Integrated use of PD-1 inhibition and transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma : evaluation of safety and efficacy in a retrospective, propensity score-matched study

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BACKGROUND: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Integrated use of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), a locoregional inducer of immunogenic cell death, with ICI has not been formally assessed for safety and efficacy outcomes.

METHODS: From a retrospective multicenter dataset of 323 patients treated with ICI, we identified 31 patients who underwent >1 TACE 60 days before or concurrently, with nivolumab at a single center. We derived a propensity score-matched cohort of 104 patients based on Child-Pugh Score, portal vein thrombosis, extrahepatic metastasis and alpha fetoprotein (AFP) who received nivolumab monotherapy. We described overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), objective responses according to modified RECIST criteria and safety in the multimodal arm in comparison to monotherapy.

RESULTS: Over a median follow-up of 9.3 (IQR 4.0-16.4) months, patients undergoing multimodal immunotherapy with TACE achieved a significantly longer median (95% CI) PFS of 8.8 (6.2-23.2) vs 3.7 (2.7-5.4) months (log-rank 0.15, p<0.01) in the monotherapy group. Multimodal immunotherapy with TACE demonstrated a numerically longer OS compared with ICI monotherapy with a median 35.1 (16.1-Not Evaluable) vs 16.6 (15.7-32.6) months (log-rank 0.41, p=0.12). In the multimodal treatment group, there were three (10%) grade 3 or higher adverse events (AEs) attributed to immunotherapy compared with seven (6.7%) in the matched ICI monotherapy arm. There were no AEs grade 3 or higher attributed to TACE in the multimodal treatment arm. At 3 months following each TACE in the multimodal arm, there was an overall objective response rate of 84%. There were no significant changes in liver functional reserve 1 month following each TACE. Four patients undergoing multimodal treatment were successfully bridged to transplant.

CONCLUSIONS: TACE can be safely integrated with programmed cell death 1 blockade and may lead to a significant delay in tumor progression and disease downstaging in selected patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 10(2022), 6 vom: 16. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marinelli, Brett [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Edward [VerfasserIn]
D'Alessio, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Cedillo, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Sinha, Ishan [VerfasserIn]
Debnath, Neha [VerfasserIn]
Kudo, Masatoshi [VerfasserIn]
Nishida, Naoshi [VerfasserIn]
Saeed, Anwaar [VerfasserIn]
Hildebrand, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Kaseb, Ahmed O [VerfasserIn]
Abugabal, Yehia I [VerfasserIn]
Pillai, Anjana [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yi-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Uqba [VerfasserIn]
Muzaffar, Mahvish [VerfasserIn]
Naqash, Abdul Rafeh [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Fischman, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Bishay, Vivian [VerfasserIn]
Bettinger, Dominik [VerfasserIn]
Sung, Max [VerfasserIn]
Ang, Celina [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, Myron [VerfasserIn]
Pinato, David J [VerfasserIn]
Marron, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

31YO63LBSN
Combined Modality Therapy
Immunomodulation
Journal Article
Liver Neoplasms
Multicenter Study
Nivolumab
Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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Date Completed 20.06.2022

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jitc-2021-004205

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NLM34231646X