Nivolumab (NIVO) plus relatlimab (RELA) vs NIVO in previously untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma: 2-year results from RELATIVITY-047.

Authors

Hussein Tawbi

Hussein A. Tawbi

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Hussein A. Tawbi , F. Stephen Hodi , Evan J. Lipson , Dirk Schadendorf , Paolo Antonio Ascierto , Luis Matamala , Erika Castillo Gutiérrez , Piotr Rutkowski , Helen Gogas , Christopher D. Lao , Juliana Janoski De Menezes , Stéphane Dalle , Ana Maria Arance , Jean-Jacques Grob , Barbara Ratto , Saima Rodriguez , Yuanfang Xu , Sonia Dolfi , Georgina V. Long

Organizations

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, West German Cancer Centre (WTZ), and German Cancer Consortium, Partner Site Essen, Essen, Germany, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy, Instituto Oncológico Fundación Arturo López Pérez and Department of Oncology, Instituto Nacional del Cáncer, Santiago, Chile, FAICIC Clinical Research, Veracruz, Mexico, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, University of Michigan, Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Cancer Research Center of Lyon, Pierre-Bénite, France, Hospital Clinic Barcelona and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, Aix-Marseille University, CHU Timone, Marseille, France, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Bristol Myers Squibb

Background: In RELATIVITY-047 (NCT03470922), NIVO + RELA demonstrated a statistically significant progression-free survival (PFS) benefit vs NIVO; there was an observed improvement in overall survival (OS) although it was not statistically significant. The combination also had a descriptively higher confirmed objective response rate (ORR) assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR) vs NIVO. Here we report updated descriptive analyses (efficacy, safety, and secondary analyses) with longer (~ 2 years) follow-up. Methods: Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive NIVO 480 mg + RELA 160 mg fixed-dose combination or NIVO 480 mg every 4 weeks, as previously described. Primary endpoint of PFS per RECIST v1.1 was assessed by BICR; secondary endpoints included OS and ORR per BICR. Exploratory analyses were performed for melanoma-specific survival (MSS; defined as death due to melanoma, with censoring of deaths due to other causes) and efficacy outcomes on subsequent systemic therapy. Results: Patients received NIVO + RELA (n = 355) or NIVO (n = 359). Median follow-up was 25.3 months in this updated analysis (minimum follow-up, 21.0 months). NIVO + RELA continued to show a benefit over NIVO for PFS, OS and ORR (Table). A similar improvement was also observed in MSS. NIVO + RELA was generally favored over NIVO across key subgroups (consistent with previous reports). Subsequent systemic therapy was received by 131 (36.9%) and 136 (37.9%) patients in the NIVO + RELA and NIVO arms, respectively. Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs; any grade) leading to treatment discontinuation were observed in 61 (17.2%) and 31 (8.6%) patients on NIVO + RELA and NIVO, respectively. Grade 3–4 TRAEs were observed in 78 (22.0%) patients on NIVO + RELA and 43 (12.0%) patients on NIVO. In total, there were 6 treatment-related deaths (NIVO + RELA, n = 4; NIVO, n = 2); no new treatment-related deaths have been reported since the last analysis. Conclusions: With 12.3 months of additional follow-up, a consistent benefit was observed with NIVO + RELA vs NIVO for PFS, OS and ORR in the ITT population, as well as in key patient subgroups. MSS was longer with NIVO + RELA compared with NIVO. The safety profile of NIVO + RELA remained consistent with previous reports, with no new or unexpected safety signals. Efficacy outcomes on subsequent systemic therapy (by type of subsequent therapy, including PD-L1/CTLA-4) will be presented. Clinical trial information: NCT03470922.

NIVO + RELA
(n = 355)
NIVO
(n = 359)
Median PFS, months (95% CI)10.2 (6.5–14.8)4.6 (3.5–6.5)
HR (95% CI)0.81 (0.67–0.97)
Median OS, months (95% CI)NR (31.5–NR)33.2 (25.2–45.8)
HR (95% CI)0.82 (0.67–1.02)
OS rate, % (95% CI)
24 months
36 months
48 months

61.8 (56.5–66.6)
54.1 (48.6–59.3)
51.5 (45.9–56.9)

58.3 (52.9–63.2)
48.4 (42.9–53.8)
42.5 (36.4–48.5)
ORR, % (95% CI)43.7 (38.4–49.0)33.7 (28.8–38.9)
Median MSS, months (95% CI)NR (NR–NR)46.6 (33.2–NR)
HR (95% CI)0.77 (0.61–0.97)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Track

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Sub Track

Advanced/Metastatic Disease

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03470922

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 9502)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.9502

Abstract #

9502

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