Pembrolizumab alone and pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in previously treated, extrapulmonary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas

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BACKGROUND: To date, single-agent immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy has proven to be ineffective against biomarker-unselected extrapulmonary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (EP-PDNECs). The efficacy of CPI in combination with chemotherapy remains under investigation.

METHODS: Patients with advanced, progressive EP-PDNECs were enrolled in a two-part study of pembrolizumab-based therapy. In Part A, patients received pembrolizumab alone. In Part B, patients received pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy.

PRIMARY ENDPOINT: objective response rate (ORR). Secondary endpoints: safety, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Tumours were profiled for programmed death-ligand 1 expression, microsatellite-high/mismatch repair deficient status, mutational burden (TMB), genomic correlates. Tumour growth rate was evaluated.

RESULTS: Part A (N = 14): ORR (pembrolizumab alone) 7% (95% CI, 0.2-33.9%), median PFS 1.8 months (95% CI, 1.7-21.4), median OS 7.8 months (95% CI, 3.1-not reached); 14% of patients (N = 2) had grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs). Part B (N = 22): ORR (pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy) 5% (95% CI, 0-22.8%), median PFS 2.0 months (95% CI, 1.9-3.4), median OS 4.8 months (95% CI, 4.1-8.2); 45% of patients (N = 10) had grade 3/4 TRAEs. The two patients with objective response had high-TMB tumours.

DISCUSSION: Treatment with pembrolizumab alone and pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy was ineffective in advanced, progressive EP-PDNECs.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03136055.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:129

Enthalten in:

British journal of cancer - 129(2023), 2 vom: 19. Aug., Seite 291-300

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Raj, Nitya [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Jennifer A [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Stephanie J [VerfasserIn]
Aggarwal, Rahul R [VerfasserIn]
Calabrese, Susan [VerfasserIn]
DeMore, April [VerfasserIn]
Fong, Lawrence [VerfasserIn]
Grabowsky, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Hope, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Kolli, Kanti Pallav [VerfasserIn]
Mulvey, Claire K [VerfasserIn]
Munster, Pamela N [VerfasserIn]
Perez, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Punn, Sippy [VerfasserIn]
Reidy-Lagunes, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Von Fedak, Sofia [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Bergsland, Emily K [VerfasserIn]

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Clinical Trial
DPT0O3T46P
Journal Article
Pembrolizumab
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.07.2023

Date Revised 13.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03136055

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41416-023-02298-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357110234