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Bevins NJ, Okamura R, Montesion M, Adashek JJ, Goodman AM, Kurzrock R. Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte Expression of PD-1 Predicts Response to Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Immunotherapy. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTHERAPY AND PRECISION ONCOLOGY 2022; 5:90-97. [PMID: 36483582 PMCID: PMC9714418 DOI: 10.36401/jipo-22-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Many studies have focused on the role of programmed death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in predicting immunotherapy outcomes. Limited clinical data are available regarding the role of programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1; the PD-L1 receptor) expressing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in PD-1/PD-L1 antibody responsiveness. However, preclinical studies demonstrate that TILs expressing PD-1 contribute to tumor immune evasion. METHODS This study analyzed the association between TIL-PD-1 status and outcome after immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy. We evaluated 123 patients with various solid tumors treated with monoclonal antibodies targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling axis. Additionally, 8706 solid tumor specimens were assessed for TIL-PD-1 and tumor mutational burden (TMB) status. RESULTS The presence of PD-1-expressing TILs in tumors was associated with increased median progression-free survival (7.0 vs 1.9 months; p = 0.006) and overall survival (18.1 vs 8.0 months; p = 0.04) after treatment with ICB. TIL-PD-1-positive patients had an objective response rate (ORR) of 41% (95% CI, 24-61; N = 12/29) compared with 17% (95% CI, 4-43; N = 3/17) for TIL-PD-1-negative patients (p = 0.18). Analyzed as continuous variables, TIL-PD-1 and TMB showed a weak correlation in 8706 solid tumor samples (Pearson r = 0.074); when analyzed as categorical variables (cutoffs: TIL-PD-1 ≥ 1% and TMB ≥ 10 mutations/Mb), the two variables are correlated (p < 0.0001). TIL-PD-1-positive status is also associated with enrichment of pathologic variants within several genes, most notably TP53 (adjusted p < 0.05). CONCLUSION TIL-PD-1 positivity in tumors (≥ 1%) is associated with significantly longer progression-free and overall survival after ICB. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02478931.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas J. Bevins
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA USA
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
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- Cancer Genomics Research, Foundation Medicine Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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Adashek JJ, Breunig JJ, Posadas E, Bhowmick NA, Ellis L, Freedland SJ, Kim H, Figlin R, Gong J. First-line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Combinations in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been? Drugs 2022; 82:439-453. [PMID: 35175588 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-022-01683-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The combination of targeted therapy and immunotherapy in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has significantly improved outcomes for many patients. There are multiple FDA-approved regimens for the frontline setting based on numerous randomized Phase III trials. Despite these efforts, there remains a conundrum of identifying a biomarker-driven approach for these patients and it is unclear how to predict which patients are most likely to respond to these agents. This is due, in part, to an incomplete understanding of how these drug combinations work. The use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors that have multiple 'off-target' effects may lend themselves to the benefits observed when given in combination with immunotherapy. Further, targeting multiple clones within a patient's heterogenic tumor that are responsive to targeted therapy and others that are responsive to immunotherapy may also explain some level of improved response rates to the combination approaches compared to monotherapies. This review highlights the 5 FDA-approved regimens for mRCC in the frontline setting and offers insights into potential mechanisms for improved outcomes seen in these combination approaches.
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- Jacob J Adashek
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.,Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Section of Urology, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.,Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, AC 1042B, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
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