Yi An1, Wen Jiang2, Betty Y S Kim3, Jack M Qian1, Chad Tang2, Penny Fang2, Jennifer Logan2, Neil M D'Souza2, Lauren E Haydu4, Xin A Wang2, Kenneth R Hess2, Harriet Kluger1, Isabella C Glitza4, Anita Mahajan2, James W Welsh2, Steven H Lin2, James B Yu1, Michael A Davies4, Patrick Hwu4, Erik P Sulman2, Paul D Brown2, Veronica L S Chiang5, Jing Li6. 1. Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, United States. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States. 4. Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States. 5. Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, United States. 6. Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States. Electronic address: jing.li@mdanderson.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Numerous studies suggest that radiation can boost antitumor immune response by stimulating release of tumor-specific antigens. However, the optimal timing between radiotherapy and immune checkpoint blockade to achieve potentially synergistic benefits is unclear. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Multi-institutional retrospective analysis was conducted of ninety-nine metastatic melanoma patients from 2007 to 2014 treated with ipilimumab who later received stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for new brain metastases that developed after starting immunotherapy. All patients had complete blood count acquired before SRS. Primary outcomes were intracranial disease control and overall survival (OS). RESULTS: The median follow-up time was 15.5months. In the MD Anderson cohort, patients who received SRS after 5.5months (n=20) of their last dose of ipilimumab had significantly worse intracranial control than patients who received SRS within 5.5months (n=51) (median 3.63 vs. 8.09months; hazard ratio [HR] 2.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03-4.16, p=0.041). OS was not different between the two arms. The improvement in intracranial control was confirmed in an independent validation cohort of 28 patients treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Circulating absolute lymphocyte count before SRS predicted for treatment response as those with baseline counts >1000/µL had reduced risk of intracranial recurrence compared with those with ≤1000/µL (HR 0.46, 95% CI 0.0.23-0.94, p=0.03). CONCLUSIONS: In this multi-institutional study, patients who received SRS for new brain metastases within 5.5months after ipilimumab therapy had better intracranial disease control than those who received SRS later. Moreover, higher circulating lymphocyte count was associated with improved intracranial disease control.
BACKGROUND: Numerous studies suggest that radiation can boost antitumor immune response by stimulating release of tumor-specific antigens. However, the optimal timing between radiotherapy and immune checkpoint blockade to achieve potentially synergistic benefits is unclear. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Multi-institutional retrospective analysis was conducted of ninety-nine metastatic melanomapatients from 2007 to 2014 treated with ipilimumab who later received stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for new brain metastases that developed after starting immunotherapy. All patients had complete blood count acquired before SRS. Primary outcomes were intracranial disease control and overall survival (OS). RESULTS: The median follow-up time was 15.5months. In the MD Anderson cohort, patients who received SRS after 5.5months (n=20) of their last dose of ipilimumab had significantly worse intracranial control than patients who received SRS within 5.5months (n=51) (median 3.63 vs. 8.09months; hazard ratio [HR] 2.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03-4.16, p=0.041). OS was not different between the two arms. The improvement in intracranial control was confirmed in an independent validation cohort of 28 patients treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Circulating absolute lymphocyte count before SRS predicted for treatment response as those with baseline counts >1000/µL had reduced risk of intracranial recurrence compared with those with ≤1000/µL (HR 0.46, 95% CI 0.0.23-0.94, p=0.03). CONCLUSIONS: In this multi-institutional study, patients who received SRS for new brain metastases within 5.5months after ipilimumab therapy had better intracranial disease control than those who received SRS later. Moreover, higher circulating lymphocyte count was associated with improved intracranial disease control.
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