| Literature DB >> 32581057 |
Yana G Najjar1, Kristina Navrazhina2, Pauline Funchain3, Alexander Shoushtari2, Fei Ding4, Roma Bhatia5, Katy Tsai6, Kelly Abbate7, Barbara Durden8, Zeynep Eroglu9, Shailender Bhatia10, Song Park10, Akansha Chowdhary11, Sunandana Chandra11, Jonathan Kennedy12, Igor Puzanov12, Marc Ernstoff12, Pankit Vachhani13, Joseph Drabick14, Arun Singh3, Tan Xu3, Jessica Yang7, Richard Carvajal15, Daniel Manson16, John M Kirkwood4, Justine Cohen17, Ryan Sullivan17, Douglas Johnson18.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common intraocular malignancy in adults. In contrast to cutaneous melanoma (CM), there is no standard therapy, and the efficacy and safety of dual checkpoint blockade with nivolumab and ipilimumab is not well defined.Entities:
Keywords: immunotherapy; melanoma; oncology
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32581057 PMCID: PMC7319717 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000331
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunother Cancer ISSN: 2051-1426 Impact factor: 13.751
Patient demographics and clinical characteristics of patients at baseline (n=89)
| Characteristic | N (%) |
| Median age at diagnosis, years (range) | 53 (16–83) |
| Male | 47 (53) |
| Race | |
| Caucasian | 70 (79) |
| Othert | 4 (4) |
| Unknown | 15 (17) |
| Eye | |
| Left | 38 (43) |
| Right | 37 (42) |
| Unknown | 14 (16) |
| Stage at diagnosis | |
| Limited | 83 (93) |
| Metastatic | 5 (6) |
| Unknown | 1 (1) |
| Molecular risk | |
| High | 28 (31) |
| Low | 3 (3) |
| Unknown | 58 (65) |
| Time to metastasis, mo (range) | 37.8 (3.7–212.7) |
| Median no of prior therapies, no (range) | 0 (0–4) |
| Received prior therapy | |
| Any prior therapy | 40 (45) |
| Liver directed therapy | 26 (29) |
| Systemic therapy | 25 (28) |
| Radiation | 13 (15) |
| Immunotherapy | 20 (22) |
| Targeted therapy | 12 (13) |
| Chemotherapy | 2 (2) |
| Performance status at treatment start | |
| 0 | 50 (56) |
| 1 | 21 (24) |
| 2 | 4 (4) |
| Unknown | 14 (16) |
| LDH at treatment start | |
| Normal | 23 (26) |
| High | 16 (18) |
| Unknown | 50 (56) |
Treatment outcomes of metastatic UM on combination ipilimumab and nivolumab
| Total cycles of ipilimumab +nivolumab | |
| 1 | 14 (16%) |
| 2 | 20 (22%) |
| 3 | 18 (20%) |
| 4 | 37 (42%) |
| Median | 3 |
| Reason for ipilimumab +nivolumab discontinuation | |
| Progression | 18 (35%) |
| Toxicity | 29 (57%) |
| NA | 4 (8%) |
| Maintenance therapy | |
| Ipilimumab | 1 (1%) |
| Nivolumab | 26 (29%) |
| Pembrolizumab | 2 (2%) |
| No maintenance therapy | 46 (52%) |
| NA | 14 (16%) |
| Reason maintenance therapy discontinuation | |
| Progression | 16 (55%) |
| Toxicity | 5 (17%) |
| Still on nivolumab | 2 (7%) |
| Unknown status | 6 (21%) |
| Number of doses of nivolumab monotherapy | |
| Median | 7 |
| Range | 1–29 |
| NA | 4 |
NA, not applicable; UM, uveal melanoma.
Summary of best responses observed with ipilimumab plus nivolumab in metastatic UM
| Characteristic | N (%) (95% CI) |
| CR | 1 (1) |
| PR | 9 (10) |
| SD | 21 (24) |
| PD | 55 (62) |
| Not available | 3 (3) |
| ORR | 10/86 (11.6) (5.7 to 20.3) |
| DCR | 31/86 (36) (26.0 to 47.1) |
| Median duration of response | 6.0 (3.0 to 10.3) months |
| OS, median, 95% CI | 15 (10.9 to 21.6) months |
| PFS, median, 95% CI | 2.7 (2.6 to 3.3) months |
CR, complete response; DCR, disease control rate; ORR, overall response rate; OS, overall survival; PD, progression of disease; PFS, progression free survival; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; UM, uveal melanoma.
Figure 1Swimmer plot of patients with mUM treated with ipilimumab +nivolumab. CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; mUM, metastatic uveal melanoma.
Figure 2PFS of patients with mUM treated with ipilimumab+nivolumab. PFS, progression free survival; mUM, metastatic uveal melanoma.
Figure 3OS of patients with mUM treated with ipilimumab+nivolumab. OS, overall survival; mUM, metastatic uveal melanoma.
Figure 4OS in cohorts characterized by LDH at therapy initiation in patients with mUM treated with ipilimumab +nivolumab. OS, overall survival; mUM, metastatic uveal melanoma.
(A) Toxicities observed during induction ipilimumab/nivolumab in metastatic UM
| Toxicity | Grade | Total (%) | ||||
| (A) | G1 (%) | G2 (%) | G3 (%) | G4 (%) | Unknown (%) | |
| Diarrhea/colitis | 5 (5.6) | 4 (4.5) | 10 (11.2) | 1 (1.1) | 8 (9.0) | 28 (31.5) |
| Fatigue | 8 (9.0) | 4 (4.5) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (7.9) | 20 (22.5) |
| Hypoadrenalism | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.2) | 5 (5.6) |
| Hypophysitis | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (5.6) | 9 (10.1) |
| Hypothyroid | 1 (1.1) | 9 (10.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (7.9) | 17 (19.1) |
| Pneumonitis | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.2) | 6 (6.7) |
| Rash | 8 (9.0) | 3 (3.4) | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (5.6) | 19 (21.3) |
| Transaminitis | 4 (4.5) | 3 (3.4) | 5 (5.6) | 1 (1.1) | 6 (6.7) | 19 (21.3) |
(B) Toxicities observed during maintenance immunotherapy in metastatic UM
| (B) | G1 (%) | G2 (%) | G3 (%) | Unknown (%) | Total (%) |
| Diarrhea/colitis | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 2 (7.7) |
| Fatigue | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 3 (11.5) |
| Hypoadrenalism | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 1 (3.8) |
| Hypothyroid | 1 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 2 (7.7) |
| Pneumonitis | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 1 (3.8) |
| Rash | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (7.7) | 4 (15.4) |
| Transaminitis | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.8) | 1 (3.8) | 1 (3.8) | 3 (11.5) |
Twenty-eight patients also experienced toxicities other than those listed above. Three patients had uveitis, one had DKA, two had AKI, one had myositis.
Seven patients also experienced toxicities other than those listed above.
AKI, acute kidney injury; DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; UM, uveal melanoma.