Efficacy and Safety of the Melphalan/Hepatic Delivery System in Patients with Unresectable Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: Results from an Open-Label, Single-Arm, Multicenter Phase 3 Study.


Journal

Annals of surgical oncology
ISSN: 1534-4681
Titre abrégé: Ann Surg Oncol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9420840

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 May 2024
Historique:
received: 06 02 2024
accepted: 25 03 2024
medline: 5 5 2024
pubmed: 5 5 2024
entrez: 4 5 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Uveal melanoma (UM) has a poor prognosis once liver metastases occur. The melphalan/Hepatic Delivery System (melphalan/HDS) is a drug/device combination used for liver-directed treatment of metastatic UM (mUM) patients. The purpose of the FOCUS study was to assess the efficacy and safety of melphalan/HDS in patients with unresectable mUM. Eligible patients with mUM received treatment with melphalan (3.0 mg/kg ideal body weight) once every 6 to 8 weeks for a maximum of six cycles. The primary end point was the objective response rate (ORR). The secondary end points included duration of response (DOR), overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS). The study enrolled 102 patients with mUM. Treatment was attempted in 95 patients, and 91 patients received treatment. In the treated population (n = 91), the ORR was 36.3 % (95 % confidence interval [CI], 26.44-47.01), including 7.7 % of patients with a complete response. Thus, the study met its primary end point because the lower bound of the 95 % CI for ORR exceeded the upper bound (8.3 %) from the benchmark meta-analysis. The median DOR was 14 months, and the median OS was 20.5 months, with an OS of 80 % at 1 year. The median PFS was 9 months, with a PFS of 65 % at 6 months. The most common serious treatment-emergent adverse events were thrombocytopenia (15.8 %) and neutropenia (10.5 %), treated mostly on an outpatient basis with observation. No treatment-related deaths were observed. Treatment with melphalan/HDS provides a clinically meaningful response rate and demonstrates a favorable benefit-risk profile in patients with unresectable mUM (study funded by Delcath; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02678572; EudraCT no. 2015-000417-44).

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Uveal melanoma (UM) has a poor prognosis once liver metastases occur. The melphalan/Hepatic Delivery System (melphalan/HDS) is a drug/device combination used for liver-directed treatment of metastatic UM (mUM) patients. The purpose of the FOCUS study was to assess the efficacy and safety of melphalan/HDS in patients with unresectable mUM.
METHODS METHODS
Eligible patients with mUM received treatment with melphalan (3.0 mg/kg ideal body weight) once every 6 to 8 weeks for a maximum of six cycles. The primary end point was the objective response rate (ORR). The secondary end points included duration of response (DOR), overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS).
RESULTS RESULTS
The study enrolled 102 patients with mUM. Treatment was attempted in 95 patients, and 91 patients received treatment. In the treated population (n = 91), the ORR was 36.3 % (95 % confidence interval [CI], 26.44-47.01), including 7.7 % of patients with a complete response. Thus, the study met its primary end point because the lower bound of the 95 % CI for ORR exceeded the upper bound (8.3 %) from the benchmark meta-analysis. The median DOR was 14 months, and the median OS was 20.5 months, with an OS of 80 % at 1 year. The median PFS was 9 months, with a PFS of 65 % at 6 months. The most common serious treatment-emergent adverse events were thrombocytopenia (15.8 %) and neutropenia (10.5 %), treated mostly on an outpatient basis with observation. No treatment-related deaths were observed.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Treatment with melphalan/HDS provides a clinically meaningful response rate and demonstrates a favorable benefit-risk profile in patients with unresectable mUM (study funded by Delcath; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02678572; EudraCT no. 2015-000417-44).

Identifiants

pubmed: 38704501
doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15293-x
pii: 10.1245/s10434-024-15293-x
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT02678572']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2024. Society of Surgical Oncology.

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Auteurs

Jonathan S Zager (JS)

Departments of Cutaneous Oncology and Sarcoma, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA. Jonathan.Zager@moffitt.org.
Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. Jonathan.Zager@moffitt.org.

Marlana Orloff (M)

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Pier Francesco Ferrucci (PF)

European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Junsung Choi (J)

Departments of Cutaneous Oncology and Sarcoma, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.

David J Eschelman (DJ)

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Evan S Glazer (ES)

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

Aslam Ejaz (A)

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

J Harrison Howard (JH)

University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.

Erika Richtig (E)

Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Sebastian Ochsenreither (S)

Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berlin, Germany.

Sunil A Reddy (SA)

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Michael C Lowe (MC)

Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Georgia M Beasley (GM)

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

Anja Gesierich (A)

University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Armin Bender (A)

University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

Martin Gschnell (M)

University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

Reinhard Dummer (R)

University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

Michel Rivoire (M)

Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France.

Ana Arance (A)

Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Stephen William Fenwick (SW)

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

Joseph J Sacco (JJ)

The Clatterbridge Cancer Center, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

Sebastian Haferkamp (S)

University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Carsten Weishaupt (C)

University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.

Johnny John (J)

Delcath Systems, Inc., Queensbury, NY, USA.

Matthew Wheater (M)

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.

Christian H Ottensmeier (CH)

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

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