Pembrolizumab monotherapy versus chemotherapy in platinum-pretreated, recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer (KEYNOTE-122) : an open-label, randomized, phase III trial

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BACKGROUND: Pembrolizumab previously demonstrated robust antitumor activity and manageable safety in a phase Ib study of patients with heavily pretreated, programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)-positive, recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The phase III KEYNOTE-122 study was conducted to further evaluate pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy in patients with platinum-pretreated, recurrent and/or metastatic NPC. Final analysis results are presented.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: KEYNOTE-122 was an open-label, randomized study conducted at 29 sites, globally. Participants with platinum-pretreated recurrent and/or metastatic NPC were randomly assigned (1 : 1) to pembrolizumab or chemotherapy with capecitabine, gemcitabine, or docetaxel. Randomization was stratified by liver metastasis (present versus absent). The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS), analyzed in the intention-to-treat population using the stratified log-rank test (superiority threshold, one-sided P = 0.0187). Safety was assessed in the as-treated population.

RESULTS: Between 5 May 2016 and 28 May 2018, 233 participants were randomly assigned to treatment (pembrolizumab, n = 117; chemotherapy, n = 116); Most participants (86.7%) received study treatment in the second-line or later setting. Median time from randomization to data cut-off (30 November 2020) was 45.1 months (interquartile range, 39.0-48.8 months). Median OS was 17.2 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 11.7-22.9 months] with pembrolizumab and 15.3 months (95% CI 10.9-18.1 months) with chemotherapy [hazard ratio, 0.90 (95% CI 0.67-1.19; P = 0.2262)]. Grade 3-5 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 12 of 116 participants (10.3%) with pembrolizumab and 49 of 112 participants (43.8%) with chemotherapy. Three treatment-related deaths occurred: 1 participant (0.9%) with pembrolizumab (pneumonitis) and 2 (1.8%) with chemotherapy (pneumonia, intracranial hemorrhage).

CONCLUSION: Pembrolizumab did not significantly improve OS compared with chemotherapy in participants with platinum-pretreated recurrent and/or metastatic NPC but did have manageable safety and a lower incidence of treatment-related adverse events.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 34(2023), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 251-261

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chan, A T C [VerfasserIn]
Lee, V H F [VerfasserIn]
Hong, R-L [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, M-J [VerfasserIn]
Chong, W Q [VerfasserIn]
Kim, S-B [VerfasserIn]
Ho, G F [VerfasserIn]
Caguioa, P B [VerfasserIn]
Ngamphaiboon, N [VerfasserIn]
Ho, C [VerfasserIn]
Aziz, M A S A [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Q S [VerfasserIn]
Yen, C-J [VerfasserIn]
Soparattanapaisarn, N [VerfasserIn]
Ngan, R K-C [VerfasserIn]
Kho, S K [VerfasserIn]
Tiambeng, M L A [VerfasserIn]
Yun, T [VerfasserIn]
Sriuranpong, V [VerfasserIn]
Algazi, A P [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, A [VerfasserIn]
Massarelli, E [VerfasserIn]
Swaby, R F [VerfasserIn]
Saraf, S [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, J [VerfasserIn]
Siu, L L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

15H5577CQD
49DFR088MY
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Clinical Trial, Phase I
Clinical Trial, Phase III
DPT0O3T46P
Docetaxel
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Nasopharyngeal cancer
Pembrolizumab
Platinum
Programmed death-1 (PD-1)
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.02.2023

Date Revised 03.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.annonc.2022.12.007

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NLM35047365X