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El Zarif T, Nassar AH, Pond GR, Zhuang TZ, Master V, Nazha B, Niglio S, Simon N, Hahn AW, Pettaway CA, Tu SM, Abdel-Wahab N, Velev M, Flippot R, Buti S, Maruzzo M, Mittra A, Gheeya J, Yang Y, Rodriguez PA, Castellano D, de Velasco G, Roviello G, Antonuzzo L, McKay RR, Vincenzi B, Cortellini A, Hui G, Drakaki A, Glover M, Khaki AR, El-Am E, Adra N, Mouhieddine TH, Patel V, Piedra A, Gernone A, Davis NB, Matthews H, Harrison MR, Kanesvaran R, Giudice GC, Barata P, Farolfi A, Lee JL, Milowsky MI, Stahlfeld C, Appleman L, Kim JW, Freeman D, Choueiri TK, Spiess PE, Necchi A, Apolo AB, Sonpavde GP. Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced penile cancer: report from the Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors. J Natl Cancer Inst 2023; 115:1605-1615. [PMID: 37563779 PMCID: PMC11032703 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Treatment options for penile squamous cell carcinoma are limited. We sought to investigate clinical outcomes and safety profiles of patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. METHODS This retrospective study included patients with locally advanced or metastatic penile squamous cell carcinoma receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors between 2015 and 2022 across 24 centers in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Overall survival and progression-free survival were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Objective response rates were determined per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours 1.1 criteria. Treatment-related adverse events were graded per the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5.0. Two-sided statistical tests were used for comparisons. RESULTS Among 92 patients, 8 (8.7%) were Asian, 6 (6.5%) were Black, and 24 (29%) were Hispanic and/or Latinx. Median (interquartile range) age was 62 (53-70) years. In all, 83 (90%) had metastatic penile squamous cell carcinoma, and 74 (80%) had received at least second-line treatment. Most patients received pembrolizumab monotherapy (n = 26 [28%]), combination nivolumab-ipilimumab with or without multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (n = 23 [25%]), or nivolumab (n = 16 [17%]) or cemiplimab (n = 15 [16%]) monotherapies. Median overall and progression-free survival were 9.8 months (95% confidence interval = 7.7 to 12.8 months) and 3.2 months (95% confidence interval = 2.5 to 4.2 months), respectively. The objective response rate was 13% (n = 11/85) in the overall cohort and 35% (n = 7/20) in patients with lymph node-only metastases. Visceral metastases, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 1 or higher, and a higher neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio were associated with worse overall survival. Treatment-related adverse events occurred in 27 (29%) patients, and 9.8% (n = 9) of the events were grade 3 or higher. CONCLUSIONS Immune checkpoint inhibitors are active in a subset of patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma. Future translational studies are warranted to identify patients more likely to derive clinical benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Talal El Zarif
- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
- Assiut University Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt
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- Département d’Innovation Thérapeutique et Essais Précoces, Gustave Roussy—Paris-Saclay University, Villejuif, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Oncology 1 Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV—Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Section, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Section, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Section of Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Durham, NC, USA
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- Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori “Dino Amadori,” Meldola, Italy
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- University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- University of North Carolina, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Oncology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Advent Health Cancer Institute, Orlando, FL, USA
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White J, Mason R, Lawen T, Spooner J, Faria KVM, Rahman F, Ramasamy R. Therapeutic Approaches to Penile Cancer: Standards of Care and Recent Developments. Res Rep Urol 2023; 15:165-174. [PMID: 37288454 PMCID: PMC10243351 DOI: 10.2147/rru.s387228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Penile cancer is a rare malignancy, most commonly diagnosed in older men, associated with poor outcomes, dramatic decline in quality of life and sexual function. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common histopathology of penile cancer, accounting for 95% of all cases. Localized, early-stage penile cancer can be effectively managed through penile-sparing techniques in many cases, though advanced stages of penile cancer carry a poor prognosis. Current innovative treatments are exploring the role of targeted therapy, HPV-directed therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive T-cell therapies in treatment and prevention of relapse of penile cancer. Clinical trials are investigating the potential of targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced penile cancer. This review examines the current management of penile cancer and highlights future directions in research and treatment.
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- Joshua White
- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Cancer of São Paulo, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Buonerba C, Scafuri L, Costabile F, D'Ambrosio B, Gatani S, Verolino P, Trolio RD, Cosimato V, Verde A, Lorenzo GD. Immune checkpoint inhibitors in penile cancer. Future Sci OA 2021; 7:FSO714. [PMID: 34258024 PMCID: PMC8256326 DOI: 10.2144/fsoa-2021-0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- Carlo Buonerba
- Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'Analisi e Studio di Correlazione tra Ambiente, Animale e Uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici 80055, Italy
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'Analisi e Studio di Correlazione tra Ambiente, Animale e Uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici 80055, Italy.,Oncology Unit, Hospital 'Andrea Tortora', ASL Salerno, Pagani, Italy
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'Analisi e Studio di Correlazione tra Ambiente, Animale e Uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici 80055, Italy.,Oncology Unit, Hospital 'Andrea Tortora', ASL Salerno, Pagani, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, Hospital 'Andrea Tortora', ASL Salerno, Pagani, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, Hospital 'Andrea Tortora', ASL Salerno, Pagani, Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical & Dental Specialties, Plastic Surgery Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy & Development Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione G. Pascale, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Laboratory Medicine, Civil Hospital 'Maria SS. Addolorata', ASL Salerno, Eboli, Italy
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale per l'Analisi e Studio di Correlazione tra Ambiente, Animale e Uomo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici 80055, Italy
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Vackova J, Polakova I, Johari SD, Smahel M. CD80 Expression on Tumor Cells Alters Tumor Microenvironment and Efficacy of Cancer Immunotherapy by CTLA-4 Blockade. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13081935. [PMID: 33923750 PMCID: PMC8072777 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13081935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Cluster of differentiation (CD) 80 is mainly expressed in immune cells but can also be found in several types of cancer cells. This molecule may either activate or inhibit immune reactions. Here, we determined the immunosuppressive role of CD80 in the tumor microenvironment by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated deactivation of the corresponding gene in the mouse oncogenic TC-1 cell line. The tumor cells with deactivated CD80 (TC-1/dCD80-1) were more immunogenic than parental cells and induced tumors that gained sensitivity to cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) blockade, as compared with the TC-1 cells. In vivo depletion experiments showed that the deactivation of CD80 switched the pro-tumorigenic effect of macrophages observed in TC-1-induced tumors into an anti-tumorigenic effect in TC-1/dCD80-1 tumors and induced the pro-tumorigenic activity of CD4+ cells. Moreover, the frequency of lymphoid and myeloid cells and the CTLA-4 expression by T helper (Th)17 cells were increased in TC-1/dCD80-1- compared with that in the TC-1-induced tumors. CTLA-4 blockade downregulated the frequencies of most immune cell types and upregulated the frequency of M2 macrophages in the TC-1 tumors, while it increased the frequency of lymphoid cells in TC-1/dCD80-1-induced tumors. Furthermore, the anti-CTLA-4 therapy enhanced the frequency of CD8+ T cells as well as CD4+ T cells, especially for a Th1 subset. Regulatory T cells (Treg) formed the most abundant CD4+ T cell subset in untreated tumors. The anti-CTLA-4 treatment downregulated the frequency of Treg cells with limited immunosuppressive potential in the TC-1 tumors, whereas it enriched this type of Treg cells and decreased the Treg cells with high immunosuppressive potential in TC-1/dCD80-1-induced tumors. The immunosuppressive role of tumor-cell-expressed CD80 should be considered in research into biomarkers for the prediction of cancer patients' sensitivity to immune checkpoint inhibitors and for the development of a tumor-cell-specific CD80 blockade.
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- Julie Vackova
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; (J.V.); (I.P.); (S.D.J.)
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; (J.V.); (I.P.); (S.D.J.)
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; (J.V.); (I.P.); (S.D.J.)
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic; (J.V.); (I.P.); (S.D.J.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-325-873-921
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