Clinical features and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in pregnancy-associated melanoma (PAM).

Authors

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Daniel Ying Wang

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Daniel Ying Wang , Carina N. Owen , David James Palmieri , Justine Vanessa Cohen , Zeynep Eroglu , Georgina V. Long , Ryan J. Sullivan , Justin M. Balko , Matteo S. Carlino , Alexander M. Menzies , Douglas Buckner Johnson

Organizations

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, Australia, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, H. Lee. Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, and Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Research Funding

U.S. National Institutes of Health

Background: Melanoma is one of the most common malignancies diagnosed during pregnancy. Little is known about the clinical outcomes of PAM, in particular, response to ICIs. We performed a retrospective study to assess this issue. Methods: A multicenter retrospective study was performed at 4 large melanoma centers. Patients (pts) with PAM treated with ICIs were identified and examined. Clinical data and molecular data (RNA sequencing, IHC) were explored. PAM was defined as development of advanced melanoma during pregnancy or within 2 years post-partum. Results: 19 pts with PAM were treated with ICIs. Median follow-up was 11.7 months (range 1.4 – 41.9 months). Median age was 29 years (range 16-36). Most pts had a cutaneous primary (N = 17, 89%) including the extremity (N = 8) or trunk (N = 7), and 5% were occult. 11 pts (58%) had a BRAF V600E mutation and 6 (32%) pts received BRAF/MEK targeted therapy. Most pts had prior primary melanoma (N = 12, 63%) and presented with advanced melanoma in the post-partum setting (N = 11, 58%). At advanced presentation, 6 (32%) pts were stage III/M1a and 13 (68%) pts were stage M1b/c/d; 7 (41%) pts had elevated LDH and 13 (68%) had visceral involvement. Among 11 patients treated with combination ipilimumab + anti-PD-1 therapy, 7 (64%) had objective responses (OR) with a 1-year progression free survival (PFS) of 40% and 1-year overall survival (OS) of 100%. By contrast, ICI monotherapy (3 with anti-PD-1/L1 and 4 with ipilimumab) was associated with poorer outcomes (OR in 25% and 33% for ipilimumab and anti-PD-1/L1, respectively). Molecular features (RNA sequencing, immunohistochemistry) will be presented. Conclusions: Patients with PAM represent a unique population and may particularly benefit with combination ICI therapy compared with ICI monotherapy (in a limited sample size). Molecular underpinnings of PAM biology are still being elucidated.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Track

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Sub Track

Biologic Correlates

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 9564)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.9564

Abstract #

9564

Poster Bd #

135

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