Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Nat Med. 2021 Feb;27(2):301-309. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-01188-3. Epub 2021 Feb 8.
The association among pathological response, recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) with neoadjuvant therapy in melanoma remains unclear. In this study, we pooled data from six clinical trials of anti-PD-1-based immunotherapy or BRAF/MEK targeted therapy. In total, 192 patients were included; 141 received immunotherapy (104, combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab; 37, anti-PD-1 monotherapy), and 51 received targeted therapy. A pathological complete response (pCR) occurred in 40% of patients: 47% with targeted therapy and 33% with immunotherapy (43% combination and 20% monotherapy). pCR correlated with improved RFS (pCR 2-year 89% versus no pCR 50%, P < 0.001) and OS (pCR 2-year OS 95% versus no pCR 83%, P = 0.027). In patients with pCR, near pCR or partial pathological response with immunotherapy, very few relapses were seen (2-year RFS 96%), and, at this writing, no patient has died from melanoma, whereas, even with pCR from targeted therapy, the 2-year RFS was only 79%, and OS was only 91%. Pathological response should be an early surrogate endpoint for clinical trials and a new benchmark for development and approval in melanoma.
新辅助治疗后黑色素瘤的病理缓解、无复发生存(RFS)和总生存(OS)与抗 PD-1 免疫治疗或 BRAF/MEK 靶向治疗之间的关联仍不清楚。在这项研究中,我们汇集了 6 项基于抗 PD-1 免疫治疗或 BRAF/MEK 靶向治疗的临床试验数据。共有 192 例患者纳入研究;141 例接受免疫治疗(104 例为伊匹单抗和纳武单抗联合治疗;37 例为抗 PD-1 单药治疗),51 例接受靶向治疗。病理完全缓解(pCR)的发生率为 40%:靶向治疗组为 47%,免疫治疗组为 33%(联合治疗组为 43%,单药治疗组为 20%)。pCR 与改善 RFS(pCR 组 2 年 RFS 为 89%,无 pCR 组为 50%,P<0.001)和 OS(pCR 组 2 年 OS 为 95%,无 pCR 组为 83%,P=0.027)相关。在 pCR、接近 pCR 或免疫治疗部分缓解的患者中,很少有复发(2 年 RFS 为 96%),并且截至撰写本文时,没有患者因黑色素瘤死亡,而即使接受靶向治疗达到 pCR,2 年 RFS 也仅为 79%,OS 仅为 91%。病理缓解应该成为临床试验的早期替代终点,并为黑色素瘤的研发和审批提供新的基准。