Outcomes of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab for patients previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in the UNITE study.

867 Background: In trials testing enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab (EVP), prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) was not permitted, resulting in a knowledge gap regarding efficacy of EVP in patients (pts) previously treated with ICIs. We hypothesized that EVP would have efficacy in pts with prior ICI exposure. Methods: In the retrospective UNITE study, we identified all pts treated with ICI prior to receiving EVP. The observed response rate (ORR) was assessed in evaluable pts who had imaging after ≥1 cycle of EVP. The following factors were evaluated to assess effect on EVP outcomes: type of ICI received (PD-1 vs PD-L1), prior pembrolizumab vs other ICI, time from last ICI to start of EVP, duration on prior ICI treatment, whether patient had clinical benefit (SD/PR/CR) to prior ICI, whether ICI was the immediate prior therapy line and whether it was the only prior line. ORR for these categories was compared using logistic regression, while progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from EVP start were analyzed using the log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model. Results: Among 220 pts treated with EVP across 10 US sites, 43 (20%) had previously received ICI. Median age was 69 years; 34 (79%) were men, 40 (93%) were Caucasian, and 27 (63%) had pure urothelial carcinoma, 9 (21%) liver mets and 31 (72%) ECOG PS 0/1. Of 43 pts, 4 received ICI in the peri-operative setting (3 nivolumab, 1 pembrolizumab) and 39 in the metastatic setting (19 pembrolizumab, 8 avelumab maintenance, 6 nivolumab, 2 pembrolizumab maintenance and 1 each of atezolizumab, ipilimumab/nivolumab, durvalumab/tremelimumab, nivolumab/NKTR214). ORR was 48% (95% CI: 31 - 66) in 33 evaluable pts, with 13 (39%) PR and 3 (9%) CR; 30% had SD as best response (DCR 79%), and 21% PD. After median follow-up of 14 mos, median PFS was 6.9 mos (95% CI: 3.91 – 12.2) and median OS 15.4 mos (95% CI: 8.7 – NR). Outcomes by group are shown in the Table. Conclusions: Pts treated with EVP after prior ICI experienced high ORR and disease control rate. Results from this multi-site retrospective study are hypothesis-generating and require prospective validation in larger cohorts. Groups ORR PFS OS OR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value Type of ICI (PD-1 vs PD-L1) 2.15 (0.36 – 17.49) 0.4 0.72 (0.32 – 1.61) 0.4 0.59 (0.23 -1.52) 0.3 Prior pembrolizumab vs not 0.54 (0.12 – 2.23) 0.4 0.55 (0.26 – 1.16) 0.1 0.40 (0.15 – 1.02) 0.05 Time from prior ICI* 1.01 (0.98 – 1.05) 0. 5 0.99 (0.98 – 1.01) 0.9 0.98 (0.96 – 1.02) 0.3 Time on prior ICI* 0.87 (0.74 - 0.98) 0.05 0.99 (0.94 – 1.05) 0.9 0.97 (0.89 – 1.05) 0.4 Clinical benefit to prior ICI (DCR vs PD) 0.50 (0.08 – 2.75) 0.4 0.70 (0.27 – 1.81) 0.5 0.89 (0.29 – 2.73) 0.8 Multiple prior lines vs ICI as only prior line 0.51 (0.11 – 2.29) 0.4 1.40 (0.57 – 3.44) 0.5 1.87 (0.54 – 6.43) 0.3 ICI as immediate prior line vs not 0.93 (0.15 -5.82) 0.9 0.56 (0.20 – 1.57) 0.3 0.53 (0.17 – 1.64) 0.3 *Continuous.

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Outcomes of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab for patients previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in the UNITE study.

Omar Alhalabi, Matthew T. Campbell, Cindy Jiang, Arnab Basu et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
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Outcomes of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab for patients previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in the UNITE study.

Omar Alhalabi, Matthew T. Campbell, Cindy Jiang, Arnab Basu, Albert Jang, Petros D. Grivas, Vadim S. Koshkin, Ajjai Alva, Mehmet Asım Bilen, Tanya Jindal, Jason Robert Brown, Amanda Nizam, Abhishek Tripathi, Sumit Shah, Shilpa Gupta, Dimitra Rafailia Bakaloudi, Fady Sidhom, Salvador Jaime‐Casas, Michael Glover, I.S. Inderpreet Singh Narula
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867 Background: In trials testing enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab (EVP), prior treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) was not permitted, resulting in a knowledge gap regarding efficacy of EVP in patients (pts) previously treated with ICIs. We hypothesized that EVP would have efficacy in pts with prior ICI exposure. Methods: In the retrospective UNITE study, we identified all pts treated with ICI prior to receiving EVP. The observed response rate (ORR) was assessed in evaluable pts who had imaging after ≥1 cycle of EVP. The following factors were evaluated to assess effect on EVP outcomes: type of ICI received (PD-1 vs PD-L1), prior pembrolizumab vs other ICI, time from last ICI to start of EVP, duration on prior ICI treatment, whether patient had clinical benefit (SD/PR/CR) to prior ICI, whether ICI was the immediate prior therapy line and whether it was the only prior line. ORR for these categories was compared using logistic regression, while progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from EVP start were analyzed using the log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model. Results: Among 220 pts treated with EVP across 10 US sites, 43 (20%) had previously received ICI. Median age was 69 years; 34 (79%) were men, 40 (93%) were Caucasian, and 27 (63%) had pure urothelial carcinoma, 9 (21%) liver mets and 31 (72%) ECOG PS 0/1. Of 43 pts, 4 received ICI in the peri-operative setting (3 nivolumab, 1 pembrolizumab) and 39 in the metastatic setting (19 pembrolizumab, 8 avelumab maintenance, 6 nivolumab, 2 pembrolizumab maintenance and 1 each of atezolizumab, ipilimumab/nivolumab, durvalumab/tremelimumab, nivolumab/NKTR214). ORR was 48% (95% CI: 31 - 66) in 33 evaluable pts, with 13 (39%) PR and 3 (9%) CR; 30% had SD as best response (DCR 79%), and 21% PD. After median follow-up of 14 mos, median PFS was 6.9 mos (95% CI: 3.91 – 12.2) and median OS 15.4 mos (95% CI: 8.7 – NR). Outcomes by group are shown in the Table. Conclusions: Pts treated with EVP after prior ICI experienced high ORR and disease control rate. Results from this multi-site retrospective study are hypothesis-generating and require prospective validation in larger cohorts. Groups ORR PFS OS OR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value Type of ICI (PD-1 vs PD-L1) 2.15 (0.36 – 17.49) 0.4 0.72 (0.32 – 1.61) 0.4 0.59 (0.23 -1.52) 0.3 Prior pembrolizumab vs not 0.54 (0.12 – 2.23) 0.4 0.55 (0.26 – 1.16) 0.1 0.40 (0.15 – 1.02) 0.05 Time from prior ICI* 1.01 (0.98 – 1.05) 0. 5 0.99 (0.98 – 1.01) 0.9 0.98 (0.96 – 1.02) 0.3 Time on prior ICI* 0.87 (0.74 - 0.98) 0.05 0.99 (0.94 – 1.05) 0.9 0.97 (0.89 – 1.05) 0.4 Clinical benefit to prior ICI (DCR vs PD) 0.50 (0.08 – 2.75) 0.4 0.70 (0.27 – 1.81) 0.5 0.89 (0.29 – 2.73) 0.8 Multiple prior lines vs ICI as only prior line 0.51 (0.11 – 2.29) 0.4 1.40 (0.57 – 3.44) 0.5 1.87 (0.54 – 6.43) 0.3 ICI as immediate prior line vs not 0.93 (0.15 -5.82) 0.9 0.56 (0.20 – 1.57) 0.3 0.53 (0.17 – 1.64) 0.3 *Continuous.

Journal of Clinical OncologyVol. 43(5_suppl)
Cleveland Clinic (US), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US), Emory University (US), University of California, San Francisco (US), University of Washington (US), University of Michigan (US), University of Alabama at Birmingham (US), Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US), City of Hope (US), Michigan Center for Translational Pathology (US), University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center (US), Stanford Medicine (US), UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (US), Case Western Reserve University (US), Stanford University (US)
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