Bempegaldesleukin plus Nivolumab in First-line Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: Results from PIVOT-02.


Journal

European urology
ISSN: 1873-7560
Titre abrégé: Eur Urol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 7512719

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 2022
Historique:
received: 13 10 2021
revised: 13 04 2022
accepted: 06 05 2022
pubmed: 2 6 2022
medline: 15 9 2022
entrez: 1 6 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Despite recent changes in the treatment landscape, there remains an unmet need for effective, tolerable, chemotherapy-free treatments for patients with advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC), especially cisplatin-ineligible patients. To evaluate the immunostimulatory interleukin-2 cytokine prodrug bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) plus nivolumab in patients with advanced/mUC from the phase 2 multicenter PIVOT-02 study. This open-label, multicohort phase 1/2 study enrolled patients with previously untreated locally advanced/surgically unresectable or mUC (N = 41). Patients received BEMPEG 0.006 mg/kg plus nivolumab 360 mg intravenously every 3 wk. The primary objectives were safety and the objective response rate (ORR) in patients with measurable disease at baseline and at least one postbaseline tumor response assessment (response-evaluable). Secondary objectives were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Exploratory biomarker analyses via univariate logistic regression were performed to test the association between potential biomarkers (CD8 The ORR was 35% (13/37 evaluable patients) and the complete response rate was 19% (7/37 patients); the median duration of response was not reached. Median PFS was 4.1 mo (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.1-8.7) and median OS was 23.7 mo (95% CI 15.8-not reached). Overall, 40/41 patients (98%) experienced at least one treatment-related adverse event (TRAE); grade 3/4 TRAEs occurred in 11 patients (27%), most commonly pyrexia (4.9%; 2 patients). Exploratory biomarker analyses showed no association between biomarkers and response. Limitations include the small sample size and single-arm design. BEMPEG plus nivolumab was well tolerated and showed antitumor activity as first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced/mUC. We investigated an immune-stimulating prodrug called bempegaldesleukin plus the antibody nivolumab as the first therapy for patients with advanced or metastatic cancer of the urinary tract. This combination had manageable treatment-related side effects and was effective in a subset of patients. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT02983045.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Despite recent changes in the treatment landscape, there remains an unmet need for effective, tolerable, chemotherapy-free treatments for patients with advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC), especially cisplatin-ineligible patients.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the immunostimulatory interleukin-2 cytokine prodrug bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) plus nivolumab in patients with advanced/mUC from the phase 2 multicenter PIVOT-02 study.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS
This open-label, multicohort phase 1/2 study enrolled patients with previously untreated locally advanced/surgically unresectable or mUC (N = 41).
INTERVENTION
Patients received BEMPEG 0.006 mg/kg plus nivolumab 360 mg intravenously every 3 wk.
OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
The primary objectives were safety and the objective response rate (ORR) in patients with measurable disease at baseline and at least one postbaseline tumor response assessment (response-evaluable). Secondary objectives were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Exploratory biomarker analyses via univariate logistic regression were performed to test the association between potential biomarkers (CD8
RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS
The ORR was 35% (13/37 evaluable patients) and the complete response rate was 19% (7/37 patients); the median duration of response was not reached. Median PFS was 4.1 mo (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.1-8.7) and median OS was 23.7 mo (95% CI 15.8-not reached). Overall, 40/41 patients (98%) experienced at least one treatment-related adverse event (TRAE); grade 3/4 TRAEs occurred in 11 patients (27%), most commonly pyrexia (4.9%; 2 patients). Exploratory biomarker analyses showed no association between biomarkers and response. Limitations include the small sample size and single-arm design.
CONCLUSIONS
BEMPEG plus nivolumab was well tolerated and showed antitumor activity as first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced/mUC.
PATIENT SUMMARY
We investigated an immune-stimulating prodrug called bempegaldesleukin plus the antibody nivolumab as the first therapy for patients with advanced or metastatic cancer of the urinary tract. This combination had manageable treatment-related side effects and was effective in a subset of patients. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT02983045.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35643589
pii: S0302-2838(22)02335-1
doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.05.002
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Interleukin-2 0
Prodrugs 0
Nivolumab 31YO63LBSN

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT02983045']

Types de publication

Clinical Trial, Phase I Clinical Trial, Phase II Journal Article Multicenter Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

365-373

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentIn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 European Association of Urology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Arlene O Siefker-Radtke (AO)

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: asiefker@mdanderson.org.

Daniel C Cho (DC)

New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Adi Diab (A)

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Mario Sznol (M)

Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA.

Mehmet A Bilen (MA)

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Arjun V Balar (AV)

New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Giovanni Grignani (G)

Division of Medical Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Turin, Italy.

Erika Puente (E)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Lily Tang (L)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

David Chien (D)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Ute Hoch (U)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Arkopal Choudhury (A)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Danni Yu (D)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sue L Currie (SL)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Mary A Tagliaferri (MA)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Jonathan Zalevsky (J)

Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Michael E Hurwitz (ME)

Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA.

Nizar M Tannir (NM)

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

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