Adjuvant pembrolizumab (pembro) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) across UCLA Integrated Staging System (UISS) risk groups and disease stage: Subgroup analyses from the KEYNOTE-564 study.

Authors

Toni Choueiri

Toni K. Choueiri

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Toni K. Choueiri , Piotr Tomczak , Se Hoon Park , Balaji Venugopal , Tom Ferguson , Stefan N. Symeonides , Jaroslav Hajek , Yen-Hwa Chang , Jae-Lyun Lee , Naveed Sarwar , Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin , Marine Gross-Goupil , Mauricio Mahave , Naomi B. Haas , Piotr Sawrycki , Tian Zhang , Lei Xu , Kentaro Imai , Christian Heinrich Poehlein , Thomas Powles

Organizations

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Edinburgh Cancer Centre and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Fakultni Nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, University Hospital Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France, University Hospital of Bordeaux-St. Andrews Hospital, Bordeaux, France, Fundación Arturo López Pérez, Santiago, Chile, Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Provincial Hospital in Torun, Torun, Poland, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, Barts Health NHS Trust and the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, Barts Cancer Institute, and Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA

Background: Adjuvant pembro prolonged disease-free survival (DFS) for patients (pts) with RCC at increased risk of recurrence after nephrectomy in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-564 study (NCT03142334). This post hoc exploratory analysis evaluated efficacy of adjuvant pembro in pt subgroups based on UISS and disease stage. Methods: Pts with histologically confirmed clear cell RCC (pT2, Grade [G] 4 or sarcomatoid, N0, M0; pT3 or pT4, any G, N0, M0; any pT, any G, N+, M0; or M1 NED) were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive pembro 200 mg IV or placebo (pbo) every 3 weeks for ≤17 cycles (~1 y). DFS was assessed by investigator. UISS risk groups were derived retrospectively from TNM stage, Fuhrman nuclear grade, and ECOG PS. UISS groups were intermediate risk (pT2, G4, N0, M0; pT3, G1, N0, M0; or pT3, G2-4, N0, M0, ECOG 0), high risk (pT3, G2-4, N0, M0, ECOG PS 1; pT4, any G, N0, M0; or N1, M0), or M1 NED. Other subgroups were evaluated based on disease stage. Results: Baseline characteristics were balanced within subgroups. Median follow-up was 30.1 mo (range 20.8-47.5). Of 994 enrolled pts, most had UISS intermediate risk (n = 732, 73.6%; pembro n = 359; pbo n = 373); 195 pts (19.6%; pembro n = 100; pbo n = 95) had UISS high risk, and 58 pts (5.8%; pembro and pbo n = 29 each) had M1 NED. In the UISS intermediate risk group, the hazard ratio (HR) for DFS was 0.65 (95% CI, 0.48-0.88; 24-mo rates, pembro: 81.5%, pbo: 72.4%). In the UISS high-risk group, HR for DFS was 0.77 (95% CI, 0.49-1.20; 24-mo rates, pembro: 65.0%, pbo: 55.9%). In the M1 NED group, HR for DFS was 0.28 (95% CI, 0.12-0.66; 24-mo rates, pembro: 78.4%, pbo: 37.9%). DFS by disease stage is in the Table. Conclusions: Consistent with the results of the intention-to-treat (ITT) population, adjuvant pembro prolonged DFS compared with pbo for all subgroups. Results of this exploratory analysis further support the use of adjuvant pembro after nephrectomy as standard of care for pts with RCC at increased risk of recurrence. Clinical trial information: NCT03142334.

DFS HR and 24-mo ratesPembroPbo
ITTN = 496
HR (95% CI): 0.63 (0.50-0.80)
24-mo: 78.3%
N = 498
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24-mo: 67.3%
Disease stage:
T2, G4, N0, M0 and T3, G1-2, N0, M0 (33.0% of ITT)
n = 161
HR (95% CI): 0.79 (0.49-1.27)
24-mo: 83.5%
n = 167
-
24-mo: 78.3%
T3, G3-4, N0, M0 (52.6% of ITT)n = 258
HR (95% CI): 0.63 (0.45-0.88)
24-mo: 79.3%
n = 265
-
24-mo: 68.0%
T4, N0, M0 (2.2% of ITT)n = 11
HR (95% CI): 0.63 (0.17-2.36)
24-mo: 63.6%
n = 11
-
24-mo: 54.5%
N1, M0 (5.4% of ITT)n = 29
HR (95% CI): 0.57 (0.29-1.12)
24-mo: 42.8%
n = 25
-
24-mo: 27.4%
M1 NED (5.8% of ITT)n = 29
HR (95% CI): 0.28 (0.12-0.66)
24-mo: 78.4%
n = 29
-
24-mo: 37.9%
AJCC TNM stage:
Stage 2: pT2, N0, M0 (4.1% of ITT)
n = 22
HR (95% CI): 0.74 (0.30-1.83)
24-mo: 57.3%
n = 19
-
24-mo: 47.4%
Stage 3: pT3, N0, M0 or pT1-3, N1, M0 (87.5% of ITT)n = 432
HR (95% CI): 0.67 (0.52-0.88)
24-mo: 79.9%
n = 438
-
24-mo: 70.7%
Stage 4: pT4, Any N, M0 or M1 NED (8.2% of ITT)n = 41
HR (95% CI): 0.37 (0.19-0.74)
24-mo: 72.4%
n = 41
-
24-mo: 41.5%

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session C: Renal Cell Cancer; Adrenal, Penile, Urethral and Testicular Cancers

Track

Renal Cell Cancer,Adrenal Cancer,Penile Cancer,Testicular Cancer,Urethral Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03142334

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 6; abstr 679)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.6_suppl.679

Abstract #

679

Poster Bd #

H11

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