Pembrolizumab with or Without Lenvatinib as First-line Therapy for Patients with Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma (LEAP-011) : A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial

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BACKGROUND: Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib has shown antitumor activity and acceptable safety in patients with platinum-refractory urothelial carcinoma (UC).

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate pembrolizumab plus either lenvatinib or placebo as first-line therapy for advanced UC in the phase 3 LEAP-011 study.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Patients with advanced UC who were ineligible for cisplatin-based therapy or any platinum-based chemotherapy were enrolled.

INTERVENTION: Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously every 3 wk plus either lenvatinib 20 mg or placebo orally once daily.

OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Dual primary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). An external data monitoring committee (DMC) regularly reviewed safety and efficacy data every 3 mo.

RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: Between June 25, 2019 and July 21, 2021, 487 patients were allocated to receive lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab (n = 245) or placebo plus pembrolizumab (n = 242). The median time from randomization to the data cutoff date (July 26, 2021) was 12.8 mo (interquartile range, 6.9-19.3). The median PFS was 4.5 mo in the combination arm and 4.0 mo in the pembrolizumab arm (hazard ratio [HR] 0.90 [95% confidence interval {CI} 0.72-1.14]). The median OS was 11.8 mo for the combination arm and 12.9 mo for the pembrolizumab arm (HR 1.14 [95% CI 0.87-1.48]). Grade 3-5 adverse events attributed to trial treatment occurred in 123 of 241 patients (51%) treated with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab and in 66 of 242 patients (27%) treated with placebo plus pembrolizumab. This trial was terminated earlier than initially planned based on recommendation from the DMC.

CONCLUSIONS: The benefit-to-risk ratio for first-line lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab was not considered favorable versus pembrolizumab plus placebo as first-line therapy in patients with advanced UC.

PATIENT SUMMARY: Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab was not more effective than pembrolizumab plus placebo in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

European urology - 85(2024), 3 vom: 31. März, Seite 229-238

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matsubara, Nobuaki [VerfasserIn]
de Wit, Ronald [VerfasserIn]
Balar, Arjun Vasant [VerfasserIn]
Siefker-Radtke, Arlene O [VerfasserIn]
Zolnierek, Jakub [VerfasserIn]
Csoszi, Tibor [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Sang Joon [VerfasserIn]
Park, Se Hoon [VerfasserIn]
Atduev, Vagif [VerfasserIn]
Gumus, Mahmut [VerfasserIn]
Su, Yu-Li [VerfasserIn]
Karaca, Saziye Burcak [VerfasserIn]
Cutuli, Hernán Javier [VerfasserIn]
Sendur, Mehmet A N [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Liji [VerfasserIn]
O'Hara, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Okpara, Chinyere E [VerfasserIn]
Franco, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Blanca Homet [VerfasserIn]
Grivas, Petros [VerfasserIn]
Loriot, Yohann [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Bladder cancer
Checkpoint inhibitor
Cisplatin Ineligible
Clinical Trial, Phase III
DPT0O3T46P
EE083865G2
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Lenvatinib
Pembrolizumab
Phenylurea Compounds
Platinum ineligible
Quinolines
Randomized Controlled Trial
Urothelial carcinoma

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.eururo.2023.08.012

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NLM362748292