Axitinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced renal-cell carcinoma: Long-term efficacy and safety from a phase Ib trial.
Eur J Cancer
; 145: 1-10, 2021 03.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Axitinib plus pembrolizumab showed superior overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR) versus sunitinib in a randomised phase III trial in patients with advanced renal-cell carcinoma (RCC). We report long-term efficacy and safety of the axitinib/pembrolizumab from the phase I trial (NCT02133742), after 46-55 months from study initiation (data cut-off date, 23rd July 2019).METHODS:
Fifty-two treatment-naïve patients with advanced RCC were treated with oral axitinib 5 mg twice daily and intravenous pembrolizumab 2 mg/kg every 3 weeks. PFS, duration of response (DoR) and OS were summarised using the Kaplan-Meier method.RESULTS:
At a median follow-up of 42.7 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 41.1-44.1), median OS was not reached; 38 (73.1%) patients were alive. The probability of being alive at 4 years was 66.8% (95% CI 49.1-79.5). Median PFS in the overall population was 23.5 months (95% CI 15.4-30.4). ORR was 73.1%; five patients had complete response. Median DoR was 22.1 months (95% CI 15.1-34.5). Grade III/IV adverse events (AEs) were reported in 38 (73.1%) patients and 20 (38.5%) discontinued treatment because of AEs 17 (32.7%) discontinued axitinib, 13 (25.0%) discontinued pembrolizumab, and 10 (19.2%) discontinued both drugs. Common AEs included diarrhoea (84.6%), fatigue (80.8%), hypertension (53.8%), cough (48.1%) and dysphonia (48.1%). There were no new AE terms reported and no treatment-related deaths.CONCLUSIONS:
In patients with advanced RCC with ~4 years of follow-up, combination axitinib/pembrolizumab continued to demonstrate clinical benefit, with no new safety signals.Key words
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Main subject:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
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Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
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Axitinib
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Kidney Neoplasms
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur J Cancer
Year:
2021
Type:
Article