽  
Luc Dirix ◽  
Juliane Manitz ◽  
...  

428 Background: Avelumab is a human anti‒PD-L1 IgG1 antibody approved in the US, Canada, and Israel for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) progressed after platinum chemotherapy. In the JAVELIN Solid Tumor study, patients (pts) in various subgroups had a favorable objective response rate (ORR) with avelumab. Here, we report further post hoc analyses of safety and efficacy outcomes with avelumab in high-risk mUC subgroups. Methods: Pts with mUC that had progressed after platinum-based therapy in the JAVELIN Solid Tumor study were analyzed. Best overall response (per RECIST 1.1) was adjudicated by an independent review committee. ORR, disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), and adverse event (AE) profiles for pre-specified subgroups of high-risk pts were compared. Results: 242 pts with mUC received avelumab and were followed up for ≥2 years (data cutoff, Apr 2018). No difference was found in ORR between pts with renal insufficiency (creatine clearance [CrCl], <60 mL/min; n=107) and pts with CrCl ≥60 mL/min (n=131; 17.8% [95% CI: 11.0-26.3] vs 15.3% [95% CI: 9.6-22.6]) or between pts with upper (n=56) vs lower tract tumors (n=186; 14.3% [95% CI: 6.4-26.2] vs 17.2% [95% CI: 12.1-23.4]). ORR in pts with baseline liver metastases (n=83) was 6.0% (95% CI: 2.0-13.5) vs 22.0% (95% CI: 15.8-29.3) in pts without (n=159). ORR in elderly pts (≥75 years; n=68) was 25.0% (95% CI: 15.3-37.0) vs 13.2% (95% CI: 8.6-19.2) in younger pts (n=174). ORR in pts with albumin ≥35 g/L (n=197) was 19.8% (95% CI: 14.5-26.1) vs 2.2% (95% CI: 0.1-11.8) in pts with <35 g/L (n=45). Except for the albumin levels and age subgroups (where the trend in ORR was not confirmed), subgroups showed DCR and PFS that were consistent with ORR trends. AE profiles did not exhibit any higher risk of adverse effects in these subgroups. Conclusions: Responses to avelumab occurred in select assessed subgroups previously defined as poor prognostic or high risk, suggesting that immunotherapy may achieve comparable efficacy irrespective of factors such as site of disease and renal status; no difference in safety profiles was identified. Clinical trial information: NCT01772004.


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