Safety and efficacy of nivolumab in combination with sunitinib or pazopanib in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma: the CheckMate 016 study

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dc.contributor.authorAmin, Asim
dc.contributor.authorPlimack, Elizabeth R
dc.contributor.authorErnstoff, Marc S
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Lionel D
dc.contributor.authorBauer, Todd M
dc.contributor.authorMcDermott, David F
dc.contributor.authorCarducci, Michael
dc.contributor.authorKollmannsberger, Christian
dc.contributor.authorRini, Brian I
dc.contributor.authorHeng, Daniel Y C
dc.contributor.authorKnox, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorVoss, Martin H
dc.contributor.authorSpratlin, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorBerghorn, Elmer
dc.contributor.authorYang, Lingfeng
dc.contributor.authorHammers, Hans J
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-08T12:19:20Z
dc.date.available2018-11-08T12:19:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-22
dc.date.updated2018-11-08T12:19:20Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background Combination treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors and antiangiogenic drugs has shown encouraging preliminary antitumor activity across various tumor types including advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (aRCC). The open-label, parallel-cohort, dose-escalation, phase I CheckMate 016 study evaluated the efficacy and safety of nivolumab in combination with antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitors or ipilimumab. Long-term outcomes from this study for the combination of nivolumab plus sunitinib or pazopanib in aRCC are presented. Methods Patients with aRCC received nivolumab plus either sunitinib (50 mg/day, 4 weeks on/2 weeks off; N + S) or pazopanib (800 mg/day; N + P) until progression/unacceptable toxicity. The nivolumab starting dose was 2 mg/kg every 3 weeks, with planned escalation to 5 mg/kg every 3 weeks. Primary endpoints were safety and tolerability; antitumor activity was a secondary endpoint. Results Arm N + S enrolled 33 patients, 19 of whom were treatment-naïve; this arm advanced to the expansion phase. Median follow-up was 50.0 months. Patients experienced high frequencies of adverse events (AEs) including treatment-related AEs (100%), grade 3/4 treatment-related AEs (82%), and treatment-related AEs leading to discontinuation (39%). Investigator-assessed objective response rate (ORR) was 55% (18/33) and median progression-free survival (PFS) was 12.7 months. Median overall survival (OS) was not reached. Arm N + P enrolled 20 patients, all had ≥1 prior systemic therapy; this arm was closed due to dose-limiting toxicities and did not proceed to expansion. Median follow-up was 27.1 months. Patients treated with N + P experienced high frequencies of AEs including treatment-related AEs (100%), grade 3/4 treatment-related AEs (70%), and treatment-related AEs leading to discontinuation (25%). Investigator-assessed ORR was 45% (9/20) and median PFS was 7.2 months. Median OS was 27.9 months. Conclusions The addition of standard doses of sunitinib or pazopanib to nivolumab resulted in a high incidence of high-grade toxicities limiting future development of either combination regimen. While there was no adverse impact on response and the OS outcome was notable, the findings suggest that the success of combination regimens based on immune checkpoint inhibitors and antiangiogenic drugs may be dependent on careful selection of the antiangiogenic component and dose. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT01472081 . Registered 16 November 2011.
dc.identifier.citationJournal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 2018 Oct 22;6(1):109
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40425-018-0420-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/109159
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/44118
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dc.titleSafety and efficacy of nivolumab in combination with sunitinib or pazopanib in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma: the CheckMate 016 study
dc.typeJournal Article
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