Chemotherapy efficacy after first-line immunotherapy in 18 advanced melanoma patients

In BRAF wild type advanced melanoma, immune checkpoint blockers such as anti-PD1 (anti-programmed cell death 1) are usually continued beyond progression for a hypothetical rare further response. Chemotherapy as a second-line option is considered ineffective by many practitioners based on historical data. Continuing anti-PD1 beyond progression has a high health-economic impact and is not recommended by the FDA. This study aimed to describe the efficacy and survival of advanced melanoma patients who received second-line (or more) chemotherapy after immunotherapy failure.This was a retrospective single center study conducted in a French University Hospital during an 11-month period. All advanced melanoma patients treated with chemotherapy after immunotherapy failure were included.Eighteen patients were analyzed. Therapeutic response to chemotherapy was evaluable in 16 patients: partial response was achieved in 3/16 (19%), stable disease in 1/16 (6%) and progressive disease in 12/16 (75%). Median overall survival from chemotherapy start was 12 months. Median progression-free survival was 5.4 months. The 6-month overall survival rate was 81% and the 6-month progression-free survival rate was 40%.Although the disease control rate with chemotherapy was low (25%), survival data in our study are far superior to those previously published. This could be linked to a high proportion of patients treated with anti-PD1 just prior to chemotherapy, which may suggest a potential synergy between immunotherapy and chemotherapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

Medicine - 99(2020), 29 vom: 17. Juli, Seite e21329

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saint-Jean, Mélanie [VerfasserIn]
Fronteau, Clémentine [VerfasserIn]
Peuvrel, Lucie [VerfasserIn]
Khammari, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Varey, Emilie [VerfasserIn]
Quéreux, Gaëlle [VerfasserIn]
Dréno, Brigitte [VerfasserIn]

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Antineoplastic Agents
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Date Completed 03.08.2020

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MD.0000000000021329

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NLM312789432