Treatment with a retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) agonist as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors : results from two phase 1 studies

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BACKGROUND: We evaluated MK-4621, an oligonucleotide that binds and activates retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I), as monotherapy (NCT03065023) and in combination with the anti-programmed death 1 antibody pembrolizumab (NCT03739138).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were ≥ 18 years with histologically/cytologically confirmed advanced/metastatic solid tumors with injectable lesions. MK-4621 (0.2‒0.8 mg) was administered intratumorally as a stable formulation with jetPEI™ twice weekly over a 4-week cycle as monotherapy and weekly in 3-week cycles for up to 6 cycles in combination with 200 mg pembrolizumab every 3 weeks for up to 35 cycles. Primary endpoints were dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs), treatment-related adverse events (AEs), and treatment discontinuation due to AEs.

RESULTS: Fifteen patients received MK-4621 monotherapy and 30 received MK-4621 plus pembrolizumab. The only DLT, grade 3 pleural effusion that subsequently resolved, occurred in a patient who received MK-4621/jetPEI™ 0.8 mg plus pembrolizumab. 93% of patients experienced ≥ 1 treatment-related AE with both monotherapy and combination therapy. No patients experienced an objective response per RECIST v1.1 with MK-4621 monotherapy; 4 (27%) had stable disease. Three (10%) patients who received combination therapy had a partial response. Serum and tumor biomarker analyses provided evidence that MK-4621 treatment induced an increase in gene expression of interferon signaling pathway members and associated chemokines and cytokines.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients treated with MK-4621 monotherapy or in combination with pembrolizumab experienced tolerable safety and modest antitumor activity, and there was evidence that MK-4621 activated the RIG-I pathway. At the doses tested, MK-4621 did not confer meaningful clinical benefit.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03065023 and NCT03739138.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:71

Enthalten in:

Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII - 71(2022), 12 vom: 06. Dez., Seite 2985-2998

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moreno, V [VerfasserIn]
Calvo, E [VerfasserIn]
Middleton, M R [VerfasserIn]
Barlesi, F [VerfasserIn]
Gaudy-Marqueste, C [VerfasserIn]
Italiano, A [VerfasserIn]
Romano, E [VerfasserIn]
Marabelle, A [VerfasserIn]
Chartash, E [VerfasserIn]
Dobrenkov, K [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, H [VerfasserIn]
Connors, E C [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Y [VerfasserIn]
Wermke, M [VerfasserIn]

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5688UTC01R
9008-11-1
Biomarkers, Tumor
Clinical Trial, Phase I
Cytokines
DPT0O3T46P
Innate immunity
Interferon type I
Interferons
Intratumoral injection
Journal Article
Oligonucleotides
Pembrolizumab
RIG-I
Tretinoin

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Date Completed 25.10.2022

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03739138, NCT03065023

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00262-022-03191-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341193674