Efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) for in-transit melanoma.

Authors

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Emilia Nan Tie

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Emilia Nan Tie , Julia Elizabeth Lai-Kwon , Lumine Na , Michael Alexander Rtshiladze , James Bozzi , Tavis Read , Victoria Atkinson , George Au-Yeung , Georgina V. Long , Grant A. McArthur , Shahneen Kaur Sandhu , Robyn Saw , Euan Thomas Walpole , Alexander M. Menzies , B. Mark Smithers , David E. Gyorki

Organizations

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, Wollstonecraft, NSW, Australia, Princess Alexandra Hospital and University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, and Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Research Funding

Other

Background: The efficacy of ICIs in metastatic melanoma is well-established. However, there is limited data regarding their efficacy in in-transit melanoma metastases (ITM). This study assessed the efficacy of ICI in patients with ITM. Methods: A multisite, retrospective review of patients with ITM treated with ICI from 2004-2018. Demographic and clinicopathological factors (age, sex, primary site, AJCC version 8 stage, BRAF status, prior locoregional therapies) were collected. Objective response rate (ORR) based on a clinician-assessed best overall response, progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: Fifty-four patients were included: 27 (50%) female; median age 69 (range 19-89); 12 (22%) stage IIIB, 40 (74%) stage IIIC and 2 (4%) stage IIID; 10(19%) BRAF mutant. Forty (74%) received single agent PD-1 inhibitor (pembrolizumab or nivolumab), 8 (15%) single agent anti-CTLA-4 (ipilimumab), 5 (9%) combination anti-PD-1/anti-CTLA-4 (ipilimumab and nivolumab or pembrolizumab) and 1 (2%) combination anti-PDL-1/MEK inhibitor (atezolizumab and cobimetinib). ORR to ICI was 54%: 14 (26%) complete responses; 15 (28%) partial responses; 9 (17%) stable disease; 16 (30%) progressive disease. Thirteen (46%) responders had only one ITM lesion. ORR was 58% for single agent anti PD-1, 38% for single agent anti-CTLA4, and 40% for anti-PD-1/anti-CTLA-4 (Table). The median follow-up was 15 months (2-46). The median PFS was 11.7 months (6.6-N/A). PFS at 1 and 2 years were 48% and 39%. Fourteen (56%) progressed locoregionally and 11 (44%) progressed distantly. OS at 1 and 2 years were 85% and 63%; the median OS was not reached. No clinicopathological features were associated with ORR. Conclusions: ICI produces objective responses in ITM and should be considered in patients with unresectable ITM or disease recurrence despite locoregional therapies.

Clinician assessed best overall responseTotal
n (%)
Single agent anti-PD-1
n (%)
Single agent anti-CTLA-4
n (%)
Combination anti-PD-1/anti-CTLA-4
n (%)
Combination anti-PDL-1/MEK inhibitor
n (%)
Overall54 (100)40 (100)8 (100)5 (100)1 (100)
CR14 (26)12 (30)1 (13)1 (20)0
PR15 (28)11 (28)2 (25)1 (20)1 (100)
SD9 (17)4 (10)3 (38)2 (40)0
PD16 (30)13 (33)2 (25)1 (200

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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

Local-Regional Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 9583)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.9583

Abstract #

9583

Poster Bd #

154

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