[A prospective phase Ⅱ clinical trial of toripalimab combined with platinum-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy and consolidation chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer].
<b>Objective:</b> To explore the efficacy and safety of toripalimab combined with platinum-based chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer. <b>Methods:</b> A total of 82 patients diagnosed as locally advanced cervical cancer who received toripalimab combined with platinum-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital from May 24<sup>th</sup> 2019 to August 31<sup>st</sup> 2022 were enrolled prospectively. After undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy, the patient received six cycles of treatment with toripalimab in combination with paclitaxel and platinum-based agents. The primary endpoint of the study was the objective response rate (ORR), and the secondary endpoints included disease control rate (DCR), safety, progression-free survival, and overall survival. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to depict the cumulative incidence of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for patients with different expression levels of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and genetic mutation burdens, and log-rank tests were used to compare the difference between groups. <b>Results:</b> The median age of the patients was 53.6 (45.5,58.7) years, and 76 patients (92.7%) had squamous cell carcinoma. The overall ORR and DCR for the 82 patients were both 87.8% (72 patients, 95%<i>CI</i>: 78.7%-94.0%). Among the 82 patients, 64 (78.0%) achieved complete remission, 8 (9.8%) had partial remission, 8 (9.8%) had disease progression, and 2 (2.4%) were not evaluable. During the treatment, 37 patients (45.1%) experienced treatment-related adverse events, of which 17 patients (20.7%) had grade 3 or higher adverse reactions. The most common grade 3 or higher treatment-related adverse reaction was radiation enteritis (<i>n</i>=5, 6.1%). The median follow-up time was 20.6 (14.0, 27.9) months. The median progression-free survival (mPFS) and median overall survival (mOS) were not reached. The 2-year PFS rate was higher in patients with PD-L1 combined positive score (CPS)≥10 compared to those with CPS<10 (92.4% vs 81.2%, χ²=0.68, <i>P</i>=0.409), and higher in patients with low tumor mutation burden (TMB-L) compared to those with high tumor mutation burden (TMB-H) (95.2% vs 83.3%, χ²=1.91, <i>P</i>=0.167). <b>Conclusion:</b> Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer can achieve favorable objective response rates when treated with toripalimab in combination with platinum-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy and consolidative chemotherapy.
Authors
- Yiqi Cao
- Zhiyong Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-6895)
- Chaoyu Li
- Jimin Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1852-326X)
- J Y Li
- Y-H. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5542-0460)
Institutions
- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20240725-01717
- Primary Topic
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00