Abstract 3678
Background
Pembrolizumab has shown promising results for patients with programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1)-positive solid tumors. However, data on immunotherapy for biliary tract cancers are limited, and biomarkers to identify appropriate candidates for immunotherapy needs to be defined.
Methods
A total of 153 patients with advanced biliary tract cancers were included (gallbladder n = 48, distal bile duct n = 17, perihilar bile duct n = 32, intrahepatic bile duct n = 49, and ampulla of vater n = 7). Patients were screened for PD-L1 expression by a prototype immunohistochemistry assay (PharmDx). Of PD-L1-positive patients, 12 patients were treated with pembrolizumab. Treatment response was evaluated and correlated with PD-L1 immunohistochemistry, microsatellite instability (MSI) status, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), and CD8+ T cells density.
Results
74% (113 of 153) of patients showed tumoral PD-L1 positivity at 1% cut off, and 8.5% (13 of 153) patients showed high PD-L1 expression (tumor proportion score ≧ 50). Of 122 patients with MSI status, only one patient had MSI-H tumor. Twelve patients were treated with pembrolizumab, and all treated patients received prior standard chemotherapy. Two (16.7%) patients had dramatic treatment response, and the rest showed no response. Both two responders had high PD-L1 expression (tumor proportion score ≧ 50), and high PD-L1 expression was associated with treatment response (P = 0.045) None of treated patients was MSI-H. Of two responders, one showed the highest TIL and CD8+ cells density. However, TIL and CD8+ positive cells densities were not significantly associated with treatment response.
Conclusions
Approximately 10% of patients with advanced biliary tract cancers revealed high PD-L1 expression, and high PD-L1 expression was associated with treatment response of pembrolizumab. MSI-H was rare in biliary tract cancers. We suggest that PD-L1 expression need to be evaluated to identify patients who would benefit from immunotherapy for advanced biliary tract cancers.
Clinical trial identification
Editorial acknowledgement
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The authors.
Funding
Has not received any funding.
Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
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