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Poster Display session 3

4370 - Continental differences in pathologic response with neoadjuvant ipilimumab (IPI) plus nivolumab (NIVO) in patients with macroscopic stage III melanoma in the phase 2 OpACIN-neo trial.

Date

30 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 3

Topics

Immunotherapy

Tumour Site

Melanoma

Presenters

Irene Reijers

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v533-v563. 10.1093/annonc/mdz255

Authors

I.L.M. Reijers1, E.A. Rozeman1, A.M. Menzies2, J.M. Versluis1, B.A. van de Wiel3, K. Sikorska4, H. Eriksson5, K. Shannon6, C. Bierman3, H. van Tinteren4, M. Gonzalez2, A.J. Spillane6, R.P. Saw6, R.A. Scolyer7, A.C.J. van Akkooi8, J. Hansson5, G.V. Long9, C.U. Blank1

Author affiliations

  • 1 Department Of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (NKI-AVL), 1066 CX - Amsterdam/NL
  • 2 Department Of Medical Oncology, Melanoma Institute Australia, University of Sydney, 2060 - North Sydney/AU
  • 3 Department Of Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (NKI-AVL), 1066 CX - Amsterdam/NL
  • 4 Department Of Biometrics, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (NKI-AVL), 1066 CX - Amsterdam/NL
  • 5 Department Of Medical Oncology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 - Stockholm/SE
  • 6 Department Of Surgical Oncology, Melanoma Institute Australia, University of Sydney, 2060 - North Sydney/AU
  • 7 Department Of Pathology, Melanoma Institute Australia, University of Sydney, 2060 - North Sydney/AU
  • 8 Department Of Surgical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (NKI-AVL), 1066 CX - Amsterdam/NL
  • 9 Department Of Medical Oncology, Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, 2060 - Sydney/AU

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Abstract 4370

Background

In the multi-center investigator-initiated OpACIN-neo trial, patients (pts) with macroscopic stage III melanoma were randomized (stratified by center) to 3 different dosing schemes of neoadjuvant (neoadj) IPI+NIVO. Two cycles IPI 1mg/kg + NIVO3 mg/kg was identified as the most favorable regimen with 20% grade 3-4 adverse events and a pathological response rate (pRR) of 77%. After a median follow-up (FU) of 8.3 months (mo) none (0/86) of the pts with a pathologic (path) response had relapsed, while 9/21 (43%) without a path response relapsed. Post-hoc analyses were conducted to investigate potential differences between pts treated in Europe (EU) and in Australia (AUS).

Methods

Baseline patient characteristics, safety and efficacy in terms of path response were evaluated in pts treated in EU (n = 48) and AUS (n = 38). Multivariate analyses were performed using logistic regression method. Median FU was 9.3mo for EU pts and 6.9mo for AUS pts.

Results

Baseline characteristics (AUS vs EU) differed in age (median 60 vs 53 year [yr], p = 0.017) and AUS pts were more likely to be male (65.8 vs 50.0%, p = 0.142) and have an unknown primary melanoma (36.8 vs 20.8%, p = 0.100); no difference in PD-L1 expression was observed. There was a trend to a higher pRR for AUS pts than for EU pts (84.2% vs 68.1%, OR 2.50, p = 0.092). pRR was also higher for pts >60 yr compared to £60 yr (91.2% vs 64.7%, OR 5.64, p = 0.010) and males vs females (83.7% vs 63.9%, OR 2.90, p = 0.041). Multivariate analysis including continent, age and gender showed an adjusted OR for path response of 1.85 (p = 0.289) for AUS vs EU pts, an OR of 4.89 (p = 0.021) for pts >60yrs vs £60yrs and an OR of 2.50 (p = 0.095) for males vs females. The frequency of high grade toxicity was the same in pts <60 compared to pts >60 yr (42.3% vs 32.4%, p = 0.353).

Conclusions

The continental difference in path response appears mostly driven by differences in age and gender. It remains to be elucidated whether the higher pRRs in elderly pts and pts from AUS can be explained by differences in mutational burden (analysis in progress and will be presented). Our data also indicate that neoadj IPI+NIVO is safe and highly effective in the elderly.

Clinical trial identification

NCT02977052.

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

Netherlands Cancer Institute.

Funding

BMS.

Disclosure

E.A. Rozeman: Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: MSD; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: NanoString. A.M. Menzies: Advisory / Consultancy: BMS; Advisory / Consultancy: MSD; Advisory / Consultancy: Roche; Advisory / Consultancy: Novartis; Advisory / Consultancy: Pierre Fabre. R.A. Scolyer: Advisory / Consultancy: MSD; Advisory / Consultancy: Neracare; Advisory / Consultancy: Novartis. A.C.J. van Akkooi: Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution): Amgen; Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution): BMS; Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution): Novartis; Advisory / Consultancy: Merck MSD; Advisory / Consultancy: Merck-Pfizer; Advisory / Consultancy: 4SC. J. Hansson: Advisory / Consultancy: BMS; Advisory / Consultancy: MSD; Advisory / Consultancy: Novartis. G.V. Long: Advisory / Consultancy: Aduro; Advisory / Consultancy: Amgen; Advisory / Consultancy: BMS; Advisory / Consultancy: Merck MSD; Advisory / Consultancy: Mass-Array; Advisory / Consultancy: Novartis; Advisory / Consultancy: Pierre Fabre; Advisory / Consultancy: Roche. C.U. Blank: Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution): BMS; Advisory / Consultancy: MSD; Advisory / Consultancy: Roche; Advisory / Consultancy, Research grant / Funding (institution): Novartis; Advisory / Consultancy: Lilly; Advisory / Consultancy: Pierre Fabre; Advisory / Consultancy: Pfizer; Advisory / Consultancy: GSK; Advisory / Consultancy: GenMab; Research grant / Funding (institution): NanoString. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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