Relatlimab and nivolumab versus nivolumab in previously untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma: Overall survival and response rates from RELATIVITY-047 (CA224-047)

Authors

Georgina Long

Georgina V. Long

Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Georgina V. Long , F. Stephen Hodi , Evan J. Lipson , Dirk Schadendorf , Paolo Antonio Ascierto , Luis Matamala , Pamela Salman , Erika Castillo Gutiérrez , Piotr Rutkowski , Helen Gogas , Christopher D. Lao , Juliana Janoski De Menezes , Stéphane Dalle , Ana Maria Arance , Jean-Jacques Grob , Sarah Keidel , Anadil Shaikh , Anne Marie Sobiesk , Sonia Dolfi , Hussein A. Tawbi

Organizations

Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, University of Essen and the German Cancer Consortium, Essen, Germany, Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics Unit; Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale", Naples, Italy, Department of Oncology, Instituto Oncologico Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez and Department of Oncology, Instituto Nacional del Cancer, Santiago, Chile, Medical Oncology, Oncovida Cancer Center, Providencia, Santiago, Chile, FAICIC Clinical Research, Veracruz, Mexico, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland, First Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Michigan Medicine, Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Unit of Dermatology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Cancer Research Center of Lyon, Pierre-Bénite, France, Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, Aix-Marseille University, CHU Timone, Marseille, France, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Bristol Myers Squibb (Princeton, NJ, USA)

Background: RELATIVITY-047, a global, randomized, double-blind, phase II/III study, met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS). Relatlimab and nivolumab (RELA + NIVO) as a fixed-dose combination (FDC) demonstrated a significant PFS benefit (median PFS was 10.1 months [mo]; 95% CI, 6.4–15.7) with RELA + NIVO vs. 4.6 mo (95% CI, 3.4–5.6) with NIVO; hazard ratio (HR) 0.75 (95% CI, 0.6–0.9; p= .0055), with a manageable safety profile, compared to NIVO alone in patients with previously untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma (Lipson EJ et al. J Clin Oncol 2021;39[15_suppl]:9503P). Here we report updated PFS and the first disclosure of secondary endpoints, overall survival (OS), and overall response rate (ORR). Methods: Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive RELA 160 mg + NIVO 480 mg FDC or NIVO 480 mg alone, given intravenously every 4 weeks, as previously described (Lipson EJ et al. J Clin Oncol 2021;39[15_suppl]:9503P). The primary endpoint of PFS per RECIST v1.1 was assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR). Secondary endpoints were OS and ORR by BICR, to be tested hierarchically. The OS boundary for statistical significance was p < .04302 (2-sided) based on 69% power for a target HR of 0.75. Results: Patients (714 patients) were randomly selected to receive RELA + NIVO (355 patients) or NIVO (359 patients). Median follow-up was 19.3 mo. Updated median PFS was 10.2 mo (95% CI, 6.5–14.8) with RELA + NIVO vs. 4.6 mo (95% CI, 3.5–6.4) with NIVO (HR 0.78; 95% CI, 0.6–0.9). Median OS was not reached (NR; 95% CI, 34.2–NR) with RELA + NIVO vs. 34.1 mo (95% CI. 25.2–NR) with NIVO (HR 0.80; 95% CI, 0.6–1.0; p = .0593). OS rates at 12 mo were 77.0% (95% CI, 72.2–81.1) vs. 71.6% (95% CI, 66.6–76.0) and at 24 mo were 63.7% (95% CI, 58.1–68.7) vs. 58.3% (95% CI, 52.7–63.4) with RELA + NIVO vs. NIVO, respectively. Subsequent systemic therapy rates and types were generally similar between treatment groups. Confirmed ORR per BICR was 43.1% (95% CI, 37.9–48.4) with RELA + NIVO vs. 32.6% (95% CI, 27.8–37.7) with NIVO. Complete responses were observed in 16.3% of patients on RELA + NIVO vs. 14.2% on NIVO. Grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were observed in 75 (21.1%) patients on RELA + NIVO and 40 (11.1%) on NIVO. There were four treatment-related deaths in the RELA + NIVO group and two in the NIVO group. TRAEs (any grade) leading to treatment discontinuation were observed in 54 (15.2%) patients on RELA + NIVO and 26 (7.2%) on NIVO. Conclusions: RELA + NIVO continued to demonstrate a PFS benefit vs. NIVO alone in patients with previously untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma, consistent with the primary analysis. RELA + NIVO demonstrated a 20% reduction in risk of death and numerically improved OS rates vs. NIVO, although statistical significance was not reached for this secondary endpoint. ORR was higher with RELA + NIVO vs. NIVO. The safety profile of RELA + NIVO remained manageable with no new or unexpected safety signals. Clinical trial information: NCT03470922.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

ASCO Plenary Series

Session Type

Plenary Session

Session Title

ASCO Plenary Series: March 2022 Session

Track

Special Sessions,Lung Cancer,Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Sub Track

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03470922

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 36; abstr 360385)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.36_suppl.360385

Abstract #

360385

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