Safety and clinical activity of pembrolizumab immunotherapy and multi-organ site ablative stereotactic body radiotherapy (iMOSART) in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Authors

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Jeffrey Lemons

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Jeffrey Lemons, Jason J. Luke, Theodore Karrison, Sean Pitroda, James Melotek, Yuanyuan Zha, Hania A Al-Hallaq, Ainhoa Arina, Linda A. Janisch, Paul J Chang, Jyoti D. Patel, Gini F. Fleming, John William Moroney, Manish Sharma, Julia R. White, Mark J. Ratain, Thomas Gajewski, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Steven J. Chmura

Organizations

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, Chicagi, IL, NRG Oncology/RTOG, and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Universtiy of Chicago, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: Clinical responses to PD1 blockade have been linked to IFN-γ associated gene expression in the tumor microenvironment. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) can stimulate innate and adaptive immunity to potentially augment immunotherapy. Anti-PD1 treatment outcomes are improved with lower disease burden and multi-site radiation is an emerging paradigm for eradicating metastatic disease. Methods: We conducted a phase I study for patients with metastatic solid tumors who progressed on standard treatment. The primary aim was to evaluate the safety of pembrolizumab Immunotherapy with Multi-Organ Site Ablative stereotactic body Radiation Therapy (iMOSART). Two to four metastases were chosen for each patient and not all sites of disease were targeted with SBRT. Metastases > 65cc were partially irradiated. Pembrolizumab was initiated within 7 days after the final SBRT treatment. Results: 79 patients were enrolled, three patients did not receive any treatment and three patients only received SBRT. The 73 patients included in the analysis were treated with SBRT and at least 1 cycle of pembrolizumab. 94.5% of patients had two lesions treated with SBRT. Median follow-up for toxicity was 5.5 months (IQR 3.3-8.1). Six patients experienced dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) with no radiation dose reductions. RECIST overall objective response rate was 13.5% in the 68 patients with imaging follow-up. Superior control of irradiated lesions was observed compared to non-irradiated target lesions for the 52 patients with paired data (p = 0·0005) with a mean percent tumor burden change -21·7% (SD 24·3%) for irradiated lesions vs. 1·7% (SD 46·3%) for non-irradiated lesions (p = 0·0008). While abscopal response defined by 30% reduction in any single non-irradiated measurable lesion was present in 26·9% of patients, abscopal response was 13·2% when defined by 30% reduction in aggregate diameter of non-irradiated measurable lesions. Conclusions: iMOSART was well tolerated with acceptable toxicity. Further randomized studies are warranted to investigate the potential clinical benefit of this combination approach. Clinical trial information: NCT02608385

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 ASCO-SITC Clinical Immuno-Oncology Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A

Track

Developmental Therapeutics,Genitourinary Cancer,Head and Neck Cancer,Lung Cancer,Melanoma/Skin Cancers,Gastrointestinal Cancer,Breast and Gynecologic Cancers,Combination Studies,Implications for Patients and Society,Miscellaneous Cancers,Oncolytic Viruses,Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Novel Clinical Trial Designs

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02608385

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl 5S; abstr 20)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.5_suppl.20

Abstract #

20

Poster Bd #

A1

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