Efficacy and safety of "second adjuvant" therapy with BRAF/MEK inhibitors after resection of recurrent melanoma following adjuvant PD-1–based immunotherapy.

Authors

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Amelia M. Taylor

Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, Australia

Amelia M. Taylor , Claire Galea , Serigne N. Lo , Florentia Dimitriou , Sarah Jacques , Clara Allayous , Hui-Ling Yeoh , Julia M. Ressler , Katharina C. Kähler , Lucia Festino , Julia Katharina Schwarze , Alexandre M. Wicky , Joanna Placzke , Douglas Buckner Johnson , Lisa Zimmer , Celeste Lebbe , Reinhard Dummer , Matteo S. Carlino , Georgina V. Long , Alexander M. Menzies

Organizations

Melanoma Institute Australia, Sydney, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Sydney, Australia, AP-HP, Dermatology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, Alfred Health, Melbourne, NSW, Australia, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, University Hospital (UKSH), Campus Kiel, Department of Dermatology, Kiel, Germany, Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Development Therapeutics Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS Fondazione "G. Pascale", Naples, Italy, Department of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)/ Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium, Precision Oncology Center, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, Universite de Paris, AP-HP Hôpital Saint-Louis, Dermatology Department, Paris, France, Universitäts Spital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, and Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Research Funding

No funding received

Background: Both anti-PD-1 antibodies and BRAK/MEK inhibitors (BRAF/MEKi) reduce the risk of recurrence for patients with resected stage III melanoma. For patients with V600 BRAF-mutated melanoma who recur with resectable disease on or after adjuvant, many may be suitable for ‘second adjuvant' treatment after surgery. We sought to examine the efficacy and safety of ‘second adjuvant’ BRAF/MEKi in patients who recurred despite adjuvant PD-1 based immunotherapy. Methods: Patients with V600 BRAF-mutated melanoma treated with adjuvant PD-1 based immunotherapy for resected stage III/IV disease who recurred, underwent resection of recurrence and were then treated with adjuvant BRAF/MEKi were identified retrospectively from 13 centres. Demographics, disease characteristics, treatment details, and outcome data were examined. Results: 55 patients were included; median age at commencement of PD-1 was 53y, most were V600E (91%) and had IIIB (42%) or IIIC (44%) melanoma. PD-1 based adjuvant therapy included nivolumab (71%), nivolumab plus ipilimumab (14%), pembrolizumab (13%) and pembrolizumab plus mRNA-4157 vaccine (2%). Patients had initial recurrence after mean 8.4 months (95% CI 7.4-10.6), mainly while on treatment (65%), in regional nodes (42%), in-transit metastases (ITMs; 38%), both regional nodes and ITMs (7%) and distant metastases (13%). Surgical management included CLND (36%), selected nodal resection (11%), ITM resection (33%) and resection of distant metastasis (13%). A minority had adjuvant radiotherapy (17%). Stage at start of second adjuvant BRAF/MEKi included IIIB (29%), IIIC (53%) IIID (4%) and IV (15%). Patients received dabrafenib and trametinib (95%, N = 52) and encorafenib and binimetinib (5%, N = 3). After a median follow up of 21.4 months (19.7-25.4), 17 (31%) patients have recurred again. Mean duration of treatment was 9 months (95% CI 7.4-10.6); 20% ceased for toxicity, 7% for recurrence and 35% were on treatment at last follow up. The most common toxicity was pyrexia (43%) and 21% patients experienced a severe (G3-4) adverse event. Median RFS was 33.4 months (14.3.7-NR) and median DMFS was not reached. At 12 months, 72% (59-88) of patients were recurrence free and 90% (81-100) were free of distant recurrence. For those whose disease recurred again, most recurred after cessation of second adjuvant BRAF/MEKi (13/17, 76%). 7 (41%) recurred locally and 8 (47%) recurred with new metastatic disease but none had brain metastases. Conclusions: This is the first study examining outcomes of patients receiving second adjuvant targeted therapy for melanoma, after failure of adjuvant PD-1 based immunotherapy. While RFS appears shorter compared to first line trials, second adjuvant treatment with BRAF/MEKi appears safe and active in preventing further recurrence. Further data on sequencing adjuvant therapies are needed.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 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 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr 9575)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.9575

Abstract #

9575

Poster Bd #

168

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