Safety and antitumor activity of the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab in patients with advanced, PD-L1-positive papillary or follicular thyroid cancer.


Journal

BMC cancer
ISSN: 1471-2407
Titre abrégé: BMC Cancer
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100967800

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Mar 2019
Historique:
received: 22 01 2018
accepted: 19 02 2019
entrez: 6 3 2019
pubmed: 6 3 2019
medline: 2 7 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Treatment options for advanced thyroid cancer refractory to standard therapies are limited. The safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab were evaluated in patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancer expressing programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1). Patients with advanced thyroid cancer were enrolled in the nonrandomized, phase Ib KEYNOTE-028 trial conducted to evaluate safety and antitumor activity of the anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibody pembrolizumab in advanced solid tumors. Key eligibility criteria were advanced papillary or follicular thyroid cancer, failure of standard therapy, and PD-L1 expression in tumor or stroma cells (assessed by immunohistochemistry). Pembrolizumab 10 mg/kg was administered every 2 weeks up to 24 months or until confirmed progression or intolerable toxicity. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, version 1.1. Twenty-two patients were enrolled: median age was 61 years; 59% were women; and 68% had papillary carcinoma. Median follow-up was 31 months (range, 7-34 months). Treatment-related adverse events were observed in 18 (82%) patients; those occurring in ≥15% of patients were diarrhea (n = 7) and fatigue (n = 4). One grade ≥ 3 treatment-related adverse event occurred (colitis, grade 3); no treatment-related discontinuations or deaths occurred. Two patients had confirmed partial response, for an ORR of 9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1-29%); response duration was 8 and 20 months. Median progression-free survival was 7 months (95% CI, 2-14 months); median overall survival was not reached (95% CI, 22 months to not reached). Results of this phase Ib proof-of-concept study suggest that pembrolizumab has a manageable safety profile and demonstrate evidence of antitumor activity in advanced differentiated thyroid cancer in a minority of patients treated. Further analyses are necessary to confirm these findings. Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02054806 . Registered 4 February 2014.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Treatment options for advanced thyroid cancer refractory to standard therapies are limited. The safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab were evaluated in patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancer expressing programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1).
METHODS METHODS
Patients with advanced thyroid cancer were enrolled in the nonrandomized, phase Ib KEYNOTE-028 trial conducted to evaluate safety and antitumor activity of the anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibody pembrolizumab in advanced solid tumors. Key eligibility criteria were advanced papillary or follicular thyroid cancer, failure of standard therapy, and PD-L1 expression in tumor or stroma cells (assessed by immunohistochemistry). Pembrolizumab 10 mg/kg was administered every 2 weeks up to 24 months or until confirmed progression or intolerable toxicity. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, version 1.1.
RESULTS RESULTS
Twenty-two patients were enrolled: median age was 61 years; 59% were women; and 68% had papillary carcinoma. Median follow-up was 31 months (range, 7-34 months). Treatment-related adverse events were observed in 18 (82%) patients; those occurring in ≥15% of patients were diarrhea (n = 7) and fatigue (n = 4). One grade ≥ 3 treatment-related adverse event occurred (colitis, grade 3); no treatment-related discontinuations or deaths occurred. Two patients had confirmed partial response, for an ORR of 9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1-29%); response duration was 8 and 20 months. Median progression-free survival was 7 months (95% CI, 2-14 months); median overall survival was not reached (95% CI, 22 months to not reached).
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Results of this phase Ib proof-of-concept study suggest that pembrolizumab has a manageable safety profile and demonstrate evidence of antitumor activity in advanced differentiated thyroid cancer in a minority of patients treated. Further analyses are necessary to confirm these findings.
TRIAL REGISTRATION BACKGROUND
Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02054806 . Registered 4 February 2014.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30832606
doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-5380-3
pii: 10.1186/s12885-019-5380-3
pmc: PMC6399859
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized 0
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological 0
B7-H1 Antigen 0
CD274 protein, human 0
pembrolizumab DPT0O3T46P

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT02054806']

Types de publication

Clinical Trial, Phase I Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

196

Subventions

Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR000371
Pays : United States

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Auteurs

Janice M Mehnert (JM)

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA. mehnerja@cinj.rutgers.edu.

Andrea Varga (A)

Institut Gustave Roussy, 114, rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94800, Villejuif, France.

Marcia S Brose (MS)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.

Rahul R Aggarwal (RR)

University of California, San Francisco Cancer Center, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.

Chia-Chi Lin (CC)

Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan S Rd, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan.

Amy Prawira (A)

Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C1, Canada.

Filippo de Braud (F)

Department of Oncology, University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Milano, Via Giacomo Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy.

Kenji Tamura (K)

Department of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital Tokyo, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan.

Toshihiko Doi (T)

Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan.

Sarina A Piha-Paul (SA)

Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

Jill Gilbert (J)

Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 215 Light Hall, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.

Sanatan Saraf (S)

Merck & Co., Inc., 8000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, USA.

Pradeep Thanigaimani (P)

Merck & Co., Inc., 8000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, USA.

Jonathan D Cheng (JD)

Merck & Co., Inc., 8000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, USA.

Bhumsuk Keam (B)

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-Ro, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.

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