Multicenter analysis of melanoma recurrence pattern and management after adjuvant immunotherapy.

Authors

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Sergio Martínez Recio

Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Sergio Martínez Recio , Maria Alejandra Molina , Eva Muñoz-Couselo , Alberto Rafael Sevillano Tripero , Juan Martin-Liberal , Mayra Orrillo , Luis Antonio Fernandez , Maria Quindós Varela , Rocio Lesta , Andrés Barba , Ivana Sullivan , Margarita Majem

Organizations

Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and Vall d'Hebron Hospital Medical Oncology Department, Barcelona, Spain, Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, Medical Oncology Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Medical Oncology Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'hospitalet De Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Medical Oncology Department, Parc Taulí Sabadell Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Spain, Medical Oncology Department, University Hospital A Coruña (CHUAC-SERGAS), A Coruña, Spain

Research Funding

No funding received
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Background: PD-1 inhibitors improve outcomes in resected stage II-IV melanoma. However, recurrence patterns and prognostic factors are less known. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in resected stage II-IV melanoma patients (p) treated with adjuvant PD-1 inhibitors (clinical practice or clinical trials) from 5 centers. Demographic, disease characteristics, adjuvant therapy, recurrence, treatment at relapse and outcome were recorded. Descriptive assessment for recurrence patterns and analysis for prognostic factors were performed. Results: From June 2017 to June 2022, 181 p were included. Median age was 59 years [22-81], 57% were male, 85% had cutaneous melanoma, 28% had BRAFV600E mutation. 9 p (5%) presented stage II, 147 (81%) stage III and 25 (14%) stage IV. Ulceration was present in 59% p, mitotic rate >1/mm2 in 84%, Breslow index >3 mm in 65% and elevated LDH in 51%. 81% p received PD-1 inhibitors alone and 19% in combination with other immunotherapies. 52% of p completed treatment, 12% discontinued due to toxicity and 26% due to relapse. 13% of p presented grade 3-4 adverse events and there was a grade 5 myocarditis. With a median follow-up of 18,1 months, 68 (37%) p recurred (Table). Median relapse free survival (RFS) was 48,8 months (95% CI 31,1-66,4). Recurrence was significantly associated with a higher stage, mitotic rate, LDH level and Breslow index, BRAFV600E mutation, non-cutaneous melanoma and delayed initiation of adjuvant immunotherapy in univariate analysis (p<0,05). Stage, non-cutaneous melanoma and initiation of immunotherapy >3 months (16% p) were associated with higher recurrence in multivariate analysis (<0,05). Locoregional recurrence was treated in 23 p with surgery (14p), surgery + RT (7p) or RT alone (2). Systemic recurrence was treated in 50 p: all BRAF mutant p received targeted therapy (24p, 43%) with a disease control rate (DCR) of 91% and a median progression free survival (PFS) of 56 months (95% CI 24,1-NR); BRAF wild type p (26p, 47%) were treated with anti-PD-1 alone (9p) or in combination (7p), anti-CTLA-4 (2p), chemotherapy (1p) or best supportive care (7p), with DCR of 33% and a median PFS of 8 months (95% CI 6,9-10,8). Conclusions: We observed a 37% relapse rate and systemic recurrence were more frequent than locoregional recurrence. Treatment at relapse with targeted therapy in BRAF mutant p achieved higher DCR and PFS than immunotherapy in BRAF wild type p; with better outcomes than previously reported.

Recurrence pattern.

N (%)
Recurrence - Absent - Present 113 (63) 68 (37)
Location of recurrence - Locoregional recurrence only - Systemic recurrence only - Locoregional and systemic 13 (19) 40 (59) 15(22)
Systemic recurrence – affected organ - Distant lymph nodes - Soft tissue - Bone - Lung/pleura - Liver - Brain - OtherN= 55 33 (60) 24 (43) 14 (25) 20 (36) 9 (16) 9 (16) 3 (5)
Systemic recurrence – stage - M1a - M1b - M1c - M1dN=55 19 (34) 13 (24) 14 (25) 9 (16)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Track

Melanoma/Skin Cancers

Sub Track

Local-Regional Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr e21573)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e21573

Abstract #

e21573

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